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A Comparison Of Social Skills Training Approaches On Preschool Teacher And Child Behaviors, Keith J Hyatt
A Comparison Of Social Skills Training Approaches On Preschool Teacher And Child Behaviors, Keith J Hyatt
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
The first purpose of this study was to determine whether instruction to teachers resulted in differences in their performance. The second purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of two social skill training methods, a proactive approach and a reactive approach, on increasing the "positive initiations" and/or "positive responses" of preschool children toward their peers during small group art activities. The proactive approach consisted of the teacher providing children with 5 minutes of instruction in specific social skills prior to the art activities, while the reactive approach consisted of the teacher providing verbal praise for "positive initiations" and …
Exploring Preschoolers' Personal Epistemologies Using Focus Groups, Denise Lynne Winsor
Exploring Preschoolers' Personal Epistemologies Using Focus Groups, Denise Lynne Winsor
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
This is a qualitative study designed to use focus groups as a means of identifying the personal epistemologies of preschool children in an authentic learning environment. Personal epistemology is generally defined as the theory about the nature of knowledge and the process of knowing. Investigations of young children are scarce in this field, and little is known about the early onset of epistemological development. However, recent research suggests a possible connection between epistemic development and theory of mind; This study explores very young children and how their cognitive ability and interactions with peers may reveal information regarding epistemological development. The …