Project Spectrum: Preschool Assessment Handbook, Project Zero Frameworks for Early Childhood Education Vol. 3

Project Zero Frameworks For Early Childhood Education

General Editors: Howard Gardner, David Henry Feldman, and Mara Krechevsky

The groundbreaking work of Harvard University psychologist Howard Gardner on multiple intelligences and Tufts University psychologist David Henry Feldman on nonuniversal development is fast becoming the standard by which children’s intelligence and cognitive development is understood. In this landmark three-volume set, Mara Krechevsky and her colleagues at Project Zero bring the theories of Gardner and Feldman into the classroom and other settings for closer inspection. For the first time, these insights--resulting from years of working with young children and their teachers--are made available for both teachers and scholars alike.

Volume 3: Project Spectrum: Preschool Assessment Handbook

Volume Author: Mara Krechevsky

With contributions from: Margaret Adams, Jie-Qi Chen, Jenifer Goldman, Valerie Ramos-Ford, Julie Viens, Carey Wexler-Sherman

This handbook provides the critical means to assess children’s cognitive development in the classroom. Included are observation sheets for each of the expanded multiple intelligences and an activities calendar to help teachers to build multiple intelligences theory into their daily classroom routine.

Project Spectrum is a collaborative research and development project that offers an alternative approach to assessment and curriculum development for the preschