The effects of preschool children's activity participation on a broad range of social and task-oriented behaviors was investigated. Effects of high versus low structure activities within classrooms and effects of high versus low overall structure between classrooms were examined. A measure of the amount of teacher feedback to individuals was used…

Coping is defined as the process by which the child attempts to control, synthesize, and make his world manageable. Coping behaviors found in the literature and observed in five preschool classrooms were behaviorally defined to facilitate their identification and observation by trained adults. An instrument designed for use in observation of these…