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ERIC Number: EJ667268
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-8312
A Short-Term Longitudinal Study of Children's Playground Games across the First Year of School: Implications for Social Competence and Adjustment to School.
Pellegrini, Anthony D.; Kato, Kentaro; Blatchford, Peter; Baines, Ed
American Educational Research Journal, v39 n4 p991-1015 Win 2002
Studied the playground games of children in their first year of schooling. Findings for 77 urban first graders show that facility with games forecast the social competence of boys and the adjustment to first grade of both boys and girls. (SLD)
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Games, Grade 1, Interpersonal Competence, Longitudinal Studies, Play, Primary Education, Urban Youth
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Note: Research supported by the Spencer Foundation. Version of a paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (Minneapolis, MN, April 2001).