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Showing 1 to 20 of 472 for “"Child development."”.
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Sociodramatic Play and Child Development
… to identify and categorise some of the potential developmental benefits of this kind of play activity. It locates and describes five areas of development in particular within which sociodramatic play is seen as having an especially positive effect; these are – cognition, linguistic development, …
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Essays in Economics of Child Development
… how the family and place of residence in which a child is raised are crucial to their human capital formation. The first chapter investigates how family-school-neighborhood combinations influence human capital accumulation, measured by test score gains. I propose a framework that accounts for …
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Child's play: playgrounds and child development
Nature‐based play environments refer to children’s playgrounds that are designed with an abundance of natural elements and materials. As evident in the work of numerous design firms throughout the United States and Europe, there is a growing interest in nature‐based playgrounds in part because they …
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Essays on Parental Migration and Child Development
… countries leaves millions of rural-origin children growing up separated from their migrant parents. Due to the limited parent-child interaction, parental migration poses developmental challenges for left-behind children. This dissertation consists two chapters that study children's …
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Economic pressure, positivity, and positive child development
… functioning and a protective factor for young children’s positive development. The dissertation includes two studies: the first study examined the association between individuals’ economic pressure and positivity throughout adulthood and the second study examined the impact of parental …
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ADULTS’ KNOWLEDGE OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND CHILD GUIDANCE
… parenting skills and parenting knowledge about children’s development have profound effects on children’s development. Studies to date show that most adults lack knowledge of child development and developmentally-appropriate child guidance. These studies, however have focused on white, …
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The Environment and Child Development: A Multivariate Approach
The environment that a child grows up in has a profound effect on their child development. For example, key outcomes such as academic ability or behaviour, cognitive ability and the neurobiology of the brain have been found to be associated to a child’s environment. However, the factors that make …
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Maternal Eating Disorders: Effects on Pregnancy, Infant and Child Development
… pregnancy and, diet and growth in their children. However, few large longitudinal investigations have been conducted. Women with ED have an increased risk for adverse obstetric outcomes; one proposed pathway is via elevated psychopathology during pregnancy, and consequently foetal …
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Essays on the Social and Parental Determinants of Early Child Development
… conditions, such as home, language, and child care environments. Chapter one explains the importance of research in inequality in early human capital. The consequence of this disparity includes gaps in skills, education, employment, and earning. In addition, this chapter highlights how …
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Social inequality, reproductive health and child development : a Chhattisgarh village study
India’s gains in reproductive health and child development have been slower than anticipated, and significantly the country continues to bear a disproportionate share of the global undernutrition burden. Indian children do particularly poorly in the foundational foetal stage and in the first three …
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Child's play : facilitating child development through play and interaction with plants
The representation of planting has been under- theorised in landscape architecture and has become a simple technical accompaniment to design rather than a vital part of the design process. Generally, planting design is left to the end of the project when it fills a previously generated plan …
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Dilemmas of trust - a study of the Durham Child Development Center.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning. Thesis. 1972. M.C.P.
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Educators’ Understanding of Child Development in Successful Schools that Face Challenging Circumstances
… that face challenging circumstances understand child development and the school context, and how their understanding of child development is manifested through non-academic responses to these challenging circumstances. Using mixed methods to explore and compare the results of survey data (N = …
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Enhancing child development services for neurodivergent children in Waikato: A qualitative study
Background: Children with neurodevelopmental disorders often face unmet needs, placing their well-being at risk. Effective healthcare delivery is important to enhance outcomes for these individuals. In New Zealand, limitations in funding and resources, compounded by escalating demand, have led to …
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