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The Relationship between Early Childhood Teachers' Professional Development in Physical Education and Children's Fundamental Movement Skills
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Cristina Honrubia Montesinos; Pedro Gil Madrona; Luisa Losada Puente; Ali Brian; Linda Saraiva – Early Education and Development, 2024
"Research Findings:" The influence of early childhood teachers' professional development on fundamental movement skills remains unknown in the literature. The purpose of the present study was to examine how early childhood teachers' professional development in physical education (PE) contributes to predicting children's fundamental…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Faculty Development, Physical Education, Psychomotor Skills
Meeting the Standards of Physical Fitness and Its Relationship to Visuomotor Integration: A Study of Chinese Young Children
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Guoyan Liu; Wenqi Zhan; Sisi Ma; Sha Xie – Early Education and Development, 2024
"Research Findings:" The present study aims to investigate the relationship between physical fitness and visuomotor integration in young children. A total of 242 three- to six-year-old preschoolers were randomly selected from a preschool in Shenzhen, China and their visuomotor integration and physical fitness were evaluated using the…
Descriptors: Physical Fitness, Psychomotor Skills, Correlation, Foreign Countries
Universal Screening of Hunger, Tiredness, and Sickness: Implications for Kindergarten Readiness and Racial/Ethnic Disparities
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Lily Steyer; Carrie Townley-Flores; Michael J. Sulik; Jelena Obradovic – Early Education and Development, 2023
This study investigated associations of three teacher-reported health indicators--hunger, tiredness, and sickness--with kindergarten readiness skills in San Francisco Unified School District (N = 12,423; female = 48%; M[subscript age] = 5.47, SD[subscript age] = 0.30, range[subscript age] = 4.67--7.00; Asian American = 26%, Black = 5%, Latinx =…
Descriptors: Hunger, Fatigue (Biology), Chronic Illness, School Readiness
To What Extent Can Community-Based Playgroup Programmes Targeting Low-Income Children Improve Learning Outcomes Prior to Entering the Reception Year in South Africa? A Quasi-Experimental Field Study
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Dawes, Andrew; Biersteker, Linda; Snelling, Matthew; Horler, Jessica; Girdwood, Elizabeth – Early Education and Development, 2023
Research Findings: Community-based playgroups in low-and-middle-income countries increase access to early learning at lower cost than centers. However, evidence of effectiveness is limited. The effects of one, two, or three playgroup sessions per week on children's performance on the Early Learning Outcome Measure (ELOM) (n = 112; baseline M…
Descriptors: Children, Play, Group Activities, Community Education