Sentences with phrase «higher cognitive development»

The major child mediators were reduction in aggressive behavior and higher cognitive development.

Not exact matches

On a cognitive level, growing up in a chaotic and unstable environment — and experiencing the chronic elevated stress that such an environment produces — disrupts the development of a set of skills, controlled by the prefrontal cortex, known as executive functions: higher - order mental abilities that some researchers compare to a team of air - traffic controllers overseeing the working of the brain.

This fosters high self - esteem, cognitive development, and emotional maturity.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)- Children who were breastfed for more than six months scored the highest on cognitive, language and motor development tests as toddlers, in a new study from Greece.

Studies show that infants who have received mothers milk have higher scores measuring visual acuity and cognitive development, including IQ, said Paula Meier, director for clinical research and lactation at Rush - Presbyterian - St.

Mothers with higher education may already follow child - rearing practices that stimulate cognitive development of their infants through more frequent verbal interactions and reading.

After adjustment for 15 appropriate key factors (including maternal age, education, race, ethnicity, SES, family size and childhood experiences), breastfeeding was associated with significantly higher scores for cognitive development than formula feeding.

When compared to control group counterparts in randomized trials, infants and toddlers who participated in high - quality home visiting programs were shown to have more favorable scores for cognitive development and behavior, higher IQs and language scores, higher grade point averages and math and reading achievement test scores at age 9, and higher graduation rates from high school.

Several studies have also attempted to understand the role of breastfeeding on IQ, and although some authors conclude that the observed advantage of breastfeeding on IQ is related only to genetic and socioenvironmental factors, a recent meta - analysis showed that after adjustment for appropriate key co-factors, breastfeeding was associated with significantly higher scores for cognitive development than formula feeding.6 Longer duration of breastfeeding has also been positively associated with intelligence in adulthood.22 We also observed the benefits of long - term breastfeeding on mental indices, along with the indirect benefit of balancing the impact of exposure to p, p ′ DDE after adjustment for some socioeconomic variables.

Higher levels of fatty acids in blood samples were associated with improved cognitive development, particularly verbal and fine motor skills.

Findings from the National Early Head Start Research and Evaluation project, a rigorous Congressionally - mandated study, indicate that the program had modest but positive impacts on EHS children at age three in cognitive, language, and social - emotional development, compared to a control group.xxiii In addition, their parents scored higher than control group parents on such aspects of the home environment as parenting behavior and knowledge of infant - toddler development.

Some have speculated that a postpartum diet high in DHA contributes to the cognitive development, as measured by IQ tests.

Mothers who breast feed tend to be older, have a better education, and a higher socioeconomic status, than mothers who breast feed their children for a limited time or not at all.3 15 In some studies the association between breast feeding and cognitive development is not statistically significant after adjustment for such confounders.16 - 20

Jamie is also committed to promoting higher education in this field by teaching Cognitive Development, Adolescent Development and other courses related to pediatric health at Concordia University in Montreal.

The positive impact of sustained high levels of maternal responsivity from toddlerhood through middle childhood was true even for children with more autistic symptoms and lower nonverbal cognitive development levels.

These findings could be a step in grasping how the brain circuit is shaped during this early stage development and how these neuronal circuits contribute to higher cognitive function in adulthood.

Higher cognitive skills are found in the children of mothers who are consistently able to support the development of their baby's sense of autonomy, according to a study led by researchers at the University of Montreal.

However, at 36 months of age, those who received the intervention caught up with children from high - resource families, while those who did not receive the intervention remained behind in their cognitive development.

Steven Piantadosi and Celeste Kidd, assistant professors in brain and cognitive sciences, developed a novel evolutionary model in which the development of high levels of intelligence may be driven by the demands of raising offspring.

«Equipping parents with learning activities helps close cognitive development gap between disadvantaged, high - resourced children.»

Exposing infants and children to higher amounts of sugar during growth and development can produce problems with cognitive development and learning as well as create lifelong risk for obesity, diabetes, fatty liver disease and heart disease, said Goran, founding director of the Childhood Obesity Research Center at the Keck School of Medicine.

A diet high in saturated fat results in chronic low - grade inflammation in the body that in turn leads to the development of metabolic syndrome, a serious condition associated with cognitive dysfunction and dementia as well as being a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes.

