EJ228601 PS509830
Title: An Observational Study of the Assimilation of the Newcomer
to the Preschool.Author(s): Feldbaum, Craig L.; And Others
Source: Child Development, v51 n2 p497-507 Jun 1980
Publication Date: June 1980
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJDEC1980
Investigates
differences between the behaviors of children entering stable preschool
groups (six males, six females) and those of their host classmates,
and traces the process by which new children come to approximate
host frequencies of interaction and social participation. A sequential
time-sampling procedure was employed. (Author/SS)
Descriptors: *Interaction; Observation; Play; *Preschool Children;
Preschool Education; Sex Differences; *Social Adjustment; *Student
Participation
Identifiers: *New Students
