Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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    Finger-Counting Habits and Number Processing in Canadian and Chinese University Students

    Year: 2013, 2013
    Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
    Name(s): Creator (cre): Morrissey, Kyle, Thesis advisor (ths): Liu, Mowei, Degree committee member (dgc): Smith-Chat, Brenda, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
    Abstract: <p>In the past few years there has been increasing attention paid to the influence of the motor system on numerical cognition. A 2010 study by Domahs, Moeller, Huber, Willmes and Nuerk tested German and Chinese university students. Number processing time was influenced by cross cultural differences in finger counting habits</p><p>This thesis replicated and elaborated on the… more

    FIRST NATION COMMUNITY PERCEPTIONS OF POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR CHANGES IDENTIFIED IN YOUTH ASSOCIATED WITH PARTICIPATION IN A COMMUNITY RECREATION PROGRAM: A GROUNDED THEORY APPROACH

    Year: 2013, 2013
    Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
    Name(s): Creator (cre): Rapley, Jesiqua, Thesis advisor (ths): Smith-Chant, Brenda, Degree committee member (dgc): Navara, Geoffery, Degree committee member (dgc): O'Hagan, Fergal, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
    Abstract: <p>This research project focused on the positive behaviour changes in First Nations youth as a result of participation in a community-based recreation program. The study was a secondary analysis based on a qualitative data set. Both adults and youth were interviewed in one-on-one and focus group settings in 12 First Nations communities across Ontario. The data was analyzed using a grounded… more

    Talking it out: Social Problem Solving and Language in Middle Childhood and Early Adolescence

    Year: 2013, 2013
    Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
    Name(s): Creator (cre): Bailey, Katharine, Thesis advisor (ths): Im-Bolter, Nancie, Degree committee member (dgc): Brown, Liana, Degree committee member (dgc): Smith-Chant, Brenda, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
    Abstract: <p>The literature to date that investigates the development of social perspective taking in children primarily focuses on preschool aged children. These studies provide evidence that implicates language as being crucial for social perspective taking in young children but less is known about the importance of language to social perspective taking during middle childhood and early adolescence… more