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The Relationship between Structural Factors and Interaction Quality in Norwegian ECEC for Toddlers
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Løkken, Ingrid Midteide; Bjørnestad, Elisabeth; Broekhuizen, Martine L.; Moser, Thomas – International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy, 2018
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between two structural factors of quality: organisation form (stable groups versus flexible groups) and staff-child ratio, in relation to interaction quality in toddler groups in Norwegian early childhood education and care (ECEC). Data were collected from 206 kindergarten groups in the…
Descriptors: Correlation, Interaction, Toddlers, Kindergarten
Mathematical Skills and Motor Life Skills in Toddlers: Do Differences in Mathematical Skills Reflect Differences in Motor Skills?
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Reikerås, Elin; Moser, Thomas; Tønnessen, Finn Egil – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2017
This study examines possible relations between early mathematical skills and motor life skills in 450 toddlers aged two years and nine months. The study employs baseline data from the longitudinal Stavanger Project--The Learning Child. The children's mathematical skills and motor life skills were assessed by structured observation in the natural…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Mathematics Skills, Toddlers, Psychomotor Skills
Development of Motor-Life-Skills: Variations in Children at Risk for Motor Difficulties from the Toddler Age to Preschool Age
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Moser, Thomas; Reikerås, Elin; Tønnessen, Finn Egil – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2018
This article explores variations in development of everyday motor-life-skills in 661 children (329 girls and 332 boys) in Norwegian kindergartens of ages 2:9 (T1) and 4:9 (T2) years:months. The particular focus is on children at risk for problems in motor development (the 10% weakest children in the sample). The methodological approach chosen is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychomotor Skills, Preschool Children, Early Childhood Education
Motor-Life-Skills of Toddlers--A Comparative Study of Norwegian and British Boys and Girls Applying the Early Years Movement Skills Checklist
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Moser, Thomas; Reikerås, Elin – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2016
This article discusses motor-life-skills in a sample (n?=?1083) of 33 months (2.9-year-old) children in Norwegian early childhood education and care institutions (ECEC-institutions) and to compare the findings with the results from a similar British sample. The Early Years Movement Skills Checklist (EYMSC) (Chambers and Sugden 2006) was applied.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Toddlers, Psychomotor Skills, Comparative Analysis