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Playground Games

Playground Games is a genre of children's folklore comprising rule-bound, participatory activities transmitted orally and behaviorally among peers in schoolyard or recreational settings, distinguished by their structured play formats, collective performance, and role in fostering social cohesion and cultural continuity within peer groups.

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3.7K

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228

Authors

112

Institutions

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2017–2026

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Publications

87

Children's Games in Street and Playground.

George MacFarlane, Iona Opie, Peter Opie · Man · 1971 · 415 citations

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The social context of school playground games: Sex and ethnic differences, and changes over time after entry to junior school

Peter Blatchford, Ed Baines, Anthony D. Pellegrini · British Journal of Developmental Psychology · 2003 · 252 citations · Full text

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'The Money's Good, The Fame's Good, The Girls are Good': The role of playground football in the construction of young boys' masculinity in a junior school

Jon Swain · British Journal of Sociology of Education · 2000 · 208 citations

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The prevalence of loot boxes in mobile and desktop games

David Zendle, Rachel Meyer, Paul Cairns et al. · Addiction · 2020 · 171 citations · Full text

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Assessment and Learning of Qualitative Physics in Newton's Playground

Valerie J. Shute, Yoon Jeon Kim · The Journal of Educational Research · 2013 · 160 citations

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Authors

228

  1. PB
    Peter Blatchford

    University of London, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 534 citations

    4

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  2. EB
    Ed Baines

    University of London, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 473 citations

    3

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  3. ND
    Nicola D. Ridgers

    Deakin University, Australia

    3 publications · 154 citations

    3

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  4. AD
    Anthony D. Pellegrini

    University of Minnesota, United States

    3 publications · 473 citations

    3

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  5. PC
    Paul Cairns

    University of York, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 198 citations

    2

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Institutions

112

  1. Eindhoven University of Technology

    Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    416 citations

  2. Florida State University

    Tallahassee, United States

    3 h-index

    18 publications

    1.6K citations

  3. University of Twente

    Enschede, The Netherlands

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    232 citations

  4. University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    947 citations

  5. Simon Fraser University

    Burnaby, Canada

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    130 citations

  6. University of Sheffield

    Sheffield, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    58 citations

  7. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    142 citations

  8. Liverpool John Moores University

    Liverpool, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    209 citations

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Venues

  1. Games for Health Journal

    3 publications · 39 citations

    3

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  2. British Journal of Developmental Psychology

    2 publications · 266 citations

    2

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  3. Research Studies in Music Education

    2 publications · 105 citations

    2

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  4. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing

    2 publications · 41 citations

    2

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  5. American Educational Research Journal

    AERJ · 2 publications · 155 citations

    2

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