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The Effect of Activity Type on the Engagement and Interaction of Young Children with Disabilities in Inclusive Childcare Settings
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Kemp, Coral; Kishida, Yuriko; Carter, Mark; Sweller, Naomi – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2013
The engagement and adult and peer interaction of 37 young children with a range of disabilities was measured in free play, group, and meal-routine activities in inclusive childcare settings. A significant effect for activity type was found for total engagement, active engagement, and passive engagement, with the children being more engaged in…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Interaction, Play, Group Activities
Classroom Dimensions Predict Early Peer Interaction when Children Are Diverse in Ethnicity, Race, and Home Language
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Howes, Carollee; Guerra, Alison Wishard; Fuligni, Allison; Zucker, Eleanor; Lee, Linda; Obregon, Nora B.; Spivak, Asha – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2011
The purpose of this study was to test a model for predicting preschool-age children's behaviors with peers from dimensions of the classroom and teacher-child relationship quality when the children were from diverse race, ethnic, and home language backgrounds. Eight hundred children, (M=age 63 months, SD=8.1 months), part of the National Evaluation…
Descriptors: Play, Dramatic Play, Disadvantaged Youth, Peer Groups
The Play Interactions of Young Children with and without Disabilities: Individual and Environmental Influences.
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Hestenes, Linda L.; Carroll, Deborah E. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2000
Examined young children's play interactions and beliefs in inclusive preschool settings. Found a tendency for children without disabilities to engage in more cooperative play and less solitary play and on-looking behavior than their peer with disabilities. Found a high level of similarity between the two groups in choice of free play activities.…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Disabilities, Inclusive Schools, Interaction
The Joint Influence of Mother and Father Parenting on Child Cognitive Outcomes at Age 5
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Martin, Anne; Ryan, Rebecca M.; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2007
Few studies of parenting have considered the possibility that the association between one parent's supportive parenting and a child's early cognition is moderated by the other parent's supportiveness. We test this proposition using a low-income sample of coresident couples. In addition, we cross-classify parents within couples according to their…
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, Child Rearing, Parent Child Relationship, Multivariate Analysis
Contextually-Relevant Validation of Peer Play Constructs with African American Head Start Children: Penn Interactive Peer Play Scale.
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Fantuzzo, John; Coolahan, Kathleen; Mendez, Julia; McDermott, Paul; Sutton-Smith, Brian – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1998
Details a study evaluating the construct and concurrent validity of a modified version of the Penn Interactive Peer Play Scale (PIPPS), a teacher-rating instrument of interactive play behaviors of preschool children. Use and further study of developmentally appropriate social competencies for African-American Head Start children are discussed.…
Descriptors: Blacks, Child Behavior, Interaction, Interpersonal Competence