ERIC Number: EJ914502
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Feb
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-3831
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Controlled Drawing Observation for Assessing a Child's Readiness for School and Predicting Academic Achievement at the End of the First Grade
Haidkind, Pille; Kikas, Eve; Henno, Helen; Peets, Terje
Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, v55 n1 p61-78 Feb 2011
Controlled Drawing Observation (CDO) was developed by Tove Krogh and it has been used in Denmark, Finland and Estonia for assessing a child's readiness for school. CDO is a group test, it gives information about a child's functioning in an educational setting and it serves as a starting point for later individual assessment. The goal of the study was to examine the suitability of CDO for assessing a child's readiness for school and predicting school achievement during the transition period from kindergarten to school in Estonia. A total of 112 children were studied longitudinally at two points in time. Forward-stepwise multiple regression analysis showed that results of CDO predict a child's success in mathematics and the Estonian language at the end of the first grade better than teacher reports and the results of individual tests. (Contains 5 tables.)
Descriptors: School Readiness, Observation, Group Testing, Mathematics Achievement, Academic Achievement, Multiple Regression Analysis, Foreign Countries, Grade 1, Freehand Drawing, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Prediction, Student Adjustment, Longitudinal Studies, Language Skills, Kindergarten, Cognitive Ability, Spatial Ability, Time, Visual Perception, Psychomotor Skills, Mathematics Skills, Teacher Attitudes, Reading Skills, Writing Skills, Likert Scales, Factor Analysis, Correlation, Finno Ugric Languages
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Grade 1; Kindergarten
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Estonia
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