Citation

Hart CH, Sheehan R. Am. Educ. Res. J. 1986; 23(4): 668-678.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1986, American Educational Research Association, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.3102/00028312023004668

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This investigation was undertaken to examine the differential influence of a traditional and a contemporary playground on preschool-age children's social, cognitive, and physical play behaviors. The findings provided modest support for less physical play activity in a contemporary playground setting. However, there appears to be little differential playground influence on children's verbal interaction, social play, and cognitive play behaviors between these two settings.