Arnold Gesell’s Developmental Assessment Revalidation Substantiates Child-Oriented Curriculum

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dc.contributor.authorGuddemi, Marcy
dc.contributor.authorSambrook, Andrea
dc.contributor.authorWells, Sallie
dc.contributor.authorRandel, Bruce
dc.contributor.authorFite, Kathleen E.
dc.contributor.authorSelva, Gitta
dc.contributor.authorGagnon, Kelly
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-15T19:58:34Z
dc.date.available2019-08-15T19:58:34Z
dc.date.issued2014-01
dc.description.abstractEducators and parents are increasingly concerned about effects of high-stakes testing on children who may not be developmentally ready to perform tasks according to rigorous standards of today’s kindergartens. In response to this issue, and to provide new psychometric data for the Gesell Developmental Observation (GDO), Gesell Institute conducted a nationwide study with nearly 1,300 children aged 3 to 6 years. Results confirm that children are able to perform developmental items according to a sequential trajectory of increasing difficulty, relative to their chronological age in 6-month intervals, and that performance mastery on items does not occur at the same time for all children of the same age. Results support the continued use of the revised GDO, now named the Gesell Developmental Observation–Revised (GDO-R), as an instrument to determine a child’s developmental level along a continuous path of growth and learning. Also discussed is the importance of establishing effective and appropriate academic goals based on a child’s developmental assessment results.
dc.description.departmentCurriculum and Instruction
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dc.format.extent18 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.citationGuddemi, M., Sambrook, A., Wells, S., Randel, B., Fite, K., Selva, G., & Gagnon, K. (2014). Arnold Gesell's developmental assessment revalidation substantiates child-oriented curriculum. SAGE Open, <4(2).
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1177/2158244014528918
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/8518
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSage
dc.rights.licenseThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
dc.sourceSAGE Open, 2014, Vol. 4, No. 2.
dc.subjectdevelopmental assessment
dc.subjectdevelopmentally appropriate practice
dc.subjectGesell
dc.subjectGDO-R
dc.subjectkindergarten
dc.subjectkindergarten readiness
dc.subjectcommon core state standards
dc.subjectearly childhood education
dc.subjectCurriclum and Instruction
dc.titleArnold Gesell’s Developmental Assessment Revalidation Substantiates Child-Oriented Curriculum
dc.typeArticle

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