The Effects of a Creative Dance and Movement Program on the Social Competence of Head Start Preschoolers [Creative dance and movement program vs. play time without music or dance]
Lobo, Yovanka B.; Winsler, Adam (2006). Social Development, v15 n3 p501-519. Retrieved from: https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ942189
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examining40Students, gradePK
Practice Guide
Review Details
Reviewed: February 2022
- Practice Guide (findings for Creative dance and movement program)
- Randomized Controlled Trial
- Meets WWC standards without reservations because it is a randomized controlled trial with low attrition.
This review may not reflect the full body of research evidence for this intervention.
Evidence Tier rating based solely on this study. This intervention may achieve a higher tier when combined with the full body of evidence.
Findings
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Outcome measure |
Comparison | Period | Sample |
Intervention mean |
Comparison mean |
Significant? |
Improvement index |
Evidence tier |
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Overall social competence (teacher rating) from Social Competence Behavior Evaluation (SCBE): Preschool Edition |
Creative dance and movement program vs. Business as usual |
0 Days |
Full sample;
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151.37 |
133.86 |
No |
-- | |
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Internalizing behavior problems (teacher rating) from Social Competence Behavior Evaluation (SCBE): Preschool Edition |
Creative dance and movement program vs. Business as usual |
0 Days |
Full sample;
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87.58 |
83.60 |
No |
-- | |
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Externalizing behavior problems (teacher rating) from Social Competence Behavior Evaluation (SCBE): Preschool Edition |
Creative dance and movement program vs. Business as usual |
0 Days |
Full sample;
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91.42 |
87.34 |
No |
-- |
Evidence Tier rating based solely on this study. This intervention may achieve a higher tier when combined with the full body of evidence.
Sample Characteristics
Characteristics of study sample as reported by study author.
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Ethnicity Hispanic 67% Not Hispanic or Latino 33%
Study Details
Setting
This study was conducted among preschool children attending a large Head Start program. The preschool was located in the metropolitan area somewhere in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States.
Study sample
The study's analytic sample consisted of 40 preschool children, aged 3 to 5 years old. Approximately 49 percent were girls. In terms of racial characteristics, 16 percent were African-American, 5 percent were Asian, 7 percent were Arabic, and 5 percent were White or other. About 67 percent of students identified as Hispanic. All students were receiving free or reduced-price lunch.
Intervention Group
The intervention was an eight-week instructional program in creative dance and movement. Participants met for 35 minutes each session with two sessions per week, in a separate room in the preschool. The dance program was researcher-designed to be appropriate for children ages 3 to 5. The program was structured around six dance concepts that allowed students to invent movements according to their preferences: (1) body parts, (2) movement/locomotor, (3) space, (4) time, (5) force, (6) form. Each session proceeded with a greeting, warm-up and stretching, short-story and dance improvisation, and a goodbye dance/cool down.
Comparison Group
The comparison condition consisted of play time with regular curriculum activities and toys during the pull-out sessions. Available toys consisted of puzzles, games, blocks, balls, and others that were in the room. No music or dancing occurred in these sessions and an experimenter remained in the room to observe and play with the children.
Support for implementation
The study does not describe any support for implementation.
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