Overgrowth13 and neural dysfunction14, 15 are evident at young ages in multiple brain regions, including the prefrontal cortex (PFC), 3,6,7,11,12 that are involved in higher - order social, emotional, communication, and cognitive development.

The proportion of adults 65 years or older with a high school diploma increased from 55 % in 1990 to 80 % in 2010, while the proportion with a college degree increased from 12 % to 23 %.12 More years of formal education is associated with a reduced risk of dementia, likely through multiple causal pathways, including a direct effect on brain development and function (ie, the building of «cognitive reserve»), health behaviors, as well as the general health advantages of having more wealth and opportunities.13 - 15

Although vitamin C is absolutely vital for cognitive development of infants during pregnancy and there are higher dietary requirements during this time, the upper daily intake limit is not known.

Studies show that some adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment are able to delay the development of Alzheimer's because their blood contains higher caffeine levels.

According to Oregon State University, the high amounts of the long - chain omega - 3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid, or DHA, in the brain make unsaturated omega - 3 fatty acid intake a crucial factor in brain development and preventing cognitive decline.

Evaluating data from the 40 - year follow - up to the High / Scope Perry Preschool Program Study, Belfield and his colleagues show how preschool participation by low income children relates to significant economic benefits both to the children by the time they are in their 40s and to society more generally (Belfield et al. 2006).1 Summarizing over 160 studies conducted from 1960 through 2000, Camilli et al. found that preschool had a range of shorter and longer term positive relationships to cognitive gains, progression through school, and social - emotional development (Camilli et al. 2010).

Compiled data from all 3,001 children and their families showed that Early Head Start children scored higher, on average, than their peers on standardized tests of cognitive and language development; and far fewer children tested as requiring remediation.

Rose adds that high schools rarely take advantage of an adolescent's cognitive development.

If students do not have opportunities to develop their higher order, cognitive skillsets they won't develop the reason, logic, creative problem solving, concept development, media literacy, and communication skills best suited for the daily complexities of life or the professional jobs of their future.

For 11 years, Bub worked closely with Dean Kathleen McCartney as a research assistant on the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development's Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development, which further opened her eyes to the effects of high - quality early education experiences on children's social, behavioral, and cognitive skills.

Students who learn another language show greater cognitive development in creativity and higher order thinking skills such as problem solving, conceptualisation and reasoning.

The Abecedarian Program also had a focus on quality with ideal caregiver - child ratios (1 - to - 3 for infants and toddlers and 1 - to - 6 during preschool), and a curriculum focused on children's language, cognitive, and social emotional development through high quality caregiver - child interactions.

Not only do KS2 SATs fail to produce reliable measures of prior attainment, they corrupt teaching and and learning so inhibiting the cognitive development that is the only route to deep learning and higher standards.

Only one in 10 elementary classrooms across the country emphasizes the development of cognitive skills; other researchers have advocated for explicit instruction of metacognitive, cognitive, and other strategies to facilitate the process of learning as a way to engage and motivate middle and high school students.

Suggests that early childhood development focus on play, elementary school gear the curriculum toward learning how the world works, middle schools create programs that develop the young adolescent's social, emotional, and meta - cognitive growth, and high schools emphasize preparing students to live independently in the real world.

CALICO Journal Cambridge Journal of Education Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Canadian Journal of Action Research Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics - Revue canadienne de linguistique appliquee Canadian Journal of Education Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy Canadian Journal of Environmental Education Canadian Journal of Higher Education Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology Canadian Journal of School Psychology Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education Canadian Modern Language Review Canadian Social Studies Career and Technical Education Research Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals CATESOL Journal CBE - Life Sciences Education CEA Forum Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education Chemical Engineering Education Chemistry Education Research and Practice Child & Youth Care Forum Child Care in Practice Child Development Child Language Teaching and Therapy Childhood Education Children & Schools Children's Literature in Education Chinese Education and Society Christian Higher Education Citizenship, Social and Economics Education Classroom Discourse Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas Cogent Education Cognition and Instruction Cognitive Science Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching College & Research Libraries College and University College Composition and Communication College Quarterly College Student Affairs Journal College Student Journal College Teaching Communicar: Media Education Research Journal Communication Disorders Quarterly Communication Education Communication Teacher Communications in Information Literacy Communique Community & Junior College Libraries Community College Enterprise Community College Journal Community College Journal of Research and Practice Community College Review Community Literacy Journal Comparative Education Comparative Education Review Comparative Professional Pedagogy Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education Complicity: An International Journal of Complexity and Education Composition Forum Composition Studies Computer Assisted Language Learning Computer Science Education Computers in the Schools Contemporary Education Dialogue Contemporary Educational Technology Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood Contemporary Issues in Education Research Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal) Contemporary School Psychology Contributions to Music Education Counselor Education and Supervision Creativity Research Journal Creighton Journal of Interdisciplinary Leadership Critical Inquiry in Language Studies Critical Questions in Education Critical Studies in Education Cultural Studies of Science Education Current Issues in Comparative Education Current Issues in Education Current Issues in Language Planning Current Issues in Middle Level Education Curriculum and Teaching Curriculum Inquiry Curriculum Journal Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences

