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Direct linkOtsuka, Kaoru; Jay, Tim – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
This article reports on a study conducted to investigate the development of abstract thinking in preschool children (ages from three years to four years old) in a nursery school in England. Adopting a social influence approach, the researcher engaged in "close listening" to document children's ideas expressed in various representations…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Preschool Children, Nursery Schools, Video Technology
Jing, Mengguo; Li, Hui – Early Child Development and Care, 2015
This study examined the developmental trend of pretend play behaviour and the effect of partner's gender in Singaporean preschoolers. Peer dyadic play among 70 children, ranging in age from three to five years, was observed in a standardised toy play context. Videotaped recordings of the play were analysed using two scales--the Smilansky Scale for…
Descriptors: Perspective Taking, Play, Preschool Children, Gender Differences
Kultti, Anne; Odenbring, Ylva – Early Child Development and Care, 2015
The present study will shed light on peer interaction and children's positioning in preschool. Theoretically, the study takes its point of departure from the concept of interpretive reproduction, which stresses the importance of children's collective actions and participation in cultural production and reproduction. Positioning refers to how…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Peer Relationship, Interaction
Marjanovic-Umek, Ljubica; Fekonja-Peklaj, Urška; Podlesek, Anja – Early Child Development and Care, 2014
The purpose of our study was to examine the ways in which parents engage in play with their children within the family context and to establish which parental play behaviour predicts the play behaviour of their children during interactive play with toys. The sample included 58 children from 2;6 to 6 years old and their parents. The parent-child…
Descriptors: Play, Parent Child Relationship, Child Behavior, Young Children
Meece, Darrell; Robinson, Cheryl Malone – Early Child Development and Care, 2014
Examined correlates of positive father caregiving and harsh control among 721 (350 girls) four-year-old children through analysis of NICHD Study of Early Child Care data and 7050 (3450 girls) four-year-old children through analysis of Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort data. Findings from both samples suggest that, for both boys and…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Parenting Styles, Young Children, Longitudinal Studies
Javangwe, Gwatirera; Mukondyo, Rachel Z. – Early Child Development and Care, 2012
The study explored the nature of the interactive play behaviours of children with albinism and children without albinism and compared the interactive behaviours of both children with albinism and children without albinism. Naturalistic observations were conducted during periods of free play, using the interactive play behaviour checklist aided by…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Play, Siblings, Genetic Disorders
Berkhout, Louise; Hoekman, Joop; Goorhuis-Brouwer, Sieneke M. – Early Child Development and Care, 2012
The objective of this study was to develop an instrument to observe the play behaviour of a whole group of children from four to six years of age in a classroom setting on the basis of video recording. The instrument was developed in collaboration with experienced teachers and experts on play. Categories of play were derived from the literature…
Descriptors: Observation, Video Technology, Play, Test Construction
