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Anne-Mai Meesak; Dmitri Rozgonjuk; Tiia Õun; Eve Kikas – Education 3-13, 2024
Children's development during early childhood affects their well-being and educational success, but there are few reliable assessment instruments available. The aim of the study was to develop, pilot and validate an e-assessment instrument for assessing five-year-old children's development in cognitive processes, learning, language and…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Computer Assisted Testing, Measures (Individuals), Child Development
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Säre, Egle; Luik, Piret; Fisher, Robert – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2016
The purpose of this study was to design an instrument for five- to six-year-old children to help measure their verbal reasoning skills and assess the validity and reliability of the resulting instrument. For this purpose, the researchers have created the Younger Children Verbal Reasoning Test (YCVR-test) and a control instrument, which have been…
Descriptors: Educational Researchers, Verbal Ability, Thinking Skills, Verbal Tests
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Lerkkanen, Marja-Kristiina; Kikas, Eve; Pakarinen, Eija; Trossmann, Kaili; Poikkeus, Anna-Maija; Rasku-Puttonen, Helena; Siekkinen, Martti; Nurmi, Jari-Erik – Early Education and Development, 2012
Research Findings: The aim of the study was to examine the applicability and psychometric properties of the Early Childhood Classroom Observation Measure (ECCOM; D. J. Stipek & P. Byler, 2005) outside the United States. The ECCOM was used to observe 83 kindergarten teachers (49 in Finland and 34 in Estonia) in classroom situations.…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Measures (Individuals), Educational Quality, Kindergarten