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Peer reviewedLorenzi, David G.; Horvat, Michael; Pellegrini, Anthony D. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 2000
A study compared physical activity levels of 17 typical elementary school children and 17 with mental retardation in inclusive recess settings. Boys with mental retardation demonstrated higher activity counts and heart rates than boys without mental retardation while no group differences were apparent on an observational checklist. (Contains…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Elementary Education, Inclusive Schools, Mental Retardation
Direct linkPellegrini, Anthony D.; Blatchford, Peter; Kato, Kentaro; Baines, Ed – Social Development, 2004
In this study we described development of boys' and girls' games on the school playground at recess as they progressed across the first year of primary school in London (UK) and Minneapolis (USA) in order to document age-related trends in games during this period and to examine the predictive role of games in children's adjustment to school and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Social Adjustment, Developmental Tasks, Longitudinal Studies
Pellegrini, Anthony D. – 1995
Noting that school recess periods are one of the few times when children interact with their peers on their own terms--with minimal adult intervention--this book examines recess behavior and its social and pedagogical implications. In addition to studying spontaneous peer interaction among school children, the book addresses issues of: (1) the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Behavior, Children, Cognitive Development
