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Early Childhood
Welcome to the research guide for Early Childhood Assessment. This guide contains library resources to help you be successful in this class.
See below for course information and a quick list of resources to get you started.
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The following can help you start your research.
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Databases
- Education Source
Education Source is designed to meet the needs of education students, professionals, and policymakers.
- Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print
Produced by the Buros Center for Testing at the University of Nebraska, the Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY) provides users with a comprehensive guide to thousands of contemporary testing instruments.
- Early Childhood Education Journal
Publishes articles on curriculum, child care programs, administration, staff development, family-school relationships, equity issues, multicultural units, health nutrition, facilities, special needs, employer-sponsored care, and infant/toddler programs.
- Journal of Research in Childhood Education
Features articles that advance knowledge and theory of the education of children, infancy through early adolescence.
Dynamic Assessment of Young Children by
Call Number: 155.41393 T999dISBN: 9780306465109Publication Date:The past two decades have witnessed a proliferation of research dealing with dynamic-interactive assessment as an alternative to conventional psychometric measures. This book establishes dynamic assessment as a useful approach that complements standardized normative tests in portraying an accurate picture of cognitive functioning and offering a more adequate assessment of handicapped persons and persons with learning disabilities.
Early Childhood Assessment by
Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780309124669Publication Date:The assessment of young children’s development and learning has recently taken on new importance. Private and government organizations are developing programs to enhance the school readiness of all young children, especially children from economically disadvantaged homes and communities and children with special needs.
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The School of Education offers a variety of undergraduate majors and a master of counseling psychology (MCP), a master of general psychology, and a master of education (M.Ed.) at the graduate level.
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If you are interested in furthering your higher education at Northwestern, we offer master’s degree programs in education, counseling psychology, general psychology, and American studies—and one doctorate program in Nursing Practice (BSN to DNP online).
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The master of education degrees are available to any individual who holds a baccalaureate degree in the field of education from an accredited institution and who has a current teaching certificate.