Scaffolding, analysis and materials: contributing factors in an unexpected finding of advanced infant/toddler pretend play?
Morrissey, Anne-Marie 2014, Scaffolding, analysis and materials: contributing factors in an unexpected finding of advanced infant/toddler pretend play?, Journal of Early Childhood Research, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 195-213, doi: 10.1177/1476718X13515428.
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Scaffolding, analysis and materials: contributing factors in an unexpected finding of advanced infant/toddler pretend play?
As part of a longitudinal study, infant/toddler pretend play development and maternal play modelling were investigated in dyadic context. A total of 21 children were videotaped in monthly play sessions with their mothers, from age 8 to 17 months. Child and mother pretend play frequencies and levels were measured using Brown’s Pretend Play Observation Scale. Child IQ assessments at 5 years (Stanford–Binet IV) indicated average to high ability levels (M = 122.62). Descriptive analyses showed that children’s levels of pretend development were markedly in advance of age-typical expectations. With a previous analysis showing no specific associations between play levels and IQ, intensive maternal scaffolding, data analysis approaches and use of abstract play materials are proposed as possible contributory factors to the children’s advanced pretend play development.
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