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Knowing the Rules: Discursive Strategies in Young Children's Power Struggles.
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Jordan, Ellen; And Others – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1995
Provides a typology of power strategies used by young children, based on observations of early childhood classrooms. Distinguishes between violent and nonviolent strategies; within nonviolent strategies, between physical and discursive strategies; within discursive strategies, between the use of rules and other strategies; and within the use of…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Classification, Classroom Environment, Dramatic Play
An Ecobehavioral Analysis of Early Childhood Classrooms.
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Kontos, Susan; Keyes, Lynette – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1999
Investigated the role of classroom characteristics and preschool children's complex interactions with teachers, objects and peers. Found that complex interactions with objects were most probable in dramatic play and in art activities with the teacher present. Complex peer interactions were rare, but complex teacher interactions were probable in…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Dramatic Play
The Influence of the Physical Design of the Dramatic Play Center on Children's Play.
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Petrakos, Harriet; Howe, Nina – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1996
Observed the effects of dramatic play center variations on children's social and cognitive play behaviors. Found that solitary-designed centers facilitated more solitary play than group-designed centers; dramatic play increased in the intervention and follow-up housekeeping centers compared to the baseline housekeeping center; and thematic centers…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Classroom Design, Classroom Techniques, Context Effect