SPE 3272: OBSERVING/ASSESSING YOUNG CHILDREN
Online Catalog:
Choose "subject search" and use these terms:
child development testing
educational tests and measurements
early childhood education examinations, questions, etc.
Dewey Classification Numbers in IMC
150's (Psychology)
371.26 - 371.262 (Educational tests and measurements)
372.13 - 372.21 (Early childhood education)
612 - 618 (Health and medical topics)
649 (Child care; child rearing)
Electronic Indexes
ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center)
(Indexes and abstracts of journal articles and research documents on education and related topics, 1966-date.)
Search term (descriptors) examples:
child development and educational assessment
PRIMARY SEARCH
(Indexes over 40 children's magazines with full text articles. Citations for 120 additional magazines.)
Books about Observing/Assessing Young Children
ASSESSING AND GUIDING YOUNG CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING,
by McAfee and Leong
IMC 372.21 M113as3
AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENT OF THE YOUNG CHILD: DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING,
by Puckett and Black
LB3051 .P69 2000
or
IMC 372.1264 P977au 1994
EARLY CHILDHOOD CURRICULUM RESOURCE HANDBOOK
(Includes a chapter on "How to Develop an Assessment Program," p.109-127.)
IMC Ref 372.19 E125
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS: OBSERVATIONS IN THE EARLY CHILDHOOD CLASSROOM,
by Nicolson & Shipstead
IMC 372.21 N654th2
WAYS OF STUDYING CHILDREN: AN OBSERVATION MANUAL FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHERS,
by Almy & Genishi
IMC 372.18 A452wa
WINDOWS ON LEARNING: DOCUMENTING YOUNG CHILDREN'S WORK,
by Helm, Beneke, & Steinheimer
IMC 372.136 H478wi
Web Sites
HALL OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION:
http://www.tenet.edu/halls/child.htm l
Content Editor: Pat Farthing farthingsp@appstate.edu