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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Growing minds
    sub title: the relationship between parental attitude about nature and the development of fine and gross motor skills in children
  name:
    name part: McFarland, Amy Lene'.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Zajicek, Jayne M.
    role:
      role term: thesis advisor.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: txu
    date issued: 2012
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource.
  abstract: Adults associate their childhood with playing outdoors, often in natural settings. This type of free play is valuable to child development. Children tend to use outdoor play areas in physically active ways, and time spent outdoors relates positively to increased physical activity in children. However, children today are spending an increasing amount of time indoors rather than outdoors. Recent research has shown that the amount of time children spend in outdoor play is directly related to parental concerns about their children's exposure to outdoor hazards. The purpose of this project was to investigate the relationship between parental attitude toward nature and the development of fine and gross motor skills in young children. The sample for this study was drawn from parents of children ages 3 to 5 years old enrolled at one of two University Child Development Centers. The assessment tool used was composed of sections that ask parents about their attitudes toward nature, about their young children spending time outdoors, how much time their children actually spend in outdoor and indoor activities, and standard demographic questions. The childcare centers independently assessed d correlations and ANOVA. Results from this study indicated that parents had positive views toward nature and towards their child's recreation. Children who participated in certain indoor activities tended to score higher in the area of fine motor skills. However, children who spent more time indoors in free play had lower gross motor skill scores. Parents who scored better on the Parental Attitude toward Their Child's Outdoor Recreation scale reported that their child spent more time in outdoor free play and outdoor organized sports and activities. Parents preferred outdoor play spaces when compared to indoor play spaces and specifically those outdoor spaces that were constructed with more nearby natural components.
  note: by Amy Lene' McFarland.
  note: "Major Subject: Horticulture"
  note: Electronic resource.
  note: Doctor of Philosophy Texas A&M University 2011 http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-05-9067
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  note: Text (Dissertation)
  subject:
    topic: Major Horticulture
  subject:
    topic: survey research
  subject:
    topic: sociohorticulture
  subject:
    topic: social learning theory
  subject:
    topic: gardening
  subject:
    topic: primary socialization theory
  subject:
    topic: nature
  subject:
    topic: people/plant interactions
  subject:
    topic: play
  subject:
    topic: human dimensions
  identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-05-9067
  record info:
    record content source: TXA
    record creation date: 120810
    record change date: 20150922110757.0
    record identifier: in00002768076