Kindergarten screening: A survey of current practice

Costenbader, Virginia; Rohrer, Allison M.; DiFonzo, Nicholas

doi:10.1002/1520-6807(200007)37:4<333::aid-pits3>3.0.co;2-m

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“…Çocukların çizimlerine ilişkin yapılan değerlendirmeleri içeren araştırmalar incelendiğinde kullanılan yöntemin geçerliliği ve güvenirliliğine ilişkin önemli kuşku ve tartışmalar vardır (Garb, Wood, Lilienfeld&Nezworski, 2002;Smith &Dumont, 2000). Ancak bu yöntemin İngiltere ve özellikle Amerika'da halen yaygın olarak kullanılan bir uygulama olduğu görülmektedir (Camara, Nathan & Puenta, 2000;Cashel, 2002;Costenbader, Allison & DiFonzo, 2000;Lubin ve diğ., 1985;Lubin ve diğ., 1984;Watkins ve diğ., 1995). Bu noktada özellikle çocukların gelişiminin bütüncül bir yaklaşımla değerlendirilmesi açısından bu tür ölçme araçlarının kullanılması son derece önemlidir.…”

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A Developmental Analysis of 5-7 Year-Old Children's Human Figure Drawings

Dağlıoğlu¹

2014

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This study aims to analyze the development of 5-7 year-old children's human figure drawings in relation to their age. The study is of a descriptive nature and takes as its study group 240 randomly selected children attending independent kindergartens, the preschool year of elementary schools and grade 1 in schools located in central Ankara. There were 40 girls and 40 boys in each group. An agerelated analysis of the drawings created by using Koppitz's Human Figure Development method showed a statistically meaningful development in all body parts drawn by 5-7 year-old children, other than heads and nostrils. In body part drawings, all body parts other than elbows and number of fingers developed meaningfully with age. All leg parts other than knees, profile, good proportion and clothing consisting of four or more pieces also developed meaningfully with age. The difference between children aged 5-6 years was not statistically meaningful, while the differences between those aged 5-7 and 6-7 were. Overall, 5-year-olds displayed 51,3% of the expected criteria in Extended Abstract PurposeRecent studies seem to value the importance of children's drawings in describing their psychological state and defining their perceptions and conceptions. These drawings have long been analyzed in relation to numerous variables. The present study focuses on developmental issues in children's drawings. As such studies are extremely rare in Turkey, it aims to identify the age-related changes in the human figure drawings of 5-7 year-old school-children over time. MethodThis descriptive study investigates whether the human figure drawings of children change from age 5 to 7. The children in the study group were selected randomly from the 5-6 year-olds attending independent kindergartens, and the preschools and first grades of elementary schools located in Ankara city center. Each age group included 40 girls and 40 boys, 240 children in total. Students in each age group were selected from 8 different schools. They were observed for a total of 12 hours over four weeks, followed by the implementation of data collection tools. The drawings were evaluated in relation to the 30 developmental criteria proposed by Koppitz in his Human Figure Drawing method.

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A Developmental Analysis of 5-7 Year-Old Children's Human Figure Drawings

Dağlıoğlu¹

2014

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“…Dans ce contexte, plusieurs instruments de mesure sont testés pour mesurer la préparation scolaire des enfants à leur entrée à l'école (Costenbader, Rohrer et Difonzo, 2000). En 1997, des chercheurs canadiens responsables de l'Étude longitudinale nationale sur les enfants et les jeunes mettent en commun leur expertise pour concevoir un questionnaire qui serait facile à remplir par les enseignants et qui fournirait des renseignements sur les caractéristiques personnelles, cognitives et sociales de l'enfant à la maternelle (Doherty, 1997 ;Janus et Offord, 2000).…”

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Le jugement des enseignants sur la préparation scolaire des enfants à la maternelle durant les années 1990 et 2000

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Belleville

2014

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“…We know that great variability exists across schools and systems regarding how interventions and referrals are carried out, but we believe that current policy and practice concerning the identification of young children for special education services continues to be dominated by the assumption that it is better to wait until first grade than to start the special education identification processes in kindergarten. The basic logic has been that because the administration of standardized instruments is central to the identification process and young children are not developmentally ready for standardized testing experiences, then kindergartners should not be placed in special education programs based on unreliable psychometric data (Costenbader, Rohrer, & DiFonzo, 2000). Further, because kindergarten-aged children are maturing so rapidly, it is hard to make distinctions between normal delays in development and the presence of certain long-term disabilities (Saluja et al, 2000).…”

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Hurry Up and Wait: Rethinking Special Education Identification in Kindergarten

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2006

Early Childhood Educ J

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This article makes the case that it no longer makes sense to delay the process of identifying children with disabilities until after kindergarten. The purposes, expectations, and day-to-day realities of kindergarten have changed, and children who eventually will be identified for special education are put at a considerable disadvantage when their special learning needs are not addressed during the kindergarten year. The article identifies inadequate solutions and suggests strategies that teachers and schools can use to address the status quo and work to change policy and tradition regarding special education identification in kindergarten.

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Kindergarten screening: A survey of current practice

Cited by 30 publications

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A Developmental Analysis of 5-7 Year-Old Children's Human Figure Drawings

A Developmental Analysis of 5-7 Year-Old Children's Human Figure Drawings

Le jugement des enseignants sur la préparation scolaire des enfants à la maternelle durant les années 1990 et 2000

Hurry Up and Wait: Rethinking Special Education Identification in Kindergarten

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