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Download full textGopnik, Alison; Walker, Caren M. – American Journal of Play, 2013
Many researchers have long assumed imaginative play critical to the healthy cognitive, social, and emotional development of children, which has important implications for early-education policy and practice. But, the authors find, a careful review of the existing literature highlights a need for a better theory to clarify the nature of the…
Descriptors: Play, Child Development, Imagination, Logical Thinking
