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Direct linkBrown, Jacqueline; Rolfe, Sharne A. – Early Child Development and Care, 2005
Twenty early childhood practitioners (ECPs) and final-year Bachelor of Early Childhood Studies students completed a questionnaire about their use (or planned use) of formal and informal child development assessment instruments, their choice of specific instruments, and factors influencing decisions to conduct child development assessments within…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Young Children, Informal Assessment, Child Development
Peer reviewedPhelps, Pamela – Early Child Development and Care, 1984
Describes and provides a list of materials for sensorimotor, symbolic, and construction play. Benefits of arranging the playground with a variety of materials are also discussed. (AS)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Dramatic Play, Manipulative Materials, Play
Peer reviewedWerth, Louise H. – Early Child Development and Care, 1984
Presents descriptions of play reflecting recent theories, including the psychoanalytic works of Freud, Erikson, and Peller; Piaget's developmental theory (with discussion of Sutton-Smith); and the views of Smilansky and Parten. (AS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Definitions
Peer reviewedLevy, Ann K. – Early Child Development and Care, 1984
Reviews literature about play to examine the use of language to facilitate play, play with language as an object, and egocentric speech in play situations. Finds a definite link between language and play. (Author/AS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Communicative Competence (Languages), Language Acquisition, Language Role
