Play It High, Play It Low: Examining the Reliability and Validity of a New Observation Tool to Measure Children's Make-Believe Play

Autor/inn/en	Germeroth, Carrie; Bodrova, Elena; Day-Hess, Crystal; Barker, Jane; Sarama, Julie; Clements, Douglas H.; Layzer, Carolyn
Titel	Play It High, Play It Low: Examining the Reliability and Validity of a New Observation Tool to Measure Children's Make-Believe Play
Quelle	In: American Journal of Play, 11 (2019) 2, S.183-221 (39 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1938-0399
Schlagwörter	Test Validity; Test Reliability; Measures (Individuals); Observation; Play; Imagination; Children; Child Development; Psychometrics; Early Childhood Education; Self Control; Literacy; Numeracy; Teacher Role; Teacher Student Relationship; Test Construction; Toys; Metacognition; Peer Relationship; Cooperation; Role Playing; Communication Skills + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Testvalidität; Testreliabilität; Messdaten; Beobachtung; Spiel; Child; Kind; Kinder; Kindesentwicklung; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Selbstbeherrschung; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Rechenkompetenz; Lehrerrolle; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Testaufbau; Toy; Spielzeug; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Peer-Beziehungen; Co-operation; Kooperation; Rollenspiel; Kommunikationsstil
Abstract	The authors consider mature make-believe play a critical component of childhood that helps children develop new skills and learn to communicate. They argue that, although theoretical accounts of play have emphasized the importance of make-believe play for children to achieve social and academic competence, the absence of a reliable and valid measure of children's mature make-believe play has hampered the evaluation of such claims. They seek to address this shortcoming with a review of the psychometric characteristics of existing assessments and with their findings from a new assessment using the Mature Play Observation Tool (MPOT), which they administered during a multiyear longitudinal study of twenty-six early-childhood classrooms. They found that children in classrooms scoring well on the MPOT better perform such skills as self-regulation, literacy, and numeracy. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01