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Skoumpourdi, Chrysanthi; Kafoussi, Sonia; Tatsis, Konstantinos – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2009
Recent research suggests that children could be engaged in probability tasks at an early age and task characteristics seem to play an important role in the way children perceive an activity. To this direction in the present article we investigate the role of some basic characteristics of probabilistic tasks in their design and implementation. In…
Descriptors: Probability, Task Analysis, Children, Kindergarten
Mediated Discourse Analysis: Researching Young Children's Non-Verbal Interactions as Social Practice
Wohlwend, Karen E. – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2009
Young children often use actions rather than talk as they interact with objects and each other to strategically shape the social, material, and cultural environment. New dynamic research designs and methods are needed to capture the collaborative learning and social positioning achieved through children's non-verbal interactions. Mediated…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Young Children, Cultural Context, Nonverbal Communication
Shears, Jeffrey K. – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2007
This study examines the differences in self-reported fathering activities of men who were reported to be a residential biological father or father figure. Specifically, this study examines self-reported fathering activities which include physical play activities, social skills activities, cognitive activities, and caregiving activities across…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, African Americans, Whites, Hispanic Americans
Deli, Eleni; Bakle, Iliana; Zachopoulou, Evridiki – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2006
The reported study aimed to identify the effects of two 10-week intervention programs on fundamental locomotor skill performance in kindergarten children. Seventy-five children with mean age 5.4 plus or minus 0.5 years participated. Experimental Group A followed a movement program, experimental Group B followed a music and movement program, and…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Play, Intervention, Physical Activities
Test, Joan E.; Cornelius-White, Jeffrey H. D. – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2013
Social factors in the classroom (such as interactions with peers and teachers, talk, observation of others, and presence of peers and teachers) influence engagement, but little is known about the sequence or timing of these social factors with engagement. In this observational study of 12 preschoolers, ages 2-5 years, the influence of the timing…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Peer Relationship, Teacher Student Relationship
Deguara, Josephine – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2019
Children's drawings have been analysed in research for several decades, frequently using a narrative style. This article introduces an innovative methodological tool to analyse young children's drawings. Taking a social semiotics perspective, the aim of this tool is not to replace narrative analysis but to complement it. The study was conducted…
Descriptors: Freehand Drawing, Family Environment, Educational Environment, Semiotics
Dietrich, Sylvia L. – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2005
A naturalistic study of six naturally occurring friendships among preschool-aged children with and without disabilities in inclusive settings was conducted with the children, their parents, and teachers. Data were collected through participant observations and interviews. Descriptive field notes, a fieldwork journal, and transcribed interviews…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Friendship, Older Adults, Peer Relationship
Orlandi, Kathleen J. – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2014
This article examines the use of naturalistic observations to explore children's experiences in the early years at school, from their perspectives. It looks at the difficulties encountered in determining the significance of observed behaviours in relation to (a) experiences and (b) impact of those experiences. Often the children were not satisfied…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Learning Experience, Student Experience