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Schlesinger, Molly A.; Hassinger-Das, Brenna; Zosh, Jennifer M.; Golinkoff, Roberta Michnick; Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy – Scottish Educational Review, 2019
Focused on community play memories, the goals of this project were to: (1) uncover the variety and degree of playful learning memories; (2) ascertain whether community members would spontaneously share memories of play; and (3) appraise whether memories differed between low-income and mixed-income communities. Results indicated that although…
Descriptors: Play, Memory, Socioeconomic Influences, Low Income Groups
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Weisberg, Deena Skolnick; Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy; Golinkoff, Roberta Michnick – Psychological Bulletin, 2013
Lillard et al. (2013) concluded that pretend play is not causally related to child outcomes and charged that the field is subject to a "play ethos", whereby research is tainted by a bias to find positive effects of play on child development. In this commentary, we embrace their call for a more solidly scientific approach to questions in this…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Play, Child Development, Academic Achievement