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The Critical Need for Kids to Think Critically
Sam honestly believes all the claims he reads in his junk email. He wants to respond and send money right away to some ...
Source: All Kinds of Minds
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Developmental Trends: Cognitive Strategies and Metacognition at Different Age Levels
Infancy (Birth–2)What You Might Observe: Use of one object to obtain another (in the second year) Emerging ...
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Cognitive Development
InfancyJean Piaget, a pioneer in the field of the cognitive development of children, developed a theory that views ...
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Cognitive Development: The First Five Years
Thinking, making new connections, and discovering the world In the first year of life wonderful and dramatic things ...
Source: NYU Child Study Center
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Cognitive Developmental Milestones: By the End of 3, 4, and 5 Years
Is your child on track with his cognitive development? Learn about the milestones a child should reach by the end of 3, ...
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Using Art to Enhance Major Areas of Development
The focus of art activities used in early childhood special education programs should be on the process rather than ...
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Social Cognition: What Is It and What Does It Tell Us About How to Teach?
Understanding how a person learns is essential to understanding how to teach. If a math teacher asks a student to ...
Source: Autism Society
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Applied Behavior Analysis: Addressing Cognitive and Emotional Development in Children with Autism
It has become well known in recent decades that behavioral intervention procedures can be effective for teaching simple ...
Source: Autism Society
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Rubbing Off
Years before I became a child psychologist, I was a swim teacher and taught kindergarten. I remember working in the ...
Source: Greater Good Magazine
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The Development of Self-Concept
Imagine that you live across the street from an empty lot. One day, you notice that workers have placed piles of ...
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Reasoning
Since ancient times, the age of six or seven has been regarded as the age of reason. The reason referred to by the ...
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Self-Regulation: The Key to Successful Students?
Self-regulation is increasingly being seen as a good predictor of a child's academic success. What is it, and how can ...
Source: Education.com
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Conversations that Count
Families are their children's first teachers. As a family member you begin teaching your babies about language as you ...
Source: U.S. Department of Education
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How a 5th Grader Thinks
It can be challenging to determine what a fifth grader can understand and what's beyond his comprehension. He may look...
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How Your Middle Schooler Thinks
Middle schoolers are officially in the realm of the "young adult." Your once little tot is now beginning to look and...
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How a Kinder Thinks
Kindergarten, the first big step in your child's educational career. Your child might be a little nervous, and you might...
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Immaturity and Behaviors of Young Children
The word immature means not fully grown; therefore, being young means being immature. The following behavior problems...
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Language Development in Middle Childhood
The foundation of language development is established during the preschool and early elementary school years. School-age...