Polette (1984) suggested heavy emphasis on the following factors: higher cognitive levels of thinking, critical reading, vocabulary development, wide exposure to literature, productive thinking, imaginative thinking, visualization, exploration of values, and a language arts approach.

Questioning for cognitive rigor is an instructional method that supports teaching and learning for higher order thinking, depth of knowledge, and language development.

The program serves children who are continuously exposed to high - risk factors and situations that are likely to have an adverse impact on their social, emotional, physical and cognitive development.

Not only are they likely to have a cognitive ability development deficit on entering secondary school, but the gaming, cramming and high pressure revision approaches such schools are forced to apply in order to survive in the marketised system will increase rather than decrease that cognitive ability developmental deficit.

``... children in poverty may experience delays in cognitive development due to high - stress situations created by poverty such as lack of food, shelter, or stability.

It boasts high - density, lean protein found in chicken to build strong muscles, healthy whole grains to help support healthy digestion and DHA for cognitive development.

There have even been studies by Aline and Robert Kidd that show youngsters from pet - loving families score higher in cognitive, social, and motor development.

Each meaty morsel is loaded with good stuff like: Beef - A high - quality protein source, DHA - To help support cognitive development in puppies, Omega 3 and 6 Fatty Acids - To help promote healthy skin and coat

Each meaty morsel is loaded with good stuff like: Beef A high - quality protein source DHA To help support cognitive development in puppies Omega 3 and 6 Fatty Acids To help promote healthy skin and coat BLUE Bits are made with the finest natural ingredients, have no chicken (or poultry) by - product meals, and are corn, wheat and soy free.

The scale of natural disasters has also increased because of deforestation, environmental degradation, urbanization, and intensified climate variables.20 The distinctive health, behavioral, and psychosocial needs of children subject them to unique risks from these events.21 Extreme weather events place children at risk for injury, 22 loss of or separation from caregivers, 21 exposure to infectious diseases, 23 and a uniquely high risk of mental health consequences, including posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and adjustment disorder.24 Disasters can cause irrevocable harm to children through devastation of their homes, schools, and neighborhoods, all of which contribute to their physiologic and cognitive development.25

• Comprehensive knowledge of childhood education, with special focus on providing physical and cognitive stimulation • Physically able to handle a high demanding job involving young children, with intense motivation to provide them with education to nurture their individual personalities • Able to develop and implement age - appropriate activities, designed to help children with school work • Adept at disciplining children in accordance to the methods meted out specifically by parents • Skilled at preparing nutritionally beneficial food items for children, according to their ages and specific nutritional needs • Functional ability to handle children with special needs, with great insight into managing adverse situations and emergencies • Dynamic approach to managing children of different ages, background and cultures, with special focus on developing their personalities for social integration • Able to assist in the mental and physical development of children by teaching basic social and cognitive skills • Track record of building a safe, caring, nurturing and stimulating environment for children, designed to assist them in developing and thriving physically and emotionally

Ms. Senft's background in the family environment includes domestic mediation, separation and divorce, marital property and tax liability, domestic violence, high conflict, gay and lesbian partnerships, bankruptcy, religious annulment, parental rights, grandparents» rights, adoption, cognitive - psychological - social child development, parenting plans, religious faith and doctrine on marriage, adultery, adult grief and traumatic incident reduction, loss of child, abortion, guardianship, addiction, alcoholism, estates and trusts, real estate and personal property asset division, estate planning, end of life issues, elder care decision - making, and closely held family business, shareholder disputes and every variety of partnership conflict.