Increasing the Engagement and Complexity of Block Play in Young Children

Autor/inn/en	Barton, Erin E.; Ledford, Jennifer R.; Zimmerman, Kathleen N.; Pokorski, Elizabeth A.
Titel	Increasing the Engagement and Complexity of Block Play in Young Children
Quelle	In: Education and Treatment of Children, 41 (2018) 2, S.169-196 (28 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0748-8491
Schlagwörter	Toys; Play; Cues; Intervention; Peer Relationship; Disabilities; Small Group Instruction; At Risk Persons; Preschool Children; Preschool Education; College School Cooperation; Graduate Students; Reinforcement; Verbal Communication; Visual Aids; Learner Engagement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Toy; Spielzeug; Spiel; Stichwort; Peer-Beziehungen; Handicap; Behinderung; Risikogruppe; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Positive Verstärkung; Anschauungsmaterial
Abstract	Blocks and block play are ubiquitous to early childhood settings and as such provide a normative context for social interactions between children with and without disabilities. However, children with disabilities tend to engage in more repetitive and less complex play than their peers, which might limit social interactions and opportunities to practice skills across domains. The current study examined the use of imitation plus play expansions delivered in a small group instructional context on the engagement and complexity of block play in young children with or at-risk for disabilities and their peers. Results indicated that the target children increased levels of engagement with the intervention package. However, their levels of block play complexity increased only when visual and verbal prompts were added to the intervention package. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01