Korean J Child Stud. 2003; 24(3): 15-26.
Young Children`s Social Interaction and Task Performance in Dyadic Collaboration
대쌍협력 상황에서 나타난 유아의 사회적 상호작용과 과제수행력
서미옥
Mee Ock Suh
ABSTRACT
This research investigated young children`s social interaction and task performance in dyadic collaboration. The independent variables were gender and social skill level(high/low groups). Twenty-four pairs each 4-year-old boys and 4-year-old girls(total 96 subjects) worked at a block reconstruction. Two researchers judged degree of dyadic collaboration. Data were processed by 2 way ANOVA and Pearson`s product correlation. While no main effect for gender was found, the effect for social skill level(high/low groups)was significant for social interaction. There was positive correlation between social interaction and task performance.
Key words :
dyad, social interaction, blocks play task
