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Investigators at Bar Ilan University Describe Findings in Early

Childhood Research (What a Cool Classroom! Voices of 5-
year-olds On the Design of Physical Learning Environments).
Date: Mar. 18, 2023
From: Pediatrics Week
Publisher: NewsRX LLC
Document Type: Report
Length: 474 words

Full Text:
2023 MAR 18 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Pediatrics Week -- Investigators publish new report on Early
Childhood Research. According to news reporting originating in Ramat-Gan, Israel, by VerticalNews journalists, research stated,
"Although early childhood physical learning environments are designed and organized almost entirely by adults, it is the children
whose learning is affected. This exploratory study examined voices of 198 Israeli preschoolers regarding their physical learning
environments (96 girls, middle socio-economic-status, mean-age 65.15 months, SD = 4.5; Israeli preschool settings encompass
children aged 3-5)."

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from Bar Ilan University, "The study investigated preschoolers' percep-tions
and preferences regarding the design and affordance of their physical learning environment and their ability to express and rationalize
these preferences based on interviews conducted using the Photograph-Interview with Children (PIC) instrument, incorporating
children's photography of their own preschools and examining pho-tographs of other preschools. The findings from the interviews
were analyzed using multilevel modeling analyses testing the effect of gender, non-verbal intelligence, and receptive language.
Findings indicated that preschoolers have preferences regarding their physical learning environment and can verbally express,
explain, and rational-ize their opinions. The study mainly revealed gender-related differences in the participants' preferences: While
girls significantly preferred the Home Themed Role-Play Center, boys expressed a significant preference for the Construction Center.
Moreover, participants perceived their classroom design as contributing to social interaction more than to well-being and knowledge.
Girls perceived their classroom design as contributing to knowledge and a sense of well-being significantly more than boys. The data
analysis revealed those learning centers in which the children demonstrated a lack of interest -the Display Boards and the Science
and Nature Center."

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "These findings underscore the importance of preschoolers' voices and of
the PIC instrument when designing learning environ-ments."

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: What a Cool Classroom! Voices of 5-year-olds On the Design of Physical Learning
Environments. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2023;63:370-385. Early Childhood Research Quarterly can be contacted at:
Elsevier Science Inc, Ste 800, 230 Park Ave, New York, NY 10169, USA. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Early Childhood Research
Quarterly - www.journals.elsevier.com/early-childhood-research-quarterly/)

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Ornit Spektor-Levy, Bar Ilan University,
Faculty of Education, Il-5290002 Ramat Gan, Israel. Additional authors for this research include Netta Perry and Esther Adi-Japha.

Keywords for this news article include: Ramat-Gan, Israel, Asia, Early Childhood Research, Bar Ilan University.

Our reports deliver fact-based news of research and discoveries from around the world. Copyright 2023, NewsRx LLC

The citation for this news report is: NewsRx. Investigators at Bar Ilan University Describe Findings in Early Childhood Research (What
a Cool Classroom! Voices of 5-year-olds On the Design of Physical Learning Environments). Pediatrics Week. March 18, 2023; p 269.

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"Investigators at Bar Ilan University Describe Findings in Early Childhood Research (What a Cool Classroom! Voices of 5-year-olds
On the Design of Physical Learning Environments)." Pediatrics Week, 18 Mar. 2023, p. 269. Gale Academic OneFile,
link.gale.com/apps/doc/A740875991/AONE?u=glasuni&sid=bookmark-AONE&xid=732a5a4c. Accessed 24 May 2023.
Gale Document Number: GALE|A740875991