Article Critiaue on Play
Introduction
According to the American Pediatric Association, “Play is essential to development because it contributes to the cognitive, social, emotional, and physical well-being of children and youth. Alarmingly, gifted and talented students from grades three to five decreased their time spent in unstructured activities by one half. Children do not play anymore. (Beisser, Gillespie, & Thacker, 2013). While there was an abundance of research for young children and play, existing research that examined the importance of play in the development of gifted and talented students in upper elementary school was not available except in relation to stress. I am interested in researching the relationship between play and learning for the gifted and talented students in middle school. I will critique the peer reviewed research article, An Investigation of Play: From the Voices of Fifth-and Sixth- Grade Talented and Gifted Students by Beisser, Gillespie, & Thacker (2013). Based on guidelines from Spaulding and Falco (2013), this literature review will assess relevance of past research on research questions, effective use of participant sampling, and reliable use of methods.
Relevance of Past Research on Research Questions While examining the relevance of past research, I looked at the trustworthiness of authors listed in the bibliography and the body of research already represented on play. Using the bibliography as a guide, noted researchers in the field were listed giving relevance to the study. Current literature was used from Creswell’s expertise on research design. Vygotsky, Piaget, and Freud were sources who represented the foundation in how children learn. The gurus of physical education were not mentioned, Rink, Cooper, Sallis and MacKenzie. Therefore, I talked with Dr. Scott Arrington, physical education and health teacher at West- Oak Middle School who stated that their research would rarely show up in research on play. (personal communication, September
According to the American Pediatric Association, “Play is essential to development because it contributes to the cognitive, social, emotional, and physical well-being of children and youth. Alarmingly, gifted and talented students from grades three to five decreased their time spent in unstructured activities by one half. Children do not play anymore. (Beisser, Gillespie, & Thacker, 2013). While there was an abundance of research for young children and play, existing research that examined the importance of play in the development of gifted and talented students in upper elementary school was not available except in relation to stress. I am interested in researching the relationship between play and learning for the gifted and talented students in middle school. I will critique the peer reviewed research article, An Investigation of Play: From the Voices of Fifth-and Sixth- Grade Talented and Gifted Students by Beisser, Gillespie, & Thacker (2013). Based on guidelines from Spaulding and Falco (2013), this literature review will assess relevance of past research on research questions, effective use of participant sampling, and reliable use of methods.
Relevance of Past Research on Research Questions While examining the relevance of past research, I looked at the trustworthiness of authors listed in the bibliography and the body of research already represented on play. Using the bibliography as a guide, noted researchers in the field were listed giving relevance to the study. Current literature was used from Creswell’s expertise on research design. Vygotsky, Piaget, and Freud were sources who represented the foundation in how children learn. The gurus of physical education were not mentioned, Rink, Cooper, Sallis and MacKenzie. Therefore, I talked with Dr. Scott Arrington, physical education and health teacher at West- Oak Middle School who stated that their research would rarely show up in research on play. (personal communication, September