This cross-sectional study aimed to (1) construct a model of handwriting fluency in children and (2) explore the impact of fluent handwriting and visual-motor integration on orthographic skills. In a Swiss sample of 93 fourth graders (mean age = 10 years, ...
Age-correlated differences vs. changes in intellectual abilities: Can both aspects be explained by the speed variable?Abstract. To explain cognitive development across the life-span, a “strong” version of the speed hypothesis posits that changes in ...
Zusammenfassung. In der vorliegenden Studie wird der Frage nachgegangen, ob sich zwischen beliebten, durchschnittlichen, unbeachteten und zurückgewiesenen Kindern Unterschiede in spezifischen kognitiven und motorischen Fähigkeiten finden lassen. Zu drei ...Cognitive and motor coordinative abilities in children of different peer status groups in the first school yearAbstract. In the present study, it was investigated whether popular, average, neglected, and rejected children differ with respect to specific ...
A definition of basic computer skills (BCS) is proposed and the psychometric properties of a newly developed BCS scale are investigated. BCS is defined as the ability and speed of performing basic actions in graphical user interfaces of computers to ...
Replication efforts involving large samples are recommended in helping to determine the reliability of an effect. This approach was taken for a study from Meier, Robinson, and Clore (2004), one of the first papers in social cognition guided by conceptual ...