Week 4 Assignment

 Loraine Dunn, Susan Kontos (1997) What Does Research Tell Us? Loraine Dunn and Susan Kontos … Professional preparation designed to help teachers implement developmentally appropriate practice can be quite effective … Academic environments in preschool:

Retrieved form: Developmentally appropriate practice: What does research tell us?

When was the information published or posted?

Yes Published

Is it recent enough to be relevant to your thesis? Why or why not? Yes and No, it had some valid information about strong argument for developmentally appropriate practices, however it wasn’t resent enough information for me.

X:Yes □No

Explain: The article was published In October, 1997 in an article from the University of Illinois:

Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education

* Websites Only: How recently has the website been updated? N/A

Does the information relate to your topic or answer your question? The information in the article talks about child-initiated environments and how children coup with cognitive development. And how this development enhanced through developmentally appropriate practices.

X: Yes □No

Explain: Studies showed that inappropriate classrooms who did not implement (DAP) exhibited more total stress behaviors throughout the day and more stress behaviors during group times.

Is the information at an appropriate level? Yes

X:Yes □No

Explain: It was based out of Early Childhood Classrooms.

Would you be comfortable using this source for a research paper? Yes I will

X:Yes □No

Explain: I would be comfortable using this source because It shows research on the effects of planning (DAP) in early childhood.

Who is the creator or author?

Loraine Dunn and Susan Kontos

What are the author’s credentials or organizational affiliations?

Loraine Dunn is a professor in early childhood education at the University of Oklahoma where she teaches early childhood classes, oversees the child development laboratory, and makes student teaching placements. Her research has focused on child care program quality, developmentally appropriate practice, and children’s learning and development.

What are the author’s qualifications to write on this topic?

Susan J. Kontos, one of the country's leading researchers in early childhood education and care Susan's meticulous observational studies of children and teachers in early childhood programs helped shape current thinking about indicators of program quality and set high standards in classroom research Susan's numerous contributions to the field included editorial positions with the Early Childhood Research Quarterly, Young Children, Early Childhood Research & Practice, and Child and Youth Care Forum

*Websites Only: does the URL reveal anything about the author or source? (examples: .com, .edu, .gov, .org, .net)

Is the information supported by evidence?

X:Yes □No

Explain: Sources in the bibliography are sited throughout the article.

Are there citations or a bibliography included?

□Yes □No

Are there spelling, grammar, or other typographical errors?

□Yes

X: No

*Websites Only: Do all the links work?

X:Yes □No

Do the creator(s) make their intentions or purpose clear?

X:Yes □No

Does the point of view appear objective and impartial?

□Yes □No

Explain:

Are there any political, ideological, cultural, religious, or personal bias?

□Yes X: No

Is the creator/author trying to sell you something?

□Yes X:No