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Use of Child Development Assessment in Early Childhood Education: Early Childhood Practitioner and Student Attitudes toward Formal and Informal Testing
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Brown, Jacqueline; Rolfe, Sharne A. – Early Child Development and Care, 2005
Twenty early childhood practitioners (ECPs) and final-year Bachelor of Early Childhood Studies students completed a questionnaire about their use (or planned use) of formal and informal child development assessment instruments, their choice of specific instruments, and factors influencing decisions to conduct child development assessments within…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Young Children, Informal Assessment, Child Development
Implementing Student Portfolios in an Early Childhood Program.
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Gelfer, Jeffrey I. – Early Child Development and Care, 1994
Discusses the implementation and evaluation of a program designed to introduce student portfolios in place of formal assessments at a university preschool. Parents of an experimental group of 20 students who constructed portfolios had a better understanding of the preschool program's cognitive and academic components than parents of a control…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Informal Assessment, Parent Attitudes
Encouraging the Development of Social Competence in Young Children.
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Bullock, Janis R. – Early Child Development and Care, 1988
Discusses social competence in young children and its implications for social and academic adjustment later in life. Suggests methods which teachers can use to assess social competence and to help children develop social skills. (RJC)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Early Childhood Education, Informal Assessment