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Hamilton, Michelle; Litterick-Biggs, Angela – Kairaranga, 2008
The Incredible Years parent training programme is a research-based therapy which aims to help families improve the behaviour of children with conduct difficulties in the early years, while the behaviour is malleable (Webster-Stratton & Reid, 2003). The short-term goals of the programme are to reduce conduct problems in children by increasing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Education, Parent Child Relationship, Young Children
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Barhava-Monteith, Galia; Harre, Niki; Field, Jeff – Early Child Development and Care, 1999
Three studies evaluated the impact of the Home Instruction Programme for Preschool and Year One Youngsters (HIPPY) on New Zealand children's reading ability, school readiness, and school behavior. Findings indicated that HIPPY children showed consistently better performance that control group children on all measures used, with differences…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention, Foreign Countries, Home Visits
Carr, Margaret; May, Helen; Podmore, Val – 1998
In a climate of increasing concern with educational accountability and quality, it has been important to reappraise the issues of assessment and evaluation in relation to early childhood care and education. This document is comprised of three papers describing approaches to assessment and evaluation used in Te Whariki, a national curriculum…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Foreign Countries, National Curriculum, National Standards
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May, Helen; Podmore, Val – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2000
Outlines the policy context of New Zealand early childhood program evaluation and quality. Presents ethnographic research findings on key elements of program quality in relation to New Zealand National Early Childhood Curriculum; findings provide basis for self-evaluation framework through use of Teaching Stories as a focus for reflection and…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Quality, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Research
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Carr, Margaret; May, Helen; Podmore, Valerie N. – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2002
Provides an overview of the principles and framework of Te Whaariki, the New Zealand early childhood curriculum, and of subsequent assessment and evaluation research. Presents the framework of "Learning and Teaching Stories," a user-friendly approach to assessment and self-evaluation, used in action research in three regions of New…
Descriptors: Action Research, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries