Journal of Research in Childhood Education articles from June 2004

Journal of Research in Childhood Education archives from June 2004

Interpreting the interactions of the "other": constructing aboriginal cultures in conversations at and about school.
June 22, 2004... Abstract. The extant literature suggests that the high rates of educational failure for aboriginal schoolchildren result from differences in the home and school interaction patterns. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the micro...

Is play important? Guatemalan kindergartners' classroom experiences and their parents' and teachers' perceptions of learning through play.
June 22, 2004... Abstract. Five-year-old children in two socioeconomic school settings were observed in Guatemala City. Their parents and teachers were surveyed about perceptions of learning through play. The difference between the actual classroom experience...

The impact of context on children's performance in solving everyday mathematical problems with real-world settings.
June 22, 2004... Abstract. This study aimed to investigate children's performance and perception of problem difficulty in solving everyday mathematical problems with familiar versus unfamiliar contexts. In addition, the ways that children identify the...

A sociocultural investigation of the effects of peer interaction on play.
June 22, 2004... Abstract. This study examined Vygotsky's theoretical notion that play creates the zone of proximal development by investigating the effects of peer interaction within the context of constructive play with blocks. The authors used the Play...

Concept mapping and science achievement of middle grade students.
June 22, 2004... Abstract. This study examined the effects of concept mapping on the science achievement of middle grade science students. The subjects were 182 eighth-grade students, distributed into eight intact earth science classes by ability levels. The...

Measuring pre-kindergarten teachers' perceptions: compliance with the High/Scope Program.
June 22, 2004... Abstract. The research study examined the relationship between pre-kindergarten teachers' age and years of experience with their perceptions and their actual compliance with the norms of the High/Scope Pre-kindergarten Program. Teachers'...

Through the eyes of my reader: a strategy for improving audience perspective in children's descriptive writing.
June 22, 2004... Abstract. The findings in the study suggest "reading-as-the-reader" can improve 5th- and 9th-grade writers" ability to compose descriptive writing consistent with their readers" informational needs. Participants included: 154 writers (78...

Research into practice.
June 22, 2004... This issue highlights cultural dissonance in interactions involving aboriginal children in an urban school in Canada, the importance of play in Guatemalan kindergarten classrooms, the impact of contexts on children's mathematical problem...