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ERIC Number: EJ383246
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Social-Cognitive Play Patterns in Same-Age and Mixed-Age Preschool Classrooms.
Mounts, Nina S.; Roopnarine, Jaipaul L.
American Educational Research Journal, v24 n3 p463-76 Fall 1987
Social-cognitive modes of play and peer responses were observed in two classrooms of 40 three-year-olds, two classrooms of 32 four-year-olds, and two classrooms of 36 three- and four-year-olds. Developmental differences appeared in play patterns in same-age but not in mixed-age classrooms. (TJH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Age Groups, Child Development, Classroom Research, Cognitive Development, Peer Relationship, Play, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Sex Differences, Social Cognition, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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