Etch-a-sketch

The Etch-A-Sketch task is a cooperative learning challenge task that requires a parent to work together with their child in order to succeed. The parent and child are given one Etch-A-Sketch board and are instructed to use the board to copy a series of three designs that increase in complexity. The parent and child must work together as one controls the left knob (draws only horizontal lines) and one controls the right knob (draws only vertical lines). The parent and child are allowed a maximum of 5 minutes to complete each design, and participants are told that their accuracy on completing or copying the designs will be checked by the experimenter.

In the fourth and fifth measurement waves of TRAILS Next, Etch-a-sketch was done with both parents separately, only two designs had to be copied (a square and a house figure), and the task lasted approximately 8 minutes.

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Constructs
Waves
  • The Next Generation

  • NEXT - T4
    •   OP1C OP2C
    4.5 - 5.0 years   From 2018-06-01 (ongoing)
  • NEXT - T5
    •   OP1C OP2C
    6.0 - 7.0 years   From 2015-01-01 (ongoing)
    Mode of collection Observation
    Analysis unit Individual, Family
    Instrument name Etch-A-Sketch
    References
    Erickson, M. F., Sroufe, L. A., & Egeland, B. (1985). The relationship between quality of attachment and behavior problems in preschool in a high-risk sample. Monographs of the society for research in child development, 147-166.
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