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
