Trajectories of Cognitive Development among American Indian Young Children

Autor/inn/en	Mitchell, Christina M.; Croy, Calvin; Spicer, Paul; Frankel, Karen; Emde, Robert N.
Titel	Trajectories of Cognitive Development among American Indian Young Children
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 47 (2011) 4, S.991-999 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0024011
Schlagwörter	American Indians; Young Children; Minority Group Children; National Norms; Kindergarten; Cognitive Development; School Readiness; Infants; Reservation American Indians; Scores; Age Differences; At Risk Persons; Psychomotor Skills; Cognitive Ability; Language Skills; Visual Perception; Mullen Scales of Early Learning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? American Indian; Indianer; Frühe Kindheit; Kognitive Entwicklung; Readiness for school; School ability; Schulreife; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Risikogruppe; Psychomotorische Aktivität; Denkfähigkeit; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Visuelle Wahrnehmung
Abstract	Children who begin kindergarten with stronger skills learn faster than do those who enter with lower skills. Minority children tend to enter kindergarten already at a disadvantage, and the gap widens across time. However, little is known about cognitive development among American Indian young children. In this study, 110 American Indian infants from one Northern Plains reservation community were assessed four times between ages 6 months and 36 months, with the Mullen Scales of Early Learning. At 6 months of age, scores were near the national norms; a drop occurred between 6 months and 15 months. Scores then tended to level off below the norms through 36 months. In each domain, we observed a crucial decline over the 1st year of life and relatively little change in the 2nd and 3rd years of life, highlighting the importance of developing culturally syntonic interventions to facilitate cognitive development during the 1st year of life. (Contains 6 figures and 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10