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Delong, Alton J.; And Others – Early Education and Development, 1994
Examined effects of a reduced-scale play environment on the temporal aspects of complex play behavior. Children playing with playdough in a 7 x 5 x 5-foot structure began complex play more quickly, played in longer segments, and spent slightly more time in complex play than when in full-size conditions, suggesting that scale-reduced environments…
Descriptors: Attention Span, Child Behavior, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes