Preschool children's cognitive style and play and implications for creativity
- 1 January 1992
- journal article
- play and-creativity
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Creativity Research Journal
- Vol. 5 (1) , 35-47
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10400419209534421
Abstract
Little is known about the relationships among cognitive style, play, and creativity. For this reason, the field dependence (FD) and field independence (FJ) of 300 children between the ages of three and five years was assessed, and their play behaviors were recorded A repeated measures MANOVA indicated that FD and FI children played differently. Most importantly, a significant interaction was found, indicating significant differences between FD and FI children for all behaviors except frequency of play.Keywords
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