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Article

Development of the Checklist for Imitation, Exploration and Imagination Behaviour for Play Observation in Preschool Age

by
Francesca Giovanna Maria Gastaldi
1,
Claudio Longobardi
2,
Matteo Angelo Fabris
2,* and
Sofia Mastrokoukou
2
1
Department of Philosophy and Education Sciences, University of Turin, 10124 Torino, Italy
2
Department of Psychology, University of Turin, 10124 Torino, Italy
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Educ. Sci. 2024, 14(8), 896; https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14080896
Submission received: 12 July 2024 / Revised: 31 July 2024 / Accepted: 8 August 2024 / Published: 16 August 2024
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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to offer a new coding system to capture preschool playful behaviours based on the imitative, exploratory and imaginative aspects underlying playful behaviours (CIEIPO checklist: Imitation, Exploration, Imagination, for Play Observation). A series of focus group sessions (four in total) involving experts in the field were conducted to identify the most typical preschool play behaviours. In addition, a thorough literature review allowed for the operational definition of the items. The number of participants consisted of 280 preschool-aged children, aged 3 to 5 years (Mage = 4.5, SDage = 1.8), 130 of whom were girls. The most frequently observed behaviours were exploratory (150 times) and imaginative (136 times), while imitative behaviours occurred 58 times. The index of agreement between raters was 0.89 (Cohen’s Kappa). The results show important implications for promoting play skills in preschool children, with particular relevance to the developmental functions involved (exploratory, symbolic and imitative skills).
Keywords: play; child observation; behaviour observation; imitation; exploration; imagination play; child observation; behaviour observation; imitation; exploration; imagination

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Gastaldi, F.G.M.; Longobardi, C.; Fabris, M.A.; Mastrokoukou, S. Development of the Checklist for Imitation, Exploration and Imagination Behaviour for Play Observation in Preschool Age. Educ. Sci. 2024, 14, 896. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14080896

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Gastaldi FGM, Longobardi C, Fabris MA, Mastrokoukou S. Development of the Checklist for Imitation, Exploration and Imagination Behaviour for Play Observation in Preschool Age. Education Sciences. 2024; 14(8):896. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14080896

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Gastaldi, Francesca Giovanna Maria, Claudio Longobardi, Matteo Angelo Fabris, and Sofia Mastrokoukou. 2024. "Development of the Checklist for Imitation, Exploration and Imagination Behaviour for Play Observation in Preschool Age" Education Sciences 14, no. 8: 896. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14080896

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Gastaldi, F. G. M., Longobardi, C., Fabris, M. A., & Mastrokoukou, S. (2024). Development of the Checklist for Imitation, Exploration and Imagination Behaviour for Play Observation in Preschool Age. Education Sciences, 14(8), 896. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14080896

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