SynthesisChild development2022
Can guidance during play enhance children's learning and development in educational contexts? A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Can guidance during play enhance children's learning and development in educational contexts? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Child development · 2022Pooled it
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- Effects of a Cognitively Enriched Playful Physical Activity Program on Executive Functions and School Readiness in Preschool Children.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Bilingual and Bicultural: Executive Function in Korean and American Children.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Development and validation of the CAPPAC scale to measure multidimensional play in children and adolescents.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- VENOMventure, an Immersive Escape-Style Game, Teaches Families the Foundations of Phylogenetics.CBE life sciences education · 2026Article
- Navigating Cultural Adaptation: Refugee Parents' Perspectives on the SafeCare Parenting Program.Journal of international migration and integration · 2026Article
- Scientific agency in preschool STEM: a play-based developmental model.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Inferential talk between teachers and children across play types: a categorization based on the play continuum.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Let's Do Engineering: Engineers and Creative Practitioners Experiences of Co-creating Activities and Resources for 3-7 Year-Olds, and Teacher Evaluation of Resource Effectiveness.Early childhood education journal · 2026Article
- Fostering Playfulness in 2-to-6-Year-Old Children: A Longitudinal Study of Parental Play Support Profiles and Their Effects on Children's Playfulness.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Swipes vs. Strides: How Mobile Media Use Shapes Children's Gross and Fine Motor Skills.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Supporting Oral Language Development in Preschool Children Through Instructional Scaffolding During Drawing Activity: A Qualitative Case Study.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Interventions to improve equational reasoning: replication and extension of the Cuisenaire-Gattegno curriculum effect.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Reinventing the public square and early educational settings through culturally informed, community co-design: Playful Learning Landscapes.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
This systematic review and meta-analysis considered evidence of guided play compared to direct instruction or free play to support children's learning and development. Interventions from 39 studies were reviewed (published 1977-2020); 17 were included in meta-analysis (N
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