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Goodwin, Marjorie Harness (1995). Co-Construction in Girls' Hopscotch.
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Goodwin, Marjorie Harness (1994). Ay Chillona!: Stance-Taking in Girls'
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See also
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Human Interaction. <underline>Journal of Pragmatics</underline>.
</bigger></fontfamily>See also Linda Hughes
<fontfamily><param>Palatino</param><bigger>Hughes, Linda (1988). "But
That's not Really Mean": Competing in a Cooperative Mode.
<underline>Sex Roles</underline>, <underline>19</underline>, 669-687.
Hughes, Linda (1993). "You Have to Do it with Style": Girls' Games and
Girls' Gaming. In S. T. Hollis, L. Pershing, & M. J. Young (Eds.),
<underline>Feminist Theory and the Study of Folklore</underline> (pp.
130-148). Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
</bigger></fontfamily>>20 years ago Janet Lever conducted an
observational study of elementary
>school-aged kids on a playground and concluded that boys play more
complex
>games (defined as games with rules, pretty much) than girls and play
>in bigger groups.
>
>I have found one subsequent study by Borman and someone which reaches
>a similar conclusion. 1987
>
>Matter closed, or is there any more research on this topic? All I
>have been able to find is studies of video games and gender
differences.
>That is an interesting topic but difficult to play back on the
earlier
>work.... or has it been done?
>
>Wondering
>
>mike
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