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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Cognitive gains"”.
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The effects of the Sea World Talented and Gifted Endangered Species Program on the knowledge of seventh graders
This study was conducted to determine if cognitive gains were made by seventh graders after participation in an endangered species program conducted by Sea World. Fifty-seven students attending a private school participated in the study. After pre-instruction with materials provided by Sea World, …
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Multilingualism and Diglossia in Hong-Kong Secondary Schools: Switching effects in cognition and language processing
The bilingual advantage in cognitive switching has been extensively documented in the literature (e.g., Bialystok, 2011; Bialystok, 2015). This thesis focuses on the cognitive gains of bilinguals in task-switching, specifically. If we assume that bilinguals outperform monolinguals in non-verbal …
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The Impact of Student Faculty Interaction and Intergroup Contact on Cognitive and Sociocultural Gains in College Seniors as Measured by the College Student Experiences Questionnaire
… and other stakeholders calling for evidence of gains that result from earning a degree (Burrows, 1999; Jongbloed, Enders and Salerno, 2008; Julian, 2012). They expect that graduates to achieve cognitive gains in communication, critical thinking, and the ability to work independently and in teams …
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The Effect of Choice in Exercise Intensity on Affect and Cognition
… of acute exercise; specifically, affective and cognitive gains. According to Landers (2008), acute exercise refers to a single bout of exercise usually lasting a short duration, whereas chronic exercise refers to long term repeated bouts of exercise (e.g., weeks, months, or years). Participants …
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Head Start Social Services: Experiences, Perceptions, And Benefits From the Perspective of Head Start Mothers
… Head Start's influence on the child in terms of cognitive gains, social development, and social-emotional development. A continuing problem to understanding the extent of Head Start impact on families is the absence of reliable information about Head Start's influence on the mother and how that …
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Study Abroad as a Multifaceted Approach to Supporting College Sophomores: Creating Optimal Environments to Promote Intercultural Maturity
… fosters intercultural maturity, defined as the cognitive, intrapersonal, and interpersonal developmental capacities that enable students to act in ways that are aware and appropriate, should be available to all students. Scholarly work, however, demonstrates that sophomore students receive the …
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Evaluation of an interactive multimedia program on calcium and folate composition of foods
… 7 universities in the United States. Changes in cognitive performance were assessed with multiple choice questions; attitude and self-efficacy were measured by 5-choice Likert-type rating scale items. One-day food records were collected pre- and post-intervention from introductory students. …
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Cognitive acceleration across the primary-second level transition
In an Irish context, the cognitive level prole of primary (pre-transfer) and second level (post-transfer) students was obtained. This prole showed that virtually no 6th class primary school pupils (age 12.3 years), and little less than 10 percent of 1st year second level students (age 12.8 years) …