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The Review of Foreign Studies of the Relationship between the Quality of the Educational Environment and Cognitive Development at Preschool Children

The History of Pedagogical and Psychological Education , UDC: 373.21 DOI: 10.25688/2076-9121.2018.46.4.08

Authors

  • Belolutskaya Anastasia Kirillovna
  • Kataeva Maria Konstantinovna

Annotation

The article is about the problems concerning the impact of factors of the educational environment in kindergartens on the level of development of cognitive activity. The analysis shows that the most relevant topics for the authors today are: the influence of the environment and the features of the educational process on future school performance; the structure of the cognitive activity; personal development and cognitive processes.

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Belolutskaya, A. K. & Kataeva, M. K. (2018). The Review of Foreign Studies of the Relationship between the Quality of the Educational Environment and Cognitive Development at Preschool Children Bulletin of the Moscow City Pedagogical University. Series "Pedagogy and Psychology", 2018, №4 (46), 89-100. https://doi.org/10.25688/2076-9121.2018.46.4.08
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