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Richards, Ben; Rao, Nirmala; Chan, Stephanie W. Y. – Oxford Review of Education, 2023
Sustainable Development Goal Target 4.2.1 is monitored by determining the proportion of children aged 24 to 59 months who are developmentally on track in the domains of health, learning, and psychosocial well-being. UNICEF has developed a caregiver report measure, the Early Childhood Development Index 2030 (ECDI2030), to measure progress towards…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Psychometrics
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Rao, Nirmala; Chan, Stephanie W. Y.; Su, Yufen; Mirpuri, Sheena; Richards, Ben; Sun, Jin; Li, Zhang; Ip, Patrick – Early Child Development and Care, 2023
Changes in physical activity levels and increases in screen time across different cohorts may affect young children's motor skill development (MSD). This study examined cohort differences in MSD in China. Four-year-olds living in Shanghai and in Guizhou province were assessed, in individual sessions, in 2013 (n = 230) and in 2017 (n = 446).…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Motor Development, Physical Activity Level
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Zhang, Li; Sun, Jin; Richards, Ben; Davidson, Kevin; Rao, Nirmala – Early Education and Development, 2018
Research Findings: This study examined the contributions of motor skills and executive function (EF) to early achievement. Participants were 7,797 children (3,889 girls) between 36 and 72 months of age from 6 countries in East Asia and the Pacific. Fine and gross motor skills, EF, language and literacy achievement, and mathematics achievement were…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Executive Function, Young Children, Language Acquisition