Assessing Young Children's Learning and Development

Autor/in	Jones, Jacqueline
Titel	Assessing Young Children's Learning and Development
Quelle	In: Principal, 90 (2011) 5, S.12-15 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0271-6062
Schlagwörter	Instructional Effectiveness; Young Children; Cognitive Development; Child Development; Learning Processes; Principals; Administrator Role; Student Evaluation; Evaluation Methods; Academic Standards + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Unterrichtserfolg; Frühe Kindheit; Kognitive Entwicklung; Kindesentwicklung; Learning process; Lernprozess; Principal; Schulleiter; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung
Abstract	Understanding the rapid and episodic learning and development of young children is a complex undertaking. In the early years, each child experiences the most dramatic developmental and learning period in his or her lifetime. In addition, there is marked variability among children in the rate and pattern of typical development. Motor, social-emotional, and cognitive development can follow different trajectories among young children. Meaningful understanding of young children's learning requires setting the best early learning standards possible, asking the right questions about children's growth and development, deciding which assessment strategies will best answer those questions, and using the results in ways that promote effective teaching and improved learning. Yet none of this can be developed and sustained without strong leadership that sets the goals, provides the resources to meet the goals, and promotes and fosters assessment literacy to ensure that teachers and administrators understand the assessment process and know how to use it thoughtfully so that, ultimately, all children experience success in school and throughout their lives. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP). 1615 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 22314. Tel: 800-386-2377; Tel: 703-684-3345; Fax: 800-396-2377; e-mail: naesp@naesp.org; Web site: http://www.naesp.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10