Does Creative Drama Promote Language Development in Early Childhood? A Review of the Methods and Measures Employed in the Empirical Literature

Autor/in	Mages, Wendy Karen
Titel	Does Creative Drama Promote Language Development in Early Childhood? A Review of the Methods and Measures Employed in the Empirical Literature
Quelle	In: Review of Educational Research, 78 (2008) 1, S.124-152 (29 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0034-6543
DOI	10.3102/0034654307313401
Schlagwörter	Drama; Dramatics; Young Children; Language Acquisition; Literature; Researchers; Early Childhood Education; Imagination; Fairy Tales; Fantasy; Preschool Children; Primary Education; Academic Achievement; Teachers; Administrators; Literature Reviews; Control Groups; Quasiexperimental Design; Statistical Analysis; Qualitative Research; Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test; Reynell Developmental Language Scales; Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schauspiel; Dramatik; Frühe Kindheit; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Literatur; Researcher; Forscher; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Fairy tale; Fairytale; Fairytales; Fairy-tale; Fairy-tales; Märchen; Fantasie; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Primarbereich; Schulleistung; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Statistische Analyse; Qualitative Forschung
Abstract	This systematic review of the literature synthesizes research from a number of disciplines and provides a succinct distillation of the methods and measures used to study the impact of creative drama on the language development of young children. An analysis of the merits and limitations of the reviewed studies reveals a number of methodological problems that threaten the validity, reliability, and credibility of drama research. Recommendations on how to limit these threats are offered. These recommendations can potentially help researchers design more rigorous studies that are better able to guide educators' and administrators' decisions about the inclusion of creative drama in early childhood curricula. (Contains 4 notes.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10