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ERIC Number: EJ246177
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-Mar
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The Integration of Verbal and Motor Behavior in Preschool Children.
Goodman, Sherryl Hope
Child Development, v52 n1 p280-89 Mar 1981
Results of a study of 38 preschool children observed and videotaped during performance on a jigsaw-puzzle task indicate that puzzle solutions accompanied by a high rate of verbalizations were judged as more proficient, solved with a high rate of puzzle-solving moves, and completed in a shorter period of time. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Child Language, Object Manipulation, Oral Language, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Problem Solving, Puzzles
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Private Speech; Verbal Mediation