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Open-ended Materials

Open-Ended Materials is a curricular resource in early childhood education that, as an open-ended category of learning tools, lacks predetermined use or fixed outcomes and instead invites multiple forms of exploration, creativity, and expression to support child-driven, emergent inquiry.

11

Publications

305

Citations

29

Authors

12

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

6

Parents

Publications

11

Educator perceptions on the benefits and challenges of loose parts play in the outdoor environments of childcare centres

Rebecca Spencer, Nila Joshi, Karina Branje et al. · AIMS Public Health · 2019 · 48 citations · Full text

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Getting Started with Open-Ended Assessment

Keith R. Leatham, Kathy Lawrence, Denise S. Mewborn · Teaching Children Mathematics · 2005 · 45 citations

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A comparison of sociodramatic play processes of preschoolers in a naturalized and a traditional outdoor space

Anne‐Marie Morrissey, Caroline Scott, Mark Rahimi · International Journal of Play · 2017 · 31 citations · Full text

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Promoting Creativity for Life Using Open-Ended Materials

Walter F. Drew, Baji Rankin · Young children · 2004 · 31 citations

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Designing students’ worksheet based on open-ended approach to foster students’ creative thinking skills

Sunaryo Romli, Abdurrahman Abdurrahman, Beli Riyadi · Journal of Physics Conference Series · 2018 · 30 citations · Full text

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Authors

29

  1. JT
    Jane Torr

    Macquarie University, Australia

    1 publications · 13 citations

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  2. KL
    Kathy Lawrence

    Auburn University, United States

    1 publications · 45 citations

    1

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  3. MR
    Mark Rahimi

    Deakin University, Australia

    1 publications · 31 citations

    1

    h-index

  4. LR
    Laurene Rehman

    Dalhousie University, Canada

    1 publications · 48 citations

    1

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  5. SK
    Sara Kirk

    Dalhousie University, Canada

    1 publications · 48 citations

    1

    h-index

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Institutions

12

  1. SUNY Geneseo

    Geneseo, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

  2. McGill University

    Montreal, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

  3. Dalhousie University

    Halifax, Canada

    1 h-index

    7 publications

    336 citations

  4. The Fourth People's Hospital

    Foshan, China

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    45 citations

  5. University of Limerick

    Limerick, Ireland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  6. Deakin University

    Burwood, Australia

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    93 citations

  7. Lampung University

    Bandar Lampung, Indonesia

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    90 citations

  8. Sriwijaya University

    Palembang, Indonesia

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    84 citations

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Venues

  1. AIMS Public Health

    1 publications · 48 citations

    1

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  2. Journal on Mathematics Education

    JME · 1 publications · 28 citations

    1

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  3. Journal of Early Childhood Research

    ECR · 1 publications · 13 citations

    1

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  4. Young children

    1 publications · 31 citations

    1

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  5. International Journal of Play

    1 publications · 31 citations

    1

    h-index

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