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Peer reviewedElder, Joy L.; Pederson, David R. – Child Development, 1978
Children aged 2 1/2, 3, and 3 1/2 years who had demonstrated appropriate uses for a set of objects, were asked to perform these same actions with objects which varied in similarity in the reference object, or with no object present. (JMB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Dramatic Play, Object Manipulation, Preschool Children
Peer reviewedSaltz, Eli; And Others – Child Development, 1977
A total of 146 disadvantaged preschool children were trained in 1 of 3 different types of fantasy activities. The effects of this training were evaluated over a variety of tasks measuring cognitive development and impulse control. (Author/JMB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Dramatic Play, Fantasy
Peer reviewedJohnson, James E.; Ershler, Joan – Child Development, 1981
This 16-month longitudinal study examined effects of time, classroom program, and child gender on play behaviors of preschoolers attending a formal education program or a discovery program. Analysis revealed that dramatic interactive play and transformational behavior increased, while constructive play decreased. Boys in discovery classroom…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Class Activities, Dramatic Play, Longitudinal Studies
Peer reviewedRosen, Catherine Elkin – Child Development, 1974
Descriptors: Black Youth, Cognitive Development, Disadvantaged, Dramatic Play
Peer reviewedFarver, Jo Ann M.; Shin, Yoolim Lee – Child Development, 1997
Observed Anglo- and Korean-American preschoolers during free play and experimental toy play. Found that Korean-Americans' play included everyday activity and family role themes, whereas Anglo-Americans' play enacted danger and fantastic themes. Anglo-Americans described their own actions and used directives, whereas Korean Americans described…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences, Dramatic Play
