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. 1971 Summer;4(2):77–87. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1971.4-77

The effects of access to a playroom on the rate and quality of printing and writing of first and second-grade students1

B L Hopkins 1,2,2, R C Schutte 1,2, Kathleen L Garton 1,2
PMCID: PMC1310675  PMID: 16795290

Abstract

The major dependent variable was the rate at which first and second-grade students printed or wrote daily copying assignments. Data were also taken on the percentage of letters scored as errors according to a set of scoring criteria. Initially, these data were collected during a baseline condition in which each child returned to his seat as soon as his completed work had been scored, to wait for the rest of the class to finish their assignments. When the children were allowed to go to a playroom after their papers had been scored, there was a reliable increase in the mean printing or writing rates. Subsequent introductions of the baseline and playroom conditions replicated the relative effectiveness of access to the playroom to produce higher work rates. Finally, the total amount of time allowed for children to complete their assignments and then play was progressively reduced from 50 to 35 minutes. A progressive increase in work rates was correlated with these changes. Throughout the experiment, there was considerable variability in the mean number of letters scored as errors but there was a clear trend towards fewer errors.

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