ED379095 PS022990
Title: School Recess and Playground Behavior: Educational and Developmental
Roles.
Author(s): Pellegrini, Anthony D.
Pages: 187
Publication Date: 1995
Notes: A volume in the SUNY series, Children's Play in Society.
ISBN: 0-7914-2184-8
Available from: Document Not Available from EDRS.
Availability: State University of New York Press, c/o CUP Services,
P.O. Box 6525, Ithaca, NY 14851 (hardback: ISBN-0-7914-2183-X, $59.50;
paperback: ISBN-0-7914-2184-8, $19.95).
Language: English
Document Type: Book (010); Reports--Research (143)
Geographic Source: U.S.; New York
Journal Announcement: RIEJUN1995
Noting that
school recess periods are one of the few times when children interact
with their peers on their own terms--with minimal adult intervention--this
book examines recess behavior and its social and pedagogical implications.
In addition to studying spontaneous peer interaction among school
children, the book addresses issues of: (1) the role of recess in
schools and the curriculum; (2) educational outcomes of recess;
(3) relationships between playground design and behavior; (4) and
differences in playground behaviors across age and gender groups.
The book concludes by noting that recess allows children to make
choices regarding whom to interact with and how to socially negotiate
interactions; builds a number of high-level cognitive strategies;
and raises levels of motivation. Each of the book's 11 chapters
contains references. (SW)
Descriptors: Age Differences; *Child Behavior; Children; Cognitive
Development; Elementary Education; *Elementary School Students;
Interpersonal Competence; Motor Development; *Peer Relationship;
Play; *Playground Activities; Playgrounds; *Recess Breaks; Self
Motivation; Sex Differences; Social Development
Identifiers: Playground Design
