The Hong Kong Early Child Development Scale-3: A validation study

The Hong Kong Early Child Development Scale-3: A validation study

• Rao, Nirmala
• Chan, Stephanie W. Y. The University of Hong Kong
• Wang, Rhoda The University of Hong Kong
• Lee, Diana
• Ng, Rita Y. T.
• Becher, Yvonne
• Lau, Carrie Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong
• Sun, Jin The Education University of Hong Kong
• Ho, Frederick K.
• Ip, Patrick The University of Hong Kong

Asia-Pacific Journal of Research in Early Childhood Education, 16(2), 1-23, 2022

The Pacific Early Childhood Education Research Association

2022

• L Educational Measurement & Evaluation
  • LA Intelligence, Ability & Aptitude Tests
• L Educational Measurement & Evaluation
  • LB Attitude & Interest Tests

Early Childhood Development Hong Kong Early Child Development Scale Holistic Development Chinese

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Pre-Primary Education

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The Hong Kong Early Child Development Scale (HKECDS) is a tool for assessing holistic early child development in preschoolers aged from three to six years. The original version of the scale, HKECDS, was updated in 2019 (HKECDS-2) to reflect the contemporary context and local curricular expectations. Children (n = 144) from three kindergartens in Hong Kong completed the HKECDS-2 in individual sessions. Rasch model analysis and expert discussions resulted in a short version of the scale (HKECDS-3) with 50 items in nine domains. The domains are Personal and self-care (4 items), Language development (7 items), Pre-academic learning (10 items), Cognitive development (6 items), Gross motor (4 items), Fine motor (2 items), Health and safety (5 items), Moral development (6 items), and Society and environment (6 items). There were significant correlations between findings from the updated version of the tool, HKECDS-3 and the HKECDS-2 (long form), and older children had significantly higher scores than younger children. Copyright © 2022 by THE PACIFIC EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION RESEARCH ASSOCIATION.

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• 10.17206/apjrece.2022.16.2.1

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2022-10-07