NURSERY NURSES AND NURSERY TEACHERS I: THEIR ASSESSMENT OF CHILDREN'S VERBAL-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
- 1 July 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
- Vol. 23 (3) , 237-254
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.1982.tb00070.x
Abstract
Ratings of verbal-social behavior assigned by nursery nurses in day nurseries, nursery schools and centers were compared with those assigned by nursery teachers. There were significant differences in ratings assigned by the different professional groups of staff: nursery nurses in day nurseries assigned the highest verbal-social ratings, but these were not supported by observations of the children''s verbal-social behavior or by language test scores. Correlations showed that, while the nursery nurses were assessing directly measurable verbal and social behavior, the teachers were not, and it is suggested that they were assessing a more complex reasoning skill.Keywords
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