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EJ423540 PS518361

Title: The Classroom Practices Inventory: An Observation Instrument Based on NAYEC's Guidelines for Developmentally Appropriate Practices for 4- and 5-Year-Old Children.
Author(s): Hyson, Marion C.; And Others
Source: Early Childhood Research Quarterly, v5 n4 p475-94 Dec 1990
Publication Date: 1990
ISSN: 0885-2006
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJJUL1991

Discusses a new observational measure for classroom practices, the Classroom Practices Inventory, which is based on the Guidelines for Developmentally Appropriate Practices of the National Association for the Education of Young Children. This scale demonstrated internal consistency in tapping the curricular emphasis of emotional climate of programs for 4- and 5-year olds. (SH)

Descriptors: *Classroom Observation Techniques; *Classroom Techniques; Early Childhood Education; Educational Attitudes; Parent Attitudes; Program Evaluation; Rating Scales; Teacher Attitudes; *Test Construction; *Test Validity
Identifiers: *Classroom Practices Inventory; *Developmentally Appropriate Programs; National Association Educ of Young Children