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ERIC Number: EJ597745
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0300-4430
The Box, a Naturalistic Experiment with Young Children: The Same Object as Mediating Factor for Different Activities.
Glassman, Michael; Whaley, Kimberlee
Early Child Development and Care, v156 p63-71 Sep 1999
Compared the impact of a small box emitting sounds in response to nearby motion introduced into an infant/toddler and a preschool classroom to illustrate qualitative differences in how children of different ages recognize the same objects as mediating devices for activity. Found that the box became a social object for infants/toddlers and part of a cognitive activity for preschoolers. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Cognitive Development, Educational Theories, Infants, Object Manipulation, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Toddlers
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Cognitive Mediation; Mediated Learning Experience; Mediating Factors; Zone of Proximal Development