Despite its proven added value, modeling-based learning (MbL) in science is not commonly incorporated into the early grades. Our purpose this descriptive case study was to enrich our understanding of how kindergarten children enact MbL by examining these children's constructed models and their accompanying oral descriptions models. For purpose, we adopted a drawing-based modeling approach which...

Assessed sleep patterns and sleep disruptions in kindergarten children and investigated the relation between sleep measures derived from objective and subjective evaluation methods. The sleep patterns of 59 normal kindergarten children (mean age = 5.5 years) were monitored for 4 to 5 consecutive nights by means of activity monitors (actigraph) and by means of parental daily sleep logs. The corr...

Children's behavioral self-regulation and executive function (EF; including attentional or cognitive flexibility, working memory, and inhibitory control) are strong predictors of academic achievement. The present study examined the psychometric properties of a measure of behavioral self-regulation called the Head-Toes-Knees-Shoulders (HTKS) by assessing construct validity, including relations t...

The purpose of this study was to describe the implementation assignment improve ability children Group B Pembina Raya Kindergarten in recognizing colors. method used research is classroom action (PTK). subjects were Kindergarten, using data collection tools form observation and assignments. From results given assignments, it found that child's recognize colors (pointing, mentioning, grouping) a...

The intestinal-carriage rates of Clostridium difficile in neonates hospitalized in the University Hospital's Center for Perinatal and Reproductive Health and in infants and children enrolled in two day-nurseries and a kindergarten were examined. Swab samples from the floors of these facilities were also analyzed to determine the extent of environmental contamination by this organism. C. diffici...