Interactions in a childrens museum. Refer to the Early Childhood Education Journal (Mar. 2014) study of interactions

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Interactions in a children’s museum. Refer to the Early Childhood Education Journal (Mar. 2014) study of interactions in a children’s museum, Exercise 2.19 (p. 69). Recall that interactions by visitors to the museum were classified as (1) show-and-tell, (2) learning/teaching, (3) refocusing,

(4) participatory play, or (5) advocating/disciplining. Over a 3-month period, the researchers observed 170 meaningful interactions, of which 81 were led by children and 89 were led by adult caregivers. The number of interactions observed in each category is provided in the accompanying table.

Type of Interaction Child-Led Adult-Led Show-and-tell 26 0 Learning/Teaching 21 64 Refocusing 21 10 Participatory Play 12 9 Advocating/Disciplining 1 6 Totals 81 89 Source: McMunn-Dooley, C. and Welch, M. M. “Nature of interactions among young children and adult caregivers in a children’s museum.” Early Childhood Education Journal, Vol. 42, No. 2, Mar. 2014 (adapted from Figure 2).

a. For child-led interactions, is there evidence of differences in the proportions associated with the types of interactions? Test, using a = .01.

b. Repeat part a for adult-led interactions.

Religion Proportion of U.S. Population Number of Seats in House Catholic .28 117 Methodist .04 61 Jewish .02 30 Other .66 227 Totals 1.00 435

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