title: Evaluation of the efficacy of simulation games in traffic safety education of kindergarten children.
abstract: Using a simulation game designed to teach children to obey certain traffic safety rules, an experimental study was conducted with 136 five-year-old children in four Quebec schools. Within each classroom, subjects were randomly divided into four groups: three intervention groups and one control group. Each of the experimental groups was subjected to a different intervention with outcome measured using three instruments related to attitudes, behavior, and transfer of learning of pedestrian traffic safety. Results suggest that simulation games including role-playing/group dynamics and modeling/training can change attitudes and modify behavior in the area of pedestrian traffic safety in children of this age.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health, Montreal General Hospital, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Renaud
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suissa
mesh_terms: D000056:Accident Prevention / Q000193:education*; D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D011577:Psychodrama; D011792:Quebec; D012381:Role Playing; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*