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Elisabeth J. Malone; Kathleen N. Zimmerman – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2025
Noncompliance is a frequently reported challenging behavior for young children. However, many interventions that address noncompliance fail to consider crucial self-advocacy skills that may be jeopardized when compliance is taught in isolation. We examined the noncompliance literature in the context of ethical considerations for young children:…
Descriptors: Compliance (Psychology), Ethics, Young Children, Intervention
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O'Neil, Tara – set: Research Information for Teachers, 2018
Over the past 7 years I have dramatically changed my pedagogy in a quest to engage junior primary students in deep, authentic learning. This article concentrates on how I have come to support junior primary students to learn to write. It explains how I developed play-based learning through the books I read, the social media I became active in, and…
Descriptors: Play, Authentic Learning, Elementary School Students, Writing Instruction
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Relkin, Emily; de Ruiter, Laura; Bers, Marina Umaschi – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2020
There is a need for developmentally appropriate Computational Thinking (CT) assessments that can be implemented in early childhood classrooms. We developed a new instrument called "TechCheck" for assessing CT skills in young children that does not require prior knowledge of computer programming. "TechCheck" is based on…
Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Computation, Thinking Skills, Early Childhood Education
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Cameron, Tracy A.; Carroll, Jane L. D.; Taumoepeau, Mele; Schaughency, Elizabeth – New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 2019
Teachers of year 0/1 students in English-medium schools in New Zealand (1896 schools) were invited to participate in a survey focussed on assessment of new entrant children's oral language and emergent literacy skills, with an estimated 21% response rate (N = 745). Teachers indicated using a variety of methods for assessing children's skills at…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Early Childhood Teachers, Young Children, Oral Language
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Clark, Amy; Henderson, Peter; Gifford, Sue – Education Endowment Foundation, 2020
"Improving Mathematics in the Early Years and Key Stage 1" reviews the best available evidence to offer five recommendations for developing the maths skills of 3-7-year olds. Recommendations include integrating maths into different activities throughout the day -- for example, at registration and snack time -- to familiarise children…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Young Children, Early Childhood Education, Teaching Methods
Fiore, Lisa B. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
In an era of standards and norms where assessment tends to minimize or dismiss individual differences and results in punitive outcomes or no action at all, Assessment of Young Children provides teachers with an approach to assessment that is in the best interest of both children and their families. Author Lisa B. Fiore explores a variety of ways…
Descriptors: Teacher Behavior, Student Evaluation, Portfolio Assessment, Observation
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Jambunathan, Saigeetha; Caulfield, Mathew – Early Child Development and Care, 2008
The goal of the present study is to explore the use of developmentally appropriate practices in Asian Indian early childhood classrooms. This information is critical for all early childhood educators and teacher educators because the society we live in is fast becoming extremely diverse and our classrooms are becoming a cauldron of various…
Descriptors: Indians, Young Children, Rating Scales, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
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Varol, Filiz; Colburn, Linda K. – AACE Journal, 2007
The purpose of this study was to investigate the critical attributes of mathematical software designed for children between the ages of four and seven. This study sought to offer guidelines that will assist software designers in the design of developmentally appropriate educational software. In addition, teachers and parents may benefit from this…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Young Children, Mathematics Instruction, Computer Uses in Education
Bodrova, Elena; Paynter, Diane E.; Leong, Deborah J. – Principal, 2001
Benchmarks for early childhood education must provide sufficient clarity and direction, pertain to both kindergarteners and preschoolers, specify what knowledge students should be learning, be developmentally appropriate, and reflect student progress. Implementing standards requires educators to address two equally important challenges-teaching…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Benchmarking, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education
Rous, Beth, Ed.; Hyson, Marilou, Ed. – Division for Early Childhood, Council for Exceptional Children, 2007
This paper has been developed by the Division for Early Childhood (DEC) of the Council for Exceptional Children to serve as a companion document to the 2003 joint position statement "Early Childhood Curriculum, Assessment and Program Evaluation-Building and Effective, Accountable System in Progams for Children Birth through Age 8" of National…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Disabilities, Young Children, Program Effectiveness
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Bufkin, Linda J.; Bryde, Suzanne M. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1996
This article provides strategies that early childhood special educators can use to incorporate the learning of specific skills into a variety of developmentally appropriate play activities for children with disabilities. The development of individualized education programs that incorporate play as a framework for intervention is discussed. (CR)
Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention
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Hills, Tynette W. – Young Children, 1993
Discusses the purposes of assessment in programs for young children and the role of assessment in the context of children's lives, parents' concerns, and teachers' and administrators' situations. Also discusses how observation-based assessment can be used as part of a developmentally appropriate assessment process serving children, parents,…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Methods
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Grubb, Deborah; Courtney, Anne – 1996
Interest in assessment of young children increased after readiness testing abuses in the 1980s. The pressure of demonstrating educational accountability through children's standardized test performance increased the use of skills-driven curricula. It also created an inappropriate learning environment in which readiness tests were used to remove…
Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
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Ratcliff, Nancy – Contemporary Education, 1995
The use of standardized tests to evaluate young children has been widely criticized. Alternative methods for assessing the emerging literacy development of young children through functional meaningful activities is needed. Assessment must accommodate the developmental needs of each child. Guidelines for the appropriate use of standardized tests…
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education
Gronlund, Gaye – 2003
This guide provides field-tested frameworks for planning and for reflection to assist preschool teachers in integrating popular curricular approaches. Chapter 1 of the guide describes the key components of a good preschool curriculum related to learning, a rich classroom environment, respectful caring relationships with children and families,…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Childhood Interests, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Family School Relationship
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