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Design of a New Movement Competence Assessment for Children Aged 8-12: A Delphi Poll Study
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Gavigan, Nathan; Belton, Sarahjane; Whyte, Enda; O'Connor, Siobhan; Morley, David; Issartel, Johann – European Physical Education Review, 2022
Assessing children's movement competence (MC) offers numerous benefits for academics, practitioners, clinicians and children, allowing individuals to meet children's developmental needs and improve their MC. Yet, there is concern that currently available assessment tools only provide a single plane (fundamental movement skills) perspective of a…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Elementary School Students, Student Evaluation, Motor Development
The Milani Comparetti Motor Development Screening Test.
Trembath, Jack; And Others – 1977
The manual describes procedures involved in administering and scoring a neurodevelopmental examination of children from birth to 2 years of age. The test is designed to be easily incorporated into routine health programs. The instrument is easily learned, quickly administered, objectively based, and capable of producing early evidence of…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Evaluation Methods, Infants, Motor Development
Developing a General Outcome Measure of Growth in Movement for Infants and Toddlers.
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Greenwood, Charles R.; Luze, Gayle J.; Cline, Gabriel; Kuntz, Susan; Leitschuh, Carol – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2002
The development of an experimental measure for assessing growth in movement in children (ages birth-3) is described. Results from the use of the Movement General Outcome Measurement with 29 infants and toddlers demonstrated the feasibility of the measure. The 6-minute assessment was found reliable in terms of inter-observer agreement. (Contains…
Descriptors: Child Development, Disabilities, Disability Identification, Early Childhood Education
Southeast Kansas Demonstration Child Development Center. Final Report.
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Rodman, Joan I. – 1973
The development of 10 preschool children who attended the Southeast Kansas Demonstration Child Development Center was compared with the development of 10 preschool children who did not attend a child care center to ascertain the value of the center's program. Both groups were tested with the Denver Developmental Screening Test at the beginning and…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Development Centers, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis
Early Identification & Readiness Program. Monograph 3.
Portsmouth School Dept., RI. – 1977
The fourth of eight related documents, this monograph describes the prekindergarten identification and readiness phase of the Reading Instruction and Pupil Personnel Services (RIPPS) program. The document describes the four major components of this phase: (1) a comprehensive registration, (2) parent information presentation, (3) health screening,…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Family Environment, Learning Readiness, Motor Development
Health and Physical Development in Early Childhood Programs: Recommendations for Programs and Their Evaluation.
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Love, John M. – 1984
One concern frequently cited regarding early childhood programs is that methods for assessing some of their more important objectives are inadequate or nonexistent. This paper addresses this concern in the areas of health, safety, nutrition, dental health, and physical development during the preschool years. An organizing framework for classifying…
Descriptors: Anemia, Auditory Evaluation, Body Height, Body Weight