• They studied preschool-aged children enrolled in 18 Head Start classrooms. The children were involved in a cross-sequential longitudinal study in which they were observed extensively for a year during preschool, and then they participated in follow-up assessments for 2 additional years. Preschool classrooms were sampled in three cohorts over the first 3 years of the 5-year project.
• The majority of children were Mexican or Mexican American; 60% of the children primarily spoke Spanish. The remaining children were Anglo-American, African American, Asian, Native American, and other or unknown. Consistent with Head Start programs, children were from families of low socioeconomic status (82% earned below $30,000 per year). Almost half of the children (45%) came from two-parent married families.
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To classify the 26 activities as feminine, masculine, or neutral, they tested for sex differences in each activity using an independent samples t tests.
• The Independent-samples t tests resulted in 6 activities being categorized as feminine included crayons, dress-up, figure play feminine, music, pretend feminine, and puzzles; 6 activities categorized as masculine included balls, blocks, figure play masculine, large motor, pretend masculine, and trucks; and 12 categorized as neutral included books, clay, computers, digging, figure play neutral, kitchen, math and science activities, pretend neutral, sensory activities, phone, toy animals, and
• The majority of children were Mexican or Mexican American; 60% of the children primarily spoke Spanish. The remaining children were Anglo-American, African American, Asian, Native American, and other or unknown. Consistent with Head Start programs, children were from families of low socioeconomic status (82% earned below $30,000 per year). Almost half of the children (45%) came from two-parent married families.
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To classify the 26 activities as feminine, masculine, or neutral, they tested for sex differences in each activity using an independent samples t tests.
• The Independent-samples t tests resulted in 6 activities being categorized as feminine included crayons, dress-up, figure play feminine, music, pretend feminine, and puzzles; 6 activities categorized as masculine included balls, blocks, figure play masculine, large motor, pretend masculine, and trucks; and 12 categorized as neutral included books, clay, computers, digging, figure play neutral, kitchen, math and science activities, pretend neutral, sensory activities, phone, toy animals, and