Development of a Database of the Frequently Used Emotional Vocabulary of 4~6 Year Olds
Abstract:
Young Children Emotional Competency Scale (YCECS) [1] is a standardized tool assessed by teachers. Is it possible to directly measure emotional competency of 4- to 6-year old? Is database of frequently used emotional vocabulary (DFUEV) significantly correlated with YCECS? How reliable and valid are DFUEV? Instruments comprise developing 40 emotional theaters and 5 rating scoring standards. Procedures include selecting 200 4- to 6-year-old and conducting experiments. Findings indicate inter-rater reliability of 96.9% and criterion-related validity reaching significant.
Keywords:
database, emotional competency, young children
pages:
337-342
Year:
2019
Published in:
2nd Eurasian Conference on Educational Innovation 2019
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