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Lim, Swee Eng; Honig, Alice Sterling – Early Child Development and Care, 1997
Used Smilansky and Parten/Piaget play measures to assess social class and sex differences in Singapore preschoolers' play at home and preschool centers. Found that parallel and functional play were higher at home than in centers and associative/cooperative play was higher in centers than homes. Smilansky scores were higher at centers than homes,…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Day Care, Foreign Countries, Play

Honig, Alice Sterling; Lim, Swee Eng Audrey – Early Child Development and Care, 1998
Introduces this special issue on the evolving childcare and early education services in the city/nation of Singapore and presents ongoing research interests in the area. Topics for articles include an historical overview; the role of play, language development, and early reading experiences for young children; number concepts; and early-childhood…
Descriptors: Day Care, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Educational Practices