Lasting effects of short-term training on preschoolers' street-crossing behavior
Can short-term training improve preschoolers' knowledge of road-crossing concepts as well as behavior in a real traffic situation? Forty children, aged four to five years, were assigned to one of four conditions (game, story, song, and control). Each condition participated in four 15-min classroom-based lessons over four weeks. Two assessments measuring knowledge of street-crossing concepts and one assessment measuring behavior on a real street were used to evaluate performance at baseline and one week and six months post-training. Children in all three experimental conditions showed a significant improvement over the control on the two conceptual assessments. Only children in the game condition significantly improved their behavior on the street-crossing assessment. Furthermore, children in all three experimental conditions retained the same levels of improvement at the six-month follow-up. These results demonstrate that one hour of training can create lasting improvements on preschool children's conceptual knowledge of traffic safety and road-crossing behavior on a real street.
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- Abstract reprinted with permission from Elsevier
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Authors:
- Albert, Rachel R
- Dolgin, Kim G
- Publication Date: 2010-3
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 500-508
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Serial:
- Accident Analysis & Prevention
- Volume: 42
- Issue Number: 2
- Publisher: Elsevier
- ISSN: 0001-4575
- Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Behavior modification; Longitudinal studies; Pedestrian education; Pedestrian movement; Pedestrian safety; Pedestrians; Preschool children; Traffic safety education
- Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01152624
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Mar 16 2010 10:59AM