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Title: Advances in Measuring the Intersection of Talk and Contextual Features on the Early Childhood Playground
Language: English
Authors: Dwight W. Irvin (ORCID 0000-0002-2324-7124), Beth Rous, Ying Luo, Justin Lane (ORCID 0000-0002-8268-819X), Elizabeth Burke Hadley (ORCID 0000-0002-2880-6175), Joanne Rojas, Adam Irvin, Haley Bergstrom
Source: Topics in Early Childhood Special Education. 2026 45(4):252-263.
Availability: SAGE Publications and Hammill Institute on Disabilities. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: https://sagepub.com
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 12
Publication Date: 2026
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Playgrounds, Playground Activities, Child Development, Interpersonal Communication, Discourse Analysis, Young Children, Teacher Student Relationship, Developmental Disabilities, Developmental Delays, Sensory Aids, Technology Uses in Education, Measurement, Interaction
DOI: 10.1177/02711214251324615
ISSN: 0271-1214
1538-4845
Abstract: Outdoor play environments such as playgrounds provide opportunities for children to develop language, social-emotional, cognitive, and motor skills through interactions with peers and adults. Traditionally, direct observation has been used to measure child and teacher talk on the playground. In this proof-of-concept study, we used sensing technology tools, namely the Ubisense and the Language ENvironmental Analysis (LENA), to capture and examine talk among young children and educators on a U.S. early childhood center playground. We collected over 28,000 1-s speech-audio and location data points with toddlers (n = 11). Descriptive results indicate that children with developmental disabilities/delays (DD/D) experienced more talk from educators and peers compared to those with typical development in specific areas of the playground. The use of sensing technology represents a groundbreaking advancement for understanding variations in talk between teachers and children in an outdoor play environment.
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Accession Number: EJ1496922
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