Children's Understanding of Rules They Invent Themselves.

Nobes, Gavin

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ERIC Number: EJ608940

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Publication Date: 1999

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Children's Understanding of Rules They Invent Themselves.

Nobes, Gavin

Journal of Moral Education, v28 n2 p215-32 Jun 1999

Investigates children's understanding of rules by observing 5-,6-, and 7-year olds engaging in unrestricted group activity as they built and played with a bridge. Reveals that the children's tendency to develop and change rules demonstrated their understanding of rules that were not associated with the rules of adults. (CMK)

Descriptors: Child Behavior, Childhood Attitudes, Context Effect, Group Activities, Higher Education, Peer Influence, Play, Primary Education, Qualitative Research, Social Influences

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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