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ERIC Number: EJ520412
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0256-8543
Assessment of a Peer-Helping Game Program on Children's Development.
Garaigordobil, Maite; Echebarria, Agustin
Journal of Research in Childhood Education, v10 n1 p63-69 Fall-Win 1995
Examined the effects of a game involving cooperative interaction and symbolic play on child development in children ages six and seven. A pretest-intervention-posttest design was used with a sample of 125 experimental and 53 control subjects. Results suggest the intervention stimulated significant improvement in social behavior and in some aptitudes for academic learning. (DR)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cooperation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Helping Relationship, Interpersonal Competence, Play, Pretend Play, Social Development, Socialization
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Cooperative Play