OBJECTIVES Racial disparities in late-life cognition persist even after accounting for educational attainment. We examined whether early-life educational quality and literacy in later life help explain these disparities. METHOD We used longitudinal data from the Washington Heights-Inwood Columbia Aging Project (WHICAP). Educational quality (percent white students; urban/rural school; combined...

In this paper, we discuss how iPads offer innovative opportunities for early literacy learning but also present challenges for teachers and children. We lent iPads to a Children’s Centre nursery (3to 4-year-olds), a primary school reception class (4to 5-year-olds) and a Special School (7to 13-year-olds), discussed their potential uses with staff in preand post-interviews and observed how they w...

Although research suggests associations between children's executive function skills and their academic achievement, the specific mechanisms that may help explain these associations in early childhood are unclear. This study examined whether children's (N = 1,103; M age = 54.5 months) executive function skills at the beginning of prekindergarten (pre-K) predict their learning-related behaviors ...

This study explores the relevance of health literacy, and its development through a health curriculum, as a necessary but insufficient component to facilitate healthy living among adolescents through comprehensive school health models. This paper presents qualitative findings from focus groups with students (N = 33) in four schools toward the end of their experience in a health class that focus...

UNLABELLED Almost nothing is known about the capacity of minimally verbal students with autism to develop literacy skills. Shared reading is a regular practice in early education settings and is widely thought to encourage language and literacy development. There is some evidence that children with severe disabilities can be engaged in adapted shared reading activities. The current study examin...

This paper explores how Cognitive Work Analysis (CWA) can be an effective approach for analyzing, designing, and evaluating complex sociotechnical systems such as elementary and middle school literacy support classrooms adopting new handheld technologies. CWA should be seen as an integral precursor to any design research iteration, enabling the identification of key constraints in order to desi...

Copy right Idea Grou p Inc . Copy right Idea Grou p Inc . INTRODUCTION A college graduate has to be computer literate in order to gain competitive edge in today’s business world since information technology, ranging from the basic word processing software to the complex data base management systems, is used constantly to prepare, present, and exchange information for management decision making....

This paper describes how computer-based music technology has become an established aspect of the contemporary music industry and some education settings. Although to date there has been little use of computer music technology in the early years of schooling, recent developments in the scope and quality of software are providing new opportunities for children’s learning. Through such programs, c...