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Download full textPepler, Debra J. – 1980
Behaviors that characterize play with convergent and divergent materials and the effects of play on convergent and divergent problem solving were examined in this study. Seventy-two 3- and 4-year-old children were assigned to one of three conditions: (1) play with convergent materials; (2) play with divergent materials; and (3) non-play control.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Convergent Thinking, Divergent Thinking, Individual Differences
Peer reviewedPepler, Debra J.; Ross, Hildy S. – Child Development, 1981
Two experiments were conducted to examine behaviors that characterize play with convergent and divergent materials and the effects of play on convergent and divergent problem solving among 64 3- and 4-year-olds. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Convergent Thinking, Divergent Thinking, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries
