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Preschoolers' Nascent Engineering Thinking during a Construction Task
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Shechter, Taly; Eden, Sigal; Spektor-Levy, Ornit – Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology, 2021
The objective of this study was to examine in what ways and to what extent preschoolers (5-6 years of age) manifest early Engineering Habits of Mind (EHoM) while engaging in an open-ended problem-solving construction task. The study comprised 228 children (120 boys and 108 girls). The study implemented a quantitative approach. The main research…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Thinking Skills, Engineering, Problem Solving
The Relationship between Creativity, Social Play, and Children's Language Abilities
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Holmes, Robyn M.; Romeo, Lynn; Ciraola, Stephanie; Grushko, Michelle – Early Child Development and Care, 2015
In this study, we explore the interconnectedness between children's creativity, social play, and language abilities. The participants were 225 (109 girls, 116 boys) preschool children, from diverse European American, African American, and Hispanic ethnic heritages. We assessed the children in three ways. First, each child completed the Goodenough…
Descriptors: Correlation, Creativity, Language Skills, Receptive Language