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ERIC Number: EJ327140
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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On Defining Play: An Empirical Study of the Relationship between Play and Various Play Criteria.
Smith, Peter K.; Vollstedt, Ralph
Child Development, v56 n4 p1042-50 Aug 1985
Five common play criteria were applied by subjects to a videotape of nursery school children's behavior, rated separately for occurrence of play. The idea that play is best predicted by a combination of criteria was supported by the finding that, when more criteria occurred simultaneously, the more certainly a judgment of play was implied. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Criteria, Day Care, Definitions, Early Childhood Education, Experience, Hypothesis Testing, Interrater Reliability, Models, Nursery Schools, Play, Preschool Children, Research Methodology, Videotape Recordings
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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