Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 1 of 1
Full-Text Articles in Education
The Play's The Thing: An Examination Of Play's Role In The Cognitive Development Of Adolescents, Ian Scheu
The Play's The Thing: An Examination Of Play's Role In The Cognitive Development Of Adolescents, Ian Scheu
Theses and Dissertations
The study explored the relationship of play and development in adolescents. It was developed to determine if play in adolescents has a cognitive developmental purpose. The research design was a quantitative study with qualitative elements. The design of the study consisted two groups of participants who engaged in either a computer program to test cognitive skills or a computer game which contains the same tests. The participants (N = 216) were adolescent males and females (ages 12-19) from urban mid-Atlantic Catholic high schools. After vetting the data, the total was N = 167 and only included males (ages 14-19). The …