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The Development of Gait: A Study in African Children Ages One to Five.
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Hennessy, Michael J.; And Others – Child Development, 1984
Quantitatively describes the gait development of a group of African children to determine how pattern changes would relate to growth and maturation. A total of 65 children from the Gusii tribe of southwestern Kenya, ranging in age from 13 to 69 months, were selected for study. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Development, Films, Foreign Countries
A Window into Different Cultural Worlds: Young Children's Everyday Activities in the United States, Brazil, and Kenya
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Tudge, Jonathan R. H.; Doucet, Fabienne; Odero, Dolphine; Sperb, Tania M.; Piccinini, Cesar A.; Lopes, Rita S. – Child Development, 2006
A powerful means to understand young children's normative development in context is to examine their everyday activities. The daily activities of 79 children (3 years old) were observed, for 20 hr each, in their usual settings. Children were selected from 4 cultural groups: European American and African American (Greensboro, United States), Luo…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Social Development, Observation
The Cultural Context of Gender Segregation in Children's Peer Groups.
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Harkness, Sara; Super, Charles M. – Child Development, 1985
Reveals no gender segregation in peer groups until age six, through observations of 152 rural Kenyan children, 18 months to nine years of age. Developmental trends in gender segregation of children's peers are correlated with systematic changes in their environments. (Author/AS)
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Developmental Stages, Environmental Influences, Expectation