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Peer reviewedNathan, Susan W.; Hass, Wilbur A. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1970
Describes a developmental study of semantic structures in children who are asked to determine the fitness of descriptive labels for line drawings representing a variety of perceptual stimuli. (Author/WY)
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Language Acquisition, Paired Associate Learning, Perception
Play as the Leading Activity of the Preschool Period: Insights from Vygotsky, Leont'ev, and Bakhtin.
Peer reviewedDuncan, Robert M.; Tarulli, Donato – Early Education and Development, 2003
Discusses ideas from Vygotsky, Leont'ev and Bakhtin to show how fantasy play acts as its own zone of proximal development that contributes to the development of symbolic mediation, the appropriation of social roles and symbols, and the preschool child's preparation for elementary school. (JPB)
Descriptors: Child Role, Cognitive Development, Educational Theories, Language Acquisition
