
ERIC Number: EJ584414
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Publication Date: 1998
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Interactions on an Elementary School Playground: Variations by Age, Gender, Race, Group Size, and Playground Area.
Lewis, Tracey E.; Phillipsen, Leslie C.
Child Study Journal, v28 n4 p309-20 1998
Observed 88 first and second graders and 76 fifth and sixth graders during playground interactions. A time-sampling procedure recorded gender, race, and group size of all interactive play in seven playground areas. Found that mixed-gender interactions were more likely than same-gender ones to include other races, and mixed-race interactions included more children than did same-sex interactions. (TJQ)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Behavior, Elementary Education, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 5, Grade 6, Interpersonal Relationship, Naturalistic Observation, Peer Groups, Peer Relationship, Play, Playground Activities, Racial Factors, Recess Breaks, Sex Differences, Social Behavior, Social Development, Social Networks
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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