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Understanding Teacher-Child And Peer Interactions During A 12-Week Preschool Art Program, Rebecca Bove
Understanding Teacher-Child And Peer Interactions During A 12-Week Preschool Art Program, Rebecca Bove
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Children’s social and emotional development is essential for well being (Garner & Estep, 2001). Prior research has examined the impact of teacher-child interactions on children’s school adjustment, but little research has been done to explore how certain behaviors children demonstrate with teachers influence peer interactions (Graves Jr. & Howes, 2011; Rudasill et al., 2013). The goal of the study was to examine whether the proportion of interactions and the positive or negative connotation of the interactions that a child had with teachers had an impact on social-emotional relations with peers. Using archival observational data collected while children participated in a …