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Nobre, Juliana Nogueira Pontes; Morais, Rosane Luzia De Souza; Viegas, Ângela Alves; Fernandes, Amanda Cristina; Scheidt Figueiredo, Pedro Henrique; Costa, Henrique Silveira; Peixoto, Marco Fabrício Dias; de Alcântara, Marcus Alessandro; Mendonça, Vanessa Amaral; Lacerda, Ana Cristina Rodrigues – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2023
Background: Preschool is a crucial period for developing motor skills. Objective: This study evaluated factors associated with motor competence in preschoolers from a Brazilian urban area. Methods: A total of 211 preschoolers (51.2% girls and 48.8% boys) were evaluated. Body mass index was calculated; the Brazilian Economic Research Criterion, the…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Preschool Children, Foreign Countries, Urban Schools
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Scanlon, Geraldine; Radeva, Snezhana; McKenna, Grainne; Maguire, Conor – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2023
The Bulgarian Government has made a commitment to inclusive early childhood education and care (ECEC) systems for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). High-quality ECEC settings are more inclusive and responsive to children's individual learning needs. In partnership with UNICEF, the Ministry for Education established a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Early Childhood Education, Students with Disabilities
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Hindman, Annemarie H.; Cromley, Jennifer G.; Skibbe, Lori E.; Miller, Alison L. – Evaluation Review, 2011
This article reviews the mechanics of conventional and piecewise growth models to demonstrate the unique affordances of each technique for examining the nature and predictors of children's early literacy learning during the transition from preschool through first grade. Using the nationally representative Family and Child Experiences Survey…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Preschool Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Child Development
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Hu, Bi Ying; Vong, Keang-Ieng; Mak, Miranda Chi Kuan – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2015
This study examined the effectiveness of one province's Kindergarten Quality Rating System in differentiating quality levels using the Chinese Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (CECERS). Results confirmed that, except for the difference between the Standard and Level-3 Kindergartens, the CECERS was successful in detecting the differences…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Asians, Kindergarten, Early Childhood Education