Among 800 girls aged six to twenty interviewed in 1917-18, active games and sports constituted at least half of recreational preferences across the entire age range¶
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q2 i? Active games and sports made up at least half of all recreational preferences among girls aged six to twenty, and considerably more than half among girls under thirteen. → Wheeler 1920
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Wheeler 1920¶
Wheeler, T. (1920). A Study of Certain Recreational Reading and Vocational Phases in the Lives of Young Girls. The Journal of Educational Psychology, Vol. XI, No. 9. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0064614
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Descriptive analysis of informal interviews with eight hundred girls aged six to twenty, grouped by age. The author reports that active games and sports "constitute at least half the total number of preferences" across all ages, exceeding half among girls under thirteen. No effect size is reported.
"Thoughout the entire age range they constitute at least half the total number of preferences, and with the girls under thirteen years, considerably more than that."
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Related Claims¶
- Only fifty-eight of the 800 girls expressed a wish to pursue a vocation along the lines of their favorite pastimes, concentrated in music, art, athletics, and sewing — related
- Reading as a pastime peaked at about one-fifth of preferences among thirteen-to-fourteen-year-old girls — related
- Fairy tales dominated the reading choices of girls aged six to eight but dwindled sharply with age, while girls' series books peaked between eleven and sixteen — related
- Girls' vocational choices showed a striking narrowness of outlook, with teaching, nursing, and stenography filling nearly the whole horizon and possibilities diminishing with age — related
- In twenty-five of thirty-four cases where girls mentioned parents regarding occupation, the parents' wishes differed decidedly from the girls' own — related
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Among 800 girls aged six to twenty interviewed in 1917-18, active games and sports constituted at least half of recreational preferences across the entire age range |
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Among 800 girls aged six to twenty interviewed in 1917-18, active games and sports constituted at least half of recreational preferences across the entire age range |
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