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Supportive Indoor Environments for Functional Play in ECEC Institutions: A Strategy for Promoting Well-Being and Physical Activity?
Available from: Taylor and Francis Online
Publication: Early Child Development and Care, vol. 191, no. 6
Date: 2021
Pages: 1-12
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Abstract/Notes: The physical environment in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) institutions provide children with possibilities for play. This study describes a physical environmental intervention aiming to increase the possibilities for functional play in the indoor environment, and its influence on children’s well-being and physical activity. The intervention involved the establishment of a tumbling space with soft surfaces, mats and big construction materials. The sample consists of video observations of 65 children’s free play in seven ECEC institutions at two data points. Multilevel regression analysis indicates that children’s physical activity and functional play is strongly related to the use of a tumbling space, and that the intervention group had a higher increase in functional play following the intervention compared to the control group. The impact of the tumbling space on well-being is limited. The results indicate that targeting children’s possibilities for functional play may be beneficial form a health promotion standpoint.
Language: English
DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2019.1651305
ISSN: 0300-4430, 1476-8275
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The Application of Student Portfolios in Primary-Intermediate and Self-Contained-Multiage Team Classroom Environments: Implications for Instruction, Learning, and Assessment
Available from: Taylor and Francis Online
Publication: Applied Measurement in Education, vol. 13, no. 2
Date: 2000
Pages: 209-228
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Abstract/Notes: Portfolios have gained wide acceptance as a learning and assessment tool. Yet, little research has been reported on the practices of teachers who are actually using portfolios within their classrooms and how those practices are moderated by contextual variables. This research examined the instructional, learning, and assessment roles of student portfolios and explored, from the perspective of the classroom teacher, variations in portfolio applications associated with teaching level (primary vs. intermediate) and classroom environment (self-contained vs. multiage-teaming). Kindergarten through Grade 5 teachers in 13 elementary schools completed a survey questionnaire regarding the instructional and assessment uses to which portfolios are put within their classrooms. To further examine for patterns of portfolio use, a subset of teachers was interviewed to explore the perceptions that teachers hold about the impact of student portfolios on themselves and on their students. The results suggest that Kindergarten through Grade 5 teachers make deliberate decisions regarding uses of their students' portfolios, decisions that appear heavily impacted by the maturity or skill level of the child, the purposes of the application, and the classroom environment within which the application occurs. They also depend on whether the portfolio product is in a formative state (working portfolio) or final state (performance portfolio).
Language: English
DOI: 10.1207/S15324818AME1302_5
ISSN: 0895-7347
Article
Enlarging Environments
Publication: AMS News, vol. 3, no. 1
Date: 1972
Pages: 2, 6
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Language: English
ISSN: 0065-9444
Book
Environments for Learning: Proceedings of the American Montessori Society 1971 Seminar
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Language: English
Published: New York, New York: American Montessori Society, 1972
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What Do You See That Makes You Say That? Visual Thinking in Montessori Environments
Available from: National Center for Montessori in the Public Sector (NCMPS)
Publication: Montessori International, no. 99
Date: Apr-Jun 2011
Pages: 20-21
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Language: English
ISSN: 1470-8647
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Spaces for Children: Listing to Young Children about Their Early Childhood Environments
Publication: Montessori International, vol. 84
Date: Jul 2007
Pages: 16–17
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Language: English
ISSN: 1470-8647
Article
A Place for Me: Outdoor Environments for Inclusive Play
Publication: Montessori International, vol. 81
Date: Oct 2006
Pages: 38–39
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Language: English
ISSN: 1470-8647
Article
Choose Safe Play Environments for Your Child
Publication: Tomorrow's Child, vol. 17, no. 1
Date: 2008
Pages: 18
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Language: English
ISSN: 1071-6246
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Choose Safe Play Environments for Your Child
Publication: Tomorrow's Child, vol. 17, no. 3
Date: Mar 2009
Pages: 19
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Abstract/Notes: meeting parents and observing homes of your child's friends
Language: English
ISSN: 1071-6246
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Montessori in High Stakes Testing Environments: Three Public Montessori Teachers Tell Their Stories
Available from: MontessoriPublic
Publication: Montessori Public, vol. 2, no. 1
Date: Fall 2017
Pages: 10-11
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Language: English