Research Papers - Child Development

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DOWNLOAD	DATE ADDED	RESEARCH PAPER / ARTICLE	KEYWORDS
	September 2011	Does play make a difference? How play intervention affects the vocabulary learning of at risk pre-schoolers by Myae Han, Noreen Moore, Carol Vukelich, and Martha Buell, as published in Volume 3, Number 3, (Winter 2011) of the American Journal of Play.	Play, speech, vocabulary, learning, development
	September 2011	The Fractal Self at Play by Terry Marks-Tarlow, as published in Volume 3, Number 3, (Winter 2011) of the American Journal of Play.	n/a
	September 2011	Scaffolding Productive Language Skills through Sociodramatic Play by Rebecca Galeano, as published in Volume 3, Number 3, (Winter 2011) of the American Journal of Play.	Language skills, socio-dramatic play, bilingual
	September 2011	Playing with Ideas - The Affective Dynamics of Creative Play by Pat Power published in Volume 3, Number 3, (Winter 2011) of the American Journal of Play.	Emotion, play, creativity, playfulness, feeling
	September 2011	The Special Value of Age Mixed Play by Peter Gray, published in Volume 3, Number 4, (Spring 2011) of the American Journal of Play.	Age-mixed play; bidirectional learning; evolutionary functions of play; mixed-age play; Sudbury Valley School
	September 2011	Marbles and Machiavelli - The Role of Game Play in Children's Social Development by David F. Lancy and M. Annette Grove, published in Volume 3, Number 4, (Spring 2011) of the American Journal of Play.	Adult-managed child play; evolution of human intelligence; free play; gamesmanship; Machiavellian intelligence
	September 2011	The Decline of Play and the Rise of Psychopathology in Children and Adolescents by Peter Gray, published in Volume 3, Number 4, (Spring 2011) of the American Journal of Play.	Anxiety; decline of play; depression; feelings of helplessness; free play; narcissism; psychopathology in children; suicide
	September 2011	Why parents should stop over protecting their kids and let them play: An interview with Hara Estroff Marano and Lenore Skenazy Published in Volume 3, No. 4 of the American Journal of Play.	Coping skills; free-range play; nation of wimps; outdoor play; parenting styles; parental fears
	September 2011	Evolutionary Functions of Social Play: An Interview with Peter LaFreniere Published in Volume 3, No. 4 of the American Journal of Play.	Emotion regulation; life-history theory; play deprivation; play of mammals; play of primates; play parenting; rough-and-tumble play; social play
	February 2011	Document: Economic, neurobiological, and behavioral perspectives on building America's future workforce A growing proportion of the U.S. workforce will have been raised in disadvantaged environments that are associated with relatively high proportions of individuals with diminished cognitive and social skills. A cross-disciplinary examination of research in economics, developmental psychology, and neurobiology reveals a striking convergence on a set of common principles that account for the potent effects of early environment on the capacity for human skill development. by Eric I. Knudsen, James J. Heckman, Judy L. Cameron, and Jack P. Shonkoff	Child development, early experience, economic productivity, critical and sensitive periods, brain development
	January 2011	Learning & Development: Reading - Willing and able? Dr Sebastian Suggate is Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at the University of Wurzburg	Reading, language, children, curriculum, communication, language, literacy, speech, learning and development
	September 2010	Research from the Department of Education published October 2007 'When You Are Born Matters: the Impact of Date of Birth on Child Cognitive Outcomes in England' by Claire Crawford, Institute for Fiscal Studies; Lorraine Dearden, Institute for Fiscal Studies and Institute of Education, University of London; Costas Meghir, Institute for Fiscal Studies and University College London	Birth effects, Early Years Foundation Stage, Formal instruction, Play based learning, Assessment, Key stages
	September 2010	Document: INSI Research Matters - Learning, Performance and Improvement by Chris Watkins The Research Publication of the International Network for School Improvement	Learning, school performance, learning orientation, performance orientation
	2010	DFE month of birth and education outcomes by Schools Analysis and Research Division	Birth effects, early years foundation stage, formal instruction, play based learning, assessment, key stages
	2009	Research into Early Reading Instruction and Luke Effects in the Development of Reading by Dr Sebastian Suggate, Department of Psychology, University of Otago, NZ JOURNAL for Waldorf/R. Steiner Education Vol. 11.2, Nov. 2009	Reading, reading skills, child development, language, children
	2009	The Importance of Play in Promoting Healthy Child Development and Maintaining Strong Parent-Child Bonds by Ginnsburg, K. (2007) Pediatrics. Vol 119, no.1 Jan 2007. The American Academy of Pediatrics.	Children, adolescent, play, parents, resilience, mental health, college schedules
	2008	Why Play = Learning by KATHY HIRSH-PASEK, PhD ROBERTA MICHNICK GOLINKOFF, PhD Temple University, USA University of Delaware, USA (Published online October 15, 2008)	Play, school readiness, school performance
	2009	Cardiovascular reactivity to stress predicts future blood pressure in adolescence Matthews, K.A., Salomon, K., Brady, S.S., & Allen, M.T. (2003) Psychosomatic Medicine, 65, 410-415. Article	Adolescence, cardiovascular reactivity, stress, prospective, blood pressure, african american
	2007	Play, naturally: A review of children's natural play Stuart Lester and Martin Maudsley Playwork Partnerships	Play, childhood, children learning, development, relationships
	2007	Play for a Change: Play, Policy and Practice: A review of contemporary perspectives Stuart Lester and Wendy Russell University of Gloucestershire / Play England	Play, childhood, children learning, development, relationships

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