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Changing a Schoolyard

Intentions, Design Decisions, and Behavioral Outcomes

Carol S. Weinstein

Department of Learning and Teaching, Rutgers Graduate School of Education, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Patricia Pinciotti

East Stroudsburg University, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.

This article describes the construction of a tire playground on an empty, fenced-in blacktop that had served as the schoolyard for a small primary school. It discusses the parents' and designer's goals for the tire playground, describes the way the playground design supported and reflected these goals, and documents the eventual impact on children's behavior. Construction of the playground led to significant decreases in organized games, uninvolved behavior, and roughhousing, and significant increases in active play and pretend play. Age and sex differences in play behavior are also described.

Environment and Behavior, Vol. 20, No. 3, 345-371 (1988)
DOI: 10.1177/0013916588203005
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