A natural history of preschool children's behaviour

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dc.contributor.authorJones, Anne E.
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorBarrett, Louise
dc.contributor.supervisorHenzi, Peter
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-17T19:55:46Z
dc.date.available2017-01-17T19:55:46Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractNaturalistic observations in a free play day care were conducted to study motor and object manipulation behaviour in preschool-aged children. Behaviour settings theory, which predicts that setting has greater influence over behaviour than individual factors, was tested by comparing behaviour between indoor and outdoor settings. Analysis confirmed that there were motor and object manipulation rate differences across settings. Consequently, setting was controlled for in the second analysis, which looked at repetitive behaviour. Repetition is a central concept to Montessori educational theory and is used as a learning tool in Montessori classrooms; however, little information about repetition as a developmentally typical behaviour is available. A natural history of repetition was recorded to determine: activities during which repetition takes place; commonality of repetition across children; age that children most frequently engage in repetition; and length of repetitive bouts. Analysis revealed similarities and differences between Montessori’s account of repetition and observed behaviour. en_US
dc.embargoNoen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/4762
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.proquest.subject0384en_US
dc.proquest.subject0518en_US
dc.proquest.subject0620en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Psychologyen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectconstructivismen_US
dc.subjectknowledge acquisitionen_US
dc.subjectlearningen_US
dc.subjectnaturalistic observationen_US
dc.subjectpreschool-aged childrenen_US
dc.subjectrepetitive behaviouren_US
dc.titleA natural history of preschool children's behaviouren_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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