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Task Persistence In Early Childhood Education, Thomas Richard Stephenson
Task Persistence In Early Childhood Education, Thomas Richard Stephenson
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
This study was designed to discover developmental trends in task persistence (TP). It was hoped that the results would suggest when and for what groups a task persistence (TP) curriculum is crucial.
To study this development a sample of two, four, and six year old children were given a "work" task. The task required 120 subjects (Ss) to sort and fold 33 items of clothing and linen. After the task instructions and demonstration, the experimenter did not intervene with reinforcers or further directions.
The dependent variables investigated were time spent on the task, time spent away from the task, and …