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Howe, Nina; Abuhatoum, Shireen; Chang-Kredl, Sandra – Early Education and Development, 2014
Research Findings: Pretend play is an important context that supports young children's developing social-cognitive and creative abilities. The play behaviors of 70 sibling dyads in early and middle childhood were examined for the following indices of creativity in play: (a) play themes (set-up/organization, expected, creative), (b) object use…
Descriptors: Play, Creativity, Imagination, Siblings
Gube, Maren; Shore, Bruce M. – Online Submission, 2018
From the 1990s until 2017 the High Ability and Inquiry Research Group (HAIR) at McGill University in Montreal, received C$1.3M in research funds from Canadian, Quebec, and US agencies to support its research and graduate training in education and educational psychology. Their research encompassed two principal areas, Inquiry in Education and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Educational Objectives, Academic Ability
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Lehrer, Joanne S.; Petrakos, Hariclia H.; Venkatesh, Vivek – Early Education and Development, 2014
Research Findings: This study explored the relationship between play and child development at the Grade 1 level. As previous research has noted a sudden curtailment of classroom play during this period, the relationship between play at home and children's school grades, behavior, and creativity scores was examined using correlational and…
Descriptors: Grade 1, After School Programs, Play, Academic Achievement
Notenboom, Rob; Moore, Jeff – Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, 2011
Trek School is an outdoor school program for any Grade 11 students in Regina, Saskatchewan. During the program, students engage in a series of classroom, outdoor, and experiential activities. The various courses are taught through these experiences. The program is designed to help students develop in the areas of independent learning, critical and…
Descriptors: School Activities, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Grade 11