The Role of Recess in Primary School

Play = Learning: How Play Motivates and Enhances Children's Cognitive and Social-Emotional Growth

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Pellegrini, Anthony D ^a,b   Holmes, Robyn M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Adjustment; Children; Cognitive performance; Peer interaction; Recess

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920391770     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195304381.003.0003     Document Type: Chapter

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