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Sophia Mansori; Jackie Zweig; Anne Huntington; Tracy McMahon – Education Development Center, Inc., 2024
The aspiration of the LEGO Foundation is to support children to become creative, engaged, lifelong learners, who thrive in a constantly changing world by experiencing the benefits of learning through play. Learning through play offers deep learning experiences that are joyful, meaningful, active, engaged, iterative, and social. Effective teacher…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Play, Teaching Methods, Educational Research
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Emma S. Sipila-Thomas; Matthew T. Brodhead; Joshua B. Plavnick; Allison N. White – Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2021
In this study, we evaluated three lessons from a manualized social play skills intervention, Play20. Play20 is a focused intervention that is designed to improve early social skill development in children with autism spectrum disorder through naturalistic play. First, we evaluated the procedural fidelity of instructor implementation of Play20, and…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Skill Development, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Young Children
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Nathalie Benesova – Cogent Education, 2023
The paper outlines the design of a LEGO Serious Play (LSP)-based undergraduate management module delivered to a diverse group of students, and consequently evaluates the LSP workshops. It argues for the importance of participatory and co-creational approaches to management education, and demonstrates that LSP is a method that has the potential to…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Undergraduate Students, Play, Teaching Methods
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MacDonald, Amy; Huser, Carmen; Sikder, Shukla; Danaia, Lena – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2020
This article reports findings from a two-year independent evaluation of the "Little Scientists" program; a program providing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) professional development for early childhood educators across Australia. This article reports on the qualitative data gathered with educators to illustrate…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, STEM Education, Faculty Development, Early Childhood Teachers
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Miles, Emma – Research in Drama Education, 2018
Theatre for Early Years (TEY) audiences is a relatively new and growing area of practice. This article arises from empirical research with a group of children aged three and four, who made repeat visits to watch TEY performances at Polka Theatre in London. Drawing on literature from education studies, theatre studies and cultural geography, this…
Descriptors: Drama, Foreign Countries, Young Children, Teaching Methods
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Power, Sally; Rhys, Mirain; Taylor, Chris; Waldron, Sam – Review of Education, 2019
Debates on how best to educate young children have been raging over the last 100 years--more often fuelled by ideological preferences rather than empirical evidence. To some extent this is hardly surprising given the difficulty of examining pupil progress in a systematic and comparative way. However, the introduction of a new child-centred…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Centered Learning, Young Children, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
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Johnstone, Avril; Hughes, Adrienne R.; Reilly, John J. – Scottish Educational Review, 2019
It is widely accepted that children in Scotland, as in other high-income countries, are not engaging in sufficient moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA), the consequences of which can be adverse for health and wellbeing. In this paper, it is contended that active play (a form of gross motor or total body movement in which…
Descriptors: Play, Physical Activity Level, Movement Education, Skill Development
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Online Submission, 2019
Senate Bill (SB) 163 would alter the current law that requires coverage of behavioral health treatment (BHT) for autistic spectrum disorder (ASD). SB 163 would expand the definition of BHT to include treatment modalities based on developmental theory, would make technical changes to definitions related to network adequacy, would prohibit denial of…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Behavior Modification
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2015
In the 2014 report, "Closing the Achievement Gap Through Modification of Neurocognitive and Neuroendocrine Function: Results from a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of an Innovative Approach to the Education of Children in Kindergarten," researchers examined the impacts of "Tools of the Mind" on cognitive and academic…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Randomized Controlled Trials, Educational Innovation, Kindergarten
Gervasoni, Ann; Perry, Bob – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2013
The introduction of the "Early Years Learning Framework and the Australian Curriculum-Mathematics" in Australian preschools and primary schools has caused early childhood educators to reconsider what may be appropriate levels of mathematics knowledge to expect from children as they start school. This paper reports on initial data from an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Skills, Knowledge Level
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Stanton-Chapman, Tina L.; Snell, Martha E. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2011
The current study evaluated the turn-taking skills of preschoolers with disabilities who participated in a social communication intervention that targeted initiations, responses, and turn-taking skills, and taught children to repair and revise and to avoid interruptions and overlaps. Ten children who enrolled in an inclusive at-risk classroom met…
Descriptors: Play, Interpersonal Communication, Intervention, Disabilities
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Witherspoon, Lisa; Manning, John P. – American Journal of Play, 2012
The authors examine technology-driven games--especially active gaming--as an evolving form of children's play. They offer an overview of play and its developmental benefits, describe the literature on the emergence of technology-driven play, and reflect on the diminishment of physical play in contemporary culture. They suggest that active gaming,…
Descriptors: Play, Educational Games, Computer Games, Video Games
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Lequia, Jenna; Machalicek, Wendy; Rispoli, Mandy J. – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2012
We reviewed studies implementing activity schedules to decrease challenging behavior of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Systematic searches of electronic databases, journals, and reference lists identified 18 studies meeting the inclusion criteria. These studies were evaluated in terms of the effectiveness of activity schedules to…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Autism, Identification, Program Effectiveness
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Coplan, Robert J.; Schneider, Barry H.; Matheson, Adrienne; Graham, Allison – Infant and Child Development, 2010
The aim of the present study was to develop and provide a preliminary evaluation of a social-skills-based early intervention program specifically designed to assist extremely inhibited preschoolers. Participants were a sample of n = 522 extremely inhibited preschool-aged children, who were randomly assigned to either the "Social Skills…
Descriptors: Play, Early Intervention, Preschool Children, Interpersonal Competence
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2012
This randomized controlled trial examined the effects of offering Playworks--a program in which full-time coaches provide opportunities for organized play during recess and class time--on school climate, student behavior, and other disciplinary and developmental outcomes. Using data from about 2,000 students and 250 teachers in 25 urban,…
Descriptors: Play, Recess Breaks, Program Effectiveness, Educational Environment
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