EJ474784 PS521182
Title: Measuring the Developmental Appropriateness of Kindergarten
Teachers' Beliefs and Practices.Author(s): Charlesworth, Rosalind; And Others
Source: Early Childhood Research Quarterly, v8 n3 p255-76 Sep 1993
Publication Date: 1993
ISSN: 0885-2006
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJAPR1994
Questionnaire,
comprised of Teacher Belief Scale and Instructional Activities Scale
and intended to measure kindergarten teachers' beliefs about and
reported practices related to developmentally appropriate education,
was administered to 204 teachers. Several reliable factors were
identified. Teachers in 20 classrooms were observed. Found relations
between scores on several factors and teachers' use of developmentally
appropriate or inappropriate classroom practices. (MDM)
Descriptors: *Kindergarten; *Preschool Teachers; Primary Education;
*Teacher Attitudes; *Teaching Methods; *Test Validity
Identifiers: *Developmentally Appropriate Programs; *Developmentally
Inappropriate Practices
