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Keywords

Play groups--Social aspects; Social skills--Study and teaching; Social skills in children;

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of Sunshine Circles, an interactive playgroup, on the development of social emotional skills and the reduction of problem behaviors in one Kindergarten classroom when compared with a second kindergarten classroom not participating in the interactive playgroup. A one-way multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) will be used to analyze the effectiveness of the Sunshine Circles interactive playgroup using information collected through behavioral and social skills rating scales, and office discipline referrals (ODRs). It is hypothesized that the classroom participating in the Sunshine Circles playgroup will make more progress and/or develop an increase in measured social-emotional skills and have fewer ODRs when compared to the control kindergarten classroom. Possible future implications of this research proposal will also be considered.

Year of Submission

2016

Degree Name

Specialist in Education

Department

Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations

First Advisor

Stephanie Schmitz, Chair

Date Original

7-2016

Object Description

1 PDF file (iii, 41 pages)

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

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