by JoAnne Wilkins | Apr 25, 2018
Costa-Giomi, E. (1999). The effects of three years of piano instruction on children’s cognitive development. Journal of Research in Music Education. 47:3 198-212.Abstract:This experimental longitudinal study investigates the effect of music instruction on the...
by JoAnne Wilkins | Apr 25, 2018
Anthony, A., Emans, E., & Ziegler, E. (1973). The effectiveness of creative dramatics and storytelling in a library setting. The Journal of Educational Research, 67(4), 161-162, 181.Abstract:This study examines the impact of library-based creative dramatics and...
by JoAnne Wilkins | Apr 25, 2018
Fink, R. S. (1976). Role of imaginative play in cognitive development. Psychological Reports, 39: 895-906.1Abstract:This study addresses the potential roles of imaginative play (or creative role-playing) on two foundational cognitive abilities of children initially...
by JoAnne Wilkins | Apr 25, 2018
Pellegrini, A. and Galda, L. (1982). The Effects of Thematic-Fantasy Play Training on the Development of Children’s Story Comprehension. American Educational Research Journal, Fall 1982, 19(3): 443-452.1Abstract:This study outlines a brief intervention in which...
by JoAnne Wilkins | Apr 25, 2018
Page, A. (1983). Children’s story comprehension as a result of storytelling and story dramatization: A study of the child as spectator and as participant (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.Abstract:This study examined...