Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2007. / Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 160-170). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

Although the paediatric literature in the area of executive function has expanded significantly over the past 20 years, there is still an imbalance of knowledge when compared to the adult literature. The present project sought to redress the balance in executive function research by (1) investigating the development of a wide range of executive processes in children between the ages of 3 and 7 years, and (2) examining the effects of early frontal lobe damage on the ongoing development of these skills.

The purpose of this study was to describe the behavior of children engaged in two different Peer Work Group (PWG) tasks and to search for patterns of behavior that relate to learning. The study was exploratory in nature and was designed to investigate the processes children use under different PWG task-structure conditions. Two groups of children in a 1st-2nd grade classroom were studied; each group worked for one week on each task and all interaction was videotaped. Detailed information about requests and responses was recorded onto a checklist. Pretests and posttests were administered for each task to assess gains and to search for relationships among tasks, behaviors, and learning. Results include identification of eleven task-related behaviors with differences across tasks in level of engagement for the following: Independent Seatwork, Group Discussion, Time Off-Task, Waiting for Peers, Cooperative Problem Solving, Approaching the Teacher, and Requesting Help. Patterns in the data for request-response behaviors agree with sociolinguistic theory regarding "effective speakers". Significant differences were not found within or between groups and tasks on achievement measures. Implications are drawn regarding the influence of task structure on group process and children's use of requesting behavior for obtaining elaborated responses from peers.

Thesis (M.S.)--The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2008. / Directed by Novem Mason; submitted to the Dept. of Interior Architecture. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Sep. 3, 2009). Includes bibliographical references (p. 88-91).

Thesis (Ph.D.(Educational Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references.

A presente pesquisa teve como objetivo compreender o desenvolvimento da infância no Brasil em sua relação com a educação escolar, ao longo do século XX. Trata-se de estudo bibliográfico-documental fundamentado em tese do sociólogo dinamarquês Jens Qvortrup que propõe examinar como a infância, quanto categoria geracional na estrutura social, se modifica ao longo do tempo e como se relaciona com as demais categorias. Ao considerar a amplitude do que se pode pesquisar sobre o desenvolvimento da infância, optou-se por definir o recorte infância-escola como foco, a legislação como objeto de análise e o século XX como período de investigação. As modificações sociais, ser criança ou ser menor, o acesso ou não à escola, os princípios de obrigatoriedade e gratuidade são elementos que foram se destacando ao longo do exame das leis. A pesquisa conclui que a relação entre infância e escola é bastante complexa, mas, do ponto de vista legal, após a redemocratização e as novas conquistas que foram alcançadas por meio e após a Constituição de 1988 ser promulgada, houve algum avanço no que se refere ao acesso à educação escolar e à condição das crianças como sujeito de direitos, concluindo um processo de estreitamento da relação entre infância e escola que se concretizou, dentre outras formas, por meio da de inserção das crianças na escola, reforçando os princípios de gratuidade e obrigatoriedade, na perspectiva do direito à educação escolar. / This research aimed to understand the development of childhood in Brazil in its relation to the school education throughout the 20th century. It is a bibliographic and documental study inspired by the thesis of the Danish sociologist Jens Qvortrup which proposes the exam of childhood as a generational category in social structure, how it changes through time and how it relates to the other generational categories. Considering the length of what one can research on the development of childhood the relation between childhood and school was defined as the focus of the research, the legislation as the object of the analysis and the 20th century as the period of this investigation. The social changes, being a child or being a minor, the access or not to schooling and compulsory and public education had been highlighted during the legislation exam. The research concludes that the relation between childhood and school is very complex but from the legal point of view after the re-democratization and the new achievements reached through and after the Constitution of 1988 there were some progresses regarding the access to school and the condition of children as subjects of rights. It concluded a process of forging closer ties in the relation between childhood and schooling in the perspective of the right of education, particularly through the mass-schooling process that re-affirmed the compulsory and public education, among others.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 2004. / Advisors: Dr. Amy Wetherby, Dr. Lisa Scott-Trautman, Florida State University, College of Communication, Dept. of Communication Disorders. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed June 16, 2004). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Sydney, 1997. / Title from title screen (viewed Apr. 15, 2008). Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the Faculty of Education. Includes bibliography. Also available in print form.

Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of North Carolina Wilmington, 2009. / Title from PDF title page (January 14, 2010) Includes bibliographical references (p. 35-38)

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Duquesne University, 2006. / Title from document title page. Abstract included in electronic submission form. Includes bibliographical references (p. 98-117) and index.