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Peer reviewedDurrell, Davis; Weisberg, Paul – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1973
Investigates the degree to which nursery school and second grade children imitated one of two adult models. The variables of interest are (1) extent that the models had been differentiated as to proportion of reinforcement previously delivered by each, and (2) whether the model had previously reinforced imitations. (DP)
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Imitation, Observational Learning, Play
Garvey, Anne – Multiracial School, 1973
Descriptors: Community Programs, Group Activities, Immigrants, Play
Peer reviewedGottfried, Nathan W.; Seay, Bill – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1973
Purpose of this research was to develop an observational category system useful for studies of human peer-social behavior in the preschool period. (Authors)
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Peer Relationship, Play, Preschool Children
Teacher, 1973
Article describes a play happening'' cosponsored in Minneapolis by a department store and an art museum that was enjoyed by 40,000 children during the two-week experiment. (GB)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Creative Activities, Creative Art, Creative Expression
Peer reviewedTopinska, Zofia – International Journal of Early Childhood, 1972
Discusses the protection of the individual's freedom to play and the growth of social relations through play. (Author/MB)
Descriptors: Discipline, Play, Preschool Children, Self Control
Peer reviewedSeefeldt, Carol – Young Children, 1972
Practical suggestions on utilizing various types of boxes in activities for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. (SP)
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Childrens Games, Curriculum Development, Manipulative Materials
Peer reviewedFinley, Gordon E.; Layne, Ottis, Jr. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Play
Waterland, Jean C. – Elem Sch Guidance Counseling, 1970
Play therapy components are: (1) child's feelings and actions; (2) playroom setting and materials; (3) counselor techniques and implementation of one's personality. Counseling techniques are: (1) reflection; (2) interpretation; (3) silence; and (4) structure. Case study used to illustrate. (EK)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Children, Counseling, Counselors
Peer reviewedOsborn, D. Keith – Childhood Education, 1972
Descriptions of toys that invite aggressive and violent behavior, and suggestions on what parents and teachers can do to protect children. (SP)
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior, Business Responsibility, Children
Tait, Perla – Education of the Visually Handicapped, 1972
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Exceptional Child Research, Play Therapy, Spatial Relationship
Peer reviewedHicks, David J. – Child Development, 1971
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research, Childhood Attitudes
Peer reviewedRobinson, Lillian – Mental Retardation, 1970
Descriptors: Adolescents, Dramatic Play, Exceptional Child Education, Mental Retardation
Progressive Architecture, 1970
The Magruder Environmental Therapy Complex -- an adaptive playground for preschool physically disabled children with perceptual deficits. (Author)
Descriptors: Motor Development, Perceptual Motor Coordination, Physical Disabilities, Play Therapy
Peer reviewedWolfgang, Charles H.; Phelps, Pamela – Early Child Development and Care, 1983
A study was conducted (1) to develop an easily and efficiently administered diagnostic instrument for measuring young children's preferences for play materials and (2) to establish the reliability of the instrument. A Piagetian theoretical framework was employed in the construction of the Play-Materials Preference Inventory for preschool children.…
Descriptors: Interest Inventories, Play, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
Peer reviewedMotti, Frosso; And Others – Child Development, 1983
Examines the level and quality of object play and other cognitive and socioemotional aspects of the play situation, both as individual entities and as interrelated aspects of the way the child with Down syndrome approaches and deals with the animate and inanimate world. Relationships among these aspects and the child's level of functioning were…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Comparative Analysis, Downs Syndrome, Individual Differences
