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Measurement burst designs, in which assessments of a set of constructs are made at two or more times in quick succession (e.g., within days), can be used as a novel method to improve the stability of basic measures typically used in longitudinal peer research. In this Element, we hypothesized that the stabilities for adolescent-reported peer acceptance, anxiety, and self-concept would be stronger when using the measurement burst approach versus the single time observation. Participants included youth between 10 and 13 years old who completed (a) sociometric assessments of acceptance, and measures of (b) social and test anxiety, and (c) self-concept across three times with two assessments made at each burst. Findings broadly showed that the stabilities were significantly stronger with the measurement burst when compared to the single time assessment, supporting our main hypothesis. We discuss the utility of the measurement burst in a broader context and considerations for researchers.

Preteens --- Teenagers --- Research --- Methodology. --- Adolescents --- Teen-agers --- Teens --- Young adults (Teenagers) --- Youth --- Pre-teens --- Preadolescents --- Preteenagers --- Tweenagers --- Tweenies --- Tweens --- Children

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adolescenten --- Tweede Wereldoorlog --- History of Belgium and Luxembourg --- anno 1940-1949 --- Flemish war stories --- Histoires de guerre flamandes --- Oorlogsverhalen [Vlaamse ] --- Pre-teens --- Preadolescents --- Preteenagers --- Preteens --- Préado --- Préadolescents --- Tweenagers --- Tweenies --- Tweens --- Vlaamse oorlogsverhalen --- War stories [Flemish ] --- Wereldoorlog II (Tweede wereldoorlog) --- Geschiedenis --- Roman de guerre flamand --- Récits de guerre flamands --- World War, 1939-1945 --- Belgium --- Personal narratives --- Youth. --- Youth --- 1939-1945. --- Belgium.

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During middle childhood, the period between ages 5 and 12, children gain the basic tools, skills and motivations to become productive members of their society. Failure to acquire these basic tools can lead to long-term consequences for children's future education, work and family life. In this book, first published in 2006, the editors assemble contributions from fifteen longitudinal studies representing diverse groups in the United States, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom to learn what developmental patterns and experiences in middle childhood contexts forecast the directions children take when they reach adolescence and adulthood. The editors conclude that, although lasting individual differences are evident by the end of the preschool years, a child's developmental path in middle childhood contributes significantly to the adolescent and adult that he or she becomes. Families, peers and the broader social and economic environment all make a difference for young people's future education, work and relationships with others.

Child development --- Child psychology --- Children --- Preteens --- Pre-teens --- Preadolescents --- Preteenagers --- Tweenagers --- Tweenies --- Tweens --- Childhood --- Kids (Children) --- Pedology (Child study) --- Youngsters --- Age groups --- Families --- Life cycle, Human --- Behavior, Child --- Child behavior --- Child study --- Pediatric psychology --- Developmental psychology --- Development, Child --- Developmental biology --- Psychology --- Development --- Child development. --- Health Sciences --- Psychiatry & Psychology

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"Millions of children visit virtual worlds every day. In such virtual play spaces as Habbo Hotel, Toontown, and Whyville, kids chat with friends from school, meet new people, construct avatars, and earn and spend virtual currency. In 'Connected Play', Yasmin Kafai and Deborah Fields investigate what happens when kids play in virtual worlds, how this matters for their offline lives, and what this means for the design of educational opportunities in digital worlds."

Education --- Shared virtual environments. --- Educational games. --- Preteens --- Simulation methods. --- Recreation. --- Whyville. --- Immersive virtual environments --- IVEs (Immersive virtual environments) --- Multi-user distributed virtual environments --- Multi-user virtual environments --- MUVEs (Multi-user virtual environments) --- Shared VEs (Shared virtual environments) --- SVEs (Shared virtual environments) --- Pre-teens --- Preadolescents --- Preteenagers --- Tweenagers --- Tweenies --- Tweens --- Instructive games --- Training games --- Virtual reality --- Children --- Games --- Simulation methods --- GAME STUDIES/Games in Education --- EDUCATION/Digital Media & Learning --- SOCIAL SCIENCES/Media Studies