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Direct linkTrevlas, Efthimios; Matsouka, Ourania; Zachopoulou, Evridiki – Early Child Development and Care, 2003
Previous research has noted a corresponding relationship between young children's play and divergent thinking ability. This study examined how far fluency and flexibility in movement patterns' production, as indicatory elements of divergent thinking and critical thinking, are related to a variety of psychological elements (physical spontaneity,…
Descriptors: Play, Humor, Creativity, Creative Thinking
Zachopoulou, Evridiki; Trevlas, Efthimios; Tsikriki, Georgia – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2004
There is a distinction between girls and boys regarding the manifestation of sex-appropriate behaviour from an early age. There is evidence that boys and girls play and are reared differently, and also are reinforced differently to manifest behaviours regarded as playful. The purpose of this study was to identify if there were differences between…
Descriptors: Play, Females, Multivariate Analysis, Kindergarten
