Mother and preschool teacher as assessors of the child's language competence
Many researchers include child's parents as assessors of his/her language development as the results of many studies suggest their assessments to be valid and reliable measures of child's language competence. In the longitudinal study, presented in this paper, we examined whe...
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| author | Urška Fekonja Peklaj Ljubica Marjanovič Umek |
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| description | Many researchers include child's parents as assessors of his/her language development as the results of many studies suggest their assessments to be valid and reliable measures of child's language competence. In the longitudinal study, presented in this paper, we examined whether child's mother and his/her preschool teacher can provide a valid estimation of child's language development. The sample included 80 Slovenian children from different preschool institutions, aged 3;1 years at first and 4;1 years at second assessment. Children's language competence was assessed individually, directly by the testators using Language Development Scale and Storytelling Test and indirectly by mothers and preschool teachers using the Child's Language Competence Questionnaire for Parents and Preschool Teachers. The achieved results showed that the estimates given by mothers and preschool teachers represent valid measures of child's language competence but not stable in time. The estimations given by mothers and preschool teachers explain a small share in variability of children's achievements on the Language Development Scale and Storytelling Test. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-216f39c8d3374841a01c88383f2feab92022-12-21T23:45:25ZengSlovenian Psychologists' AssociationPsihološka Obzorja2350-51412008-04-01171520240Mother and preschool teacher as assessors of the child's language competenceUrška Fekonja PeklajLjubica Marjanovič UmekMany researchers include child's parents as assessors of his/her language development as the results of many studies suggest their assessments to be valid and reliable measures of child's language competence. In the longitudinal study, presented in this paper, we examined whether child's mother and his/her preschool teacher can provide a valid estimation of child's language development. The sample included 80 Slovenian children from different preschool institutions, aged 3;1 years at first and 4;1 years at second assessment. Children's language competence was assessed individually, directly by the testators using Language Development Scale and Storytelling Test and indirectly by mothers and preschool teachers using the Child's Language Competence Questionnaire for Parents and Preschool Teachers. The achieved results showed that the estimates given by mothers and preschool teachers represent valid measures of child's language competence but not stable in time. The estimations given by mothers and preschool teachers explain a small share in variability of children's achievements on the Language Development Scale and Storytelling Test.http://psiholoska-obzorja.si/arhiv_clanki/2008_1/fekonja.pdflanguage developmentassessmentearly childhoodmotherspreschool teachers |
| spellingShingle | Urška Fekonja Peklaj Ljubica Marjanovič Umek Mother and preschool teacher as assessors of the child's language competence Psihološka Obzorja language development assessment early childhood mothers preschool teachers |
| title | Mother and preschool teacher as assessors of the child's language competence |
| title_full | Mother and preschool teacher as assessors of the child's language competence |
| title_fullStr | Mother and preschool teacher as assessors of the child's language competence |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mother and preschool teacher as assessors of the child's language competence |
| title_short | Mother and preschool teacher as assessors of the child's language competence |
| title_sort | mother and preschool teacher as assessors of the child 39 s language competence |
| topic | language development assessment early childhood mothers preschool teachers |
| url | http://psiholoska-obzorja.si/arhiv_clanki/2008_1/fekonja.pdf |
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