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Serious Work through Play: Teaching and Learning Spatial Reasoning in Early Childhood
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Paul N. Reimer – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Research has established the importance of play-based experiences for young children's development and learning. Yet, facing the mounting pressure of accountability and standardized testing, some educators have turned to didactic methods of instruction. Guided play (Weisberg et al., 2016) provides a middle ground between play and instruction for…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Early Childhood Education, STEM Education, Play