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Peer reviewedLargo, Remo H.; Howard, Judy A. – Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 1979
Found no correlations between types of play behavior and speech measures, that identification of objects upon verbal request was not related to any type of play behavior, and that comprehension of verbal requests for functional or representational play was positively correlated with the display of such play. Journal availability: J. B. Lippincott…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Early Childhood Education, Intellectual Development, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedTsao, Ling-Ling – Childhood Education, 2002
Discusses children's play in conjunction with intellectual development, language, and social benefits. Suggests that play develops personality, encourages personal relations, stimulates creativity, adds to happiness, and advances learning. Encourages parents and teachers to provide children with richly varied play experiences to promote cognition,…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childhood Needs, Children, Happiness
Peer reviewedCohen, Dorothy H. – Young Children, 1974
Explores the possible influences of commercial and educational television on young children's imaginative play, intellectual development and behavior. Commercialism, learning readiness, television's unique mode of communication, and the child's sensory experiences while viewing are considered from the standpoint of developmental needs. (SDH)
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Commercial Television, Educational Television, Imagination
Tait, Perla – New Outlook for the Blind, 1972
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Exceptional Child Research, Intellectual Development
Peer reviewedChristie, James F.; Johnsen, E.P. – Review of Educational Research, 1983
Studies in the role of play in child development are classified in terms of their major correlates or dependent variables: (1) creativity, (2) problem solving, (3) language development, (4) logical skills, and (5) social knowledge. Study designs are critically examined, and internal and external validity problems are noted. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Child Development, Creativity, Early Childhood Education
Opravilova, Eva, Ed. – 1980
This three-volume annotated bibliography cites 986 articles covering a variety of issues related to preschool education in several Eastern and Western countries, including England, France, Italy, Russia, Czechoslovakia, and Germany, as well as the United States. Entries are classified into 13 main categories: social and ideological basis of…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Child Development, Educational Environment
