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The purpose of the research is to investigate the relationship between cognitive style and observed behaviour which according to cognitive and social play classification 5–6 years old children. The sample were 30 children who were 5–6 years of age, 19 girls, 11 boys. Pearson correlation’s were (r) used to investigate the relationship between cognitive style of children and frequency of play; level of communication ability and leadership characters. In order to see the difference between field dependent / independent cognitive styles children in term of their frequencies of play; level of communication ability and leadership characters Mann Whitney U test has been used. Moreover, to see the difference between dependent / independent children in term of social play Kruskal Wallis H test has been used. No significant differences were found between field dependent/independent children in the measures of frequencies of play, level of communication ability and leadership characters, children in the study were 5–6 years old who mostly engage dramatic play due to their developmental characteristics

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