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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Psychology and Pedagogics</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Psychology and Pedagogics</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Психология и педагогика</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-1683</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2313-1705</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">46368</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-1683-2025-22-1-7-24</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">TGHNGT</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>PERSONALITY: DEVELOPMENT. ACTIVITY. PROFESSION</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ЛИЧНОСТЬ: РАЗВИТИЕ. АКТИВНОСТЬ. ПРОФЕССИЯ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Project-Based Activities to Enhance Communicative Development in Young Children: Findings of a Double-Blind Control Study</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Проектная деятельность как средство коммуникативного развития детей дошкольного возраста: результаты двойного слепого контролируемого эксперимента</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7187-6080</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Plotnikova</surname><given-names>Valeriya A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Плотникова</surname><given-names>Валерия Андреевна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Junior Researcher, Laboratory of Psychology of Childhood and Digital Socialization, Federal Scientific Center of Psychological and Multidisciplinary Research; PhD student, the Department of Psychology of Education and Pedagogy, Faculty of Psychology, Lomonosov Moscow State University</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>младший научный сотрудник лаборатории психологии детства и цифровой социализации, Федеральный научный центр психологических и междисциплинарных исследований; Аспирант кафедры психологии образования и педагогики факультета психологии, Московский государственный университет имени М.В. Ломоносова</p></bio><email>ler.shinelis@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1092-3290</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Veraksa</surname><given-names>Aleksander N.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Веракса</surname><given-names>Александр Николаевич</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Doc. in Psychology, Professor, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Education, Head of the Department of Psychology of Education and Pedagogy, Faculty of Psychology, Lomonosov Moscow State University; Head of the Laboratory of Psychology of Childhood and Digital Socialization, Federal Scientific Center of Psychological and Multidisciplinary Research</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доктор психологических наук, профессор, академик Российской академии образования, заведующий кафедрой психологии образования и педагогики факультета психологии, Московский государственный университет имени М.В. Ломоносова; руководитель лаборатории психологии детства и цифровой социализации, Федеральный научный центр психологических и междисциплинарных исследований</p></bio><email>veraksa@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Lomonosov Moscow State University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff2"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Federal Scientific Center of Psychological and Multidisciplinary Research</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Федеральный научный центр психологических и междисциплинарных исследований</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2025-10-10" publication-format="electronic"><day>10</day><month>10</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>22</volume><issue>1</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">VOL 22, NO1 (2025)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ТОМ 22, №1 (2025)</issue-title><fpage>7</fpage><lpage>24</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-10-10"><day>10</day><month>10</month><year>2025</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2025, Plotnikova V.A., Veraksa A.N.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2025, Плотникова В.А., Веракса А.Н.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Plotnikova V.A., Veraksa A.N.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Плотникова В.А., Веракса А.Н.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/psychology-pedagogics/article/view/46368">https://journals.rudn.ru/psychology-pedagogics/article/view/46368</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Project-based activity is gaining increasing recognition in early childhood education as a means of fostering communicative development. While many studies assess the outcomes, the specific mechanisms through which these activities foster developmental change remain insufficiently explored. The present study aimed to investigate the conditions that facilitate communicative development in preschool children through project-based activities. A double-blind, randomized control experiment involving 66 children aged 5-6 was conducted across four groups: Creative Project, Research Project, Free Play, and Control group. Communicative development was assessed using the MAIN (Multilingual Assessment Instrument for Narratives) and the SCBE-30 (Social Competence and Behavior Evaluation) tools. In addition, structured observational analyses based on the “Play Matrix” and “Project Matrix” was performed to video-recorded sessions. The findings revealed that children in the Creative Project group demonstrated significantly greater improvements in narrative macrostructure, reduced social anxiety, and stable levels of aggression, compared to other groups. These children also exhibited higher levels of self-initiated actions and regulatory speech, with a corresponding decrease in adult-prompted behavior, suggesting greater internalization of initiative and agency. The results highlight the significance of organizing activities around challenging tasks, collaborative interaction, and personal meaning-making, as these elements can promote developmental shifts through the process of perezhivanie . These findings provide an empirical foundation for designing educational interventions aimed at enhancing communicative development in early childhood and may serve as a basis for further research into the mechanisms underlying child development.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Проектная деятельность становится всё более популярным средством поддержки коммуникативного развития в дошкольном образовании. При этом, несмотря на наличие большого количества исследований, оценивающих результаты проектной деятельности, конкретные механизмы, с помощью которых эта форма работы способствует развитию ребенка, остаются недостаточно изученными. В настоящем исследовании проанализированы условия, способствующие развитию коммуникативных навыков детей дошкольного возраста в процессе проектной деятельности. Было проведено двойное слепое рандомизированное контролируемое исследование с участием 66 детей в возрасте 5-6 лет. Дети были распределены в четыре группы: «творческий проект», «исследовательский проект», «свободная игра» и контрольная группа. Для диагностики коммуникативного развития использовались методики MAIN (Multilingual Assessment Instrument for Narratives) для оценки связной речи и SCBE-30 (Social Competence and Behavior Evaluation) для оценки социальной компетентности. Дополнительно проводился структурированный анализ видеозаписей сессий с применением «матрицы игры» и «матрицы проекта». Результаты показали, что дети, участвовавшие в группе творческого проекта, продемонстрировали значимо более выраженные улучшения в развитии макроструктуры повествования, снижение показателей социальной тревожности и стабильный уровень агрессии по сравнению с другими группами. Кроме того, у детей этой группы были зафиксированы более высокие показатели инициативных действий и регулирующей речи наряду с уменьшением действий, происходящих по инициативе взрослого, что указывает на более высокий уровень интериоризации инициативности и субъектности. Полученные данные подчеркивают важность организации деятельности на основе решения значимых задач, совместного взаимодействия и личностного смысла, поскольку именно эти элементы способствуют развитию через процесс переживания. Результаты исследования создают эмпирическую основу для разработки образовательных программ, направленных на поддержку коммуникативного развития детей дошкольного возраста, и могут стать основой для дальнейших исследований механизмов психического развития ребенка.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>cultural-historical approach</kwd><kwd>preschool children</kwd><kwd>social situation of development</kwd><kwd>perezhivanie</kwd><kwd>role play</kwd><kwd>project-based learning</kwd><kwd>communication</kwd><kwd>coherent speech</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>культурно-исторический подход</kwd><kwd>дошкольный возраст</kwd><kwd>социальная ситуация развития</kwd><kwd>переживание</kwd><kwd>сюжетно-ролевая игра</kwd><kwd>проектная деятельность</kwd><kwd>коммуникация</kwd><kwd>связная речь</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><award-group><funding-source><institution-wrap><institution xml:lang="ru">Исследование выполнено при поддержке Российского научного фонда (проект № 23-18-00506).</institution></institution-wrap><institution-wrap><institution xml:lang="en">This research was supported by the Russian Science Foundation Grant No. 23-18-00506.</institution></institution-wrap></funding-source></award-group></funding-group></article-meta><fn-group/></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Akhutina, T.V., Bukhalenkova, D.A., Korneev, A.A., Matveeva, E.Y., Oshchepkova, E.S., &amp; Shatskaya, A.N. 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