home about us journals search

Educational Research and Reviews

     
   ERR Home
   About ERR
   Submit Manuscripts
   Instructions for Authors
   Editors
   Call For Paper
   Archive
   Email Alerts
Educ. Res.  Rev.


Vol. 3 No. 11



Viewing options:


 • Abstract
 • Full text

 •Reprint (PDF) (54K)

Search Pubmed for articles by:

 

Grammatikopoulos V

Liukkonen J

 

Other links:


PubMed Citation


Related articles in PubMed

 

Related Journals
African Journal of Business Management
African Journal  of Political Science & International Relation
Journal of Geography & Regional Planning
 

Educational Research and Reviews Vol. 3 (11), pp. 351-352,  November 2008          
ISSN 1990-3839 © 2008 Academic Journals

 

 

Short Communication

 

Evaluating preschool children knowledge about healthy lifestyle: Preliminary examination of the healthy lifestyle evaluation instrument

 

Vasilis Grammatikopoulos1, Elisavet Konstantinidou2, Nikolaos Tsigilis1, Evridiki Zachopoulou3, Niki Tsangaridou4 and Jarmo Liukkonen5

 

1University of Thessaly, Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, Greece.

2 Democritus University of Thrace, Department of Physical Education & Sport Science, Greece.

3Alexandrio Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Department of Early Childhood Care and Education, Greece

4University of Cyprus, Department of Education, Cyprus.

5University of Jyvaskyla, Department of Sport Sciences, Finland.

 

*Corresponding author. E-mail: gravas@pe.uth.gr. Tel: +302431047062.

 

Accepted 3 November, 2008

Abstract

 

The aim of this study was to develop an instrument to evaluate the knowledge of preschool children about healthy lifestyle behavior. The innovation was that the instrument was designed to get direct evidence about healthy lifestyle from children aged 4 - 6 years old. Usually, children knowledge is estimated indirectly (parents, teachers), but the current study aspired to provide direct evidence by developing a valid and reliable instrument. To this respect, the initial psychometric properties were encouraging, supporting the appropriateness of the questionnaire. However, further research is needed in order to draw firm conclusions about the reliability and psychometric properties of the instrument.

 

Key words: Educational evaluation, early education, psychometric properties.

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Advertise on ERR | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Help

© Academic Journals 2002 - 2008