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Language Abilities and Peer Rejection in Kindergarten: A Mediation Analysis
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van der Wilt, Femke; van der Veen, Chiel; van Kruistum, Claudia; van Oers, Bert – Early Education and Development, 2020
Rejection by peers has devastating effects on children's social-cognitive development. As language difficulties have been found to be one of the underlying causes of peer rejection, the present study focused on the relation between these two variables. Specifically, this study was the first to test a hypothesized model connecting children's level…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Preschool Children, Vocabulary Development, Receptive Language
Musical Play in the Early Years: The Impact of a Professional Development Programme on Teacher Efficacy of Early Years Generalist Teachers
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Nieuwmeijer, Christiane; Marshall, Nigel; van Oers, Bert – Research Papers in Education, 2023
Teacher Efficacy (TE) refers to teachers' confidence in their ability to promote student's learning. Research shows that generalist teachers' TE for music education is generally low, with many teachers associating music education with innate musical talents -- a problem exacerbated by music education programmes that focus on singing or playing…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Teachers, Teacher Effectiveness, Faculty Development
The Effect of Three Interactive Reading Approaches on Language Ability: An Exploratory Study in Early Childhood Education
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van der Wilt, Femke; Boerma, Inouk; van Oers, Bert; van der Veen, Chiel – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2019
Language ability plays a major role in children's future development. In the present study, the effect of three interactive reading approaches on children's language ability was investigated through a pre-posttest design. Participants were N = 73 children (aged 4-6) from three early childhood education classrooms. Classrooms were assigned to one…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Vocabulary Development, Pretests Posttests, Child Development
Implementing Dynamic Assessment of Vocabulary Development as a Trialogical Learning Process: A Practice of Teacher Support in Primary Education Schools
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van der Veen, Chiel; Dobber, Marjolein; van Oers, Bert – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2016
Dynamic Assessment (DA) has received a considerable amount of attention in the educational sciences and beyond. DA combines instruction or feedback with assessment or testing within a single activity. DA has great potential for classroom practices, but has not been implemented in many classrooms yet. In this article, we argue that teacher…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Vocabulary Development, Language Tests, Elementary School Teachers
Pretend Play and the Cultural Foundations of Mathematics
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Worthington, Maulfry; van Oers, Bert – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2016
The aim of this study is to uncover the emergence of cultural mathematical understandings and communications in young children's spontaneous pretend play. It is based on Vygotskian cultural-historical perspectives and social-semiotic theory, informed by research into "funds of knowledge" and considers how children's informal knowledge of…
Descriptors: Play, Mathematics Instruction, Longitudinal Studies, Semiotics