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EJ317653 TM510554
Title: The Relations between Symbolic Play and Literate Behavior: A
Review and Critique of the Empirical Literature.
Author(s) Pellegrini, A. D.
Source: Review of Educational Research, v55 n1 p107-21 Spr 1985
Publication Date: 1985
Language: English
Document Type: Information Analysis (070); Journal articles (080)
Journal Announcement: CIJAUG1985
Symbolic play and literate behavior involve similar mental
processes: the production and comprehension of decontextualized
language and narrative competence. Methodological and theoretical
issues in recent studies are reviewed. Observational results support
the theory of similar mental processes, but experimental results
question a causal relationship between symbolic play and literate
behavior. (Author/BS)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education; Educational Research;
*Language Processing; Listening Comprehension; *Play; *Speech
Communication; *Young Children
Identifiers: *Literate Behavior; *Symbolic Play

