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Download full textGeiger, Brenda – 1996
Free time is the natural medium through which youngsters express themselves and develop motor, cognitive, and social skills. Nevertheless, free play on the playground is rarely used in the school as a means of enhancing students' motivation to learn. This study uses play as an application of Premack's principle (D. Premack, 1965) to the classroom.…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Elementary School Students, Grade 6, Grade 7
