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Early Predictors of Mathematics Achievement and Mathematics Learning Difficulties
IntroductionMathematics difficulties are widespread. Up to 10% of students are diagnosed with a learning disability in mathematics at some point in their school careers.1,2 Many more learners struggle...
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Young Children's Peer Relations: Links with Early Developing Anxiety and Depression
IntroductionThe peer group represents an important and unique context for the development of a wide range of skills and competencies in early childhood.1 Simply stated, ‘playing with friends’...
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Young Children's Peer Relations: Links with Early Developing Anxiety and Depression
IntroductionThe peer group represents an important and unique context for the development of a wide range of skills and competencies in early childhood.1 Simply stated, ‘playing with friends’...
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Play Pedagogy and Playworlds
IntroductionThe cultural perspective on play offers us rich ground for developing play pedagogy, as this perspective shows how play and culture are connected. This entry focuses on one play pedagogy...
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Tobacco Consumption During Pregnancy and its Association with Psychosocial Child Development
IntroductionSelf-report studies reveal that 7 to 25% of women of childbearing age in the United States endorse current smoking, including the use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), which...