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Promoting Language in under 3s. Assessing Language Development and the Quality of Adult Intervention
Direct linkLaevers, Ferre; Buyse, Evelien; Willekens, Annemieke; Janssen, Tine – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2011
This research aims to develop instruments to assess language development in under-3s and the adult interventions that support it. After an extensive literature search, observations were conducted in 17 groups of children spread over two day-care centres. In total 42 children were observed during a 30-minute slot and 25 adults during a half day.…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Language Acquisition, Toddlers, Intervention
Laevers, Ferre – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2005
While researchers have paid a lot of attention to dimensions of quality transcending the content of education, in the course of the last decade a lot of attention has been invested by policy makers in the description of the kind of learning that is expected from schools (not in the least in the early years). That is why the topic of curriculum…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Early Childhood Education, Criticism, Educational Quality
Peer reviewedLaevers, Ferre; Verboven, Lieve – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2000
This study compared impact of traditional and experiential approaches to early childhood education on gender related patterns in activity choices. Findings confirmed gender related activity patterns previously reported. Compared to traditional settings, boys in experiential settings engaged more in doll play and expressed feelings of distress…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Classroom Environment, Comparative Analysis, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedLaevers, Ferre – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 1993
Discusses young children's learning in depth versus superficial learning, and presents the results of a study designed to assess 5-year olds' competence in physical knowledge. Found that the majority of children could identify basic principles, such as the floating and sinking properties of objects, but could not grasp more advanced ideas such as…
Descriptors: Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Experiential Learning, Knowledge Level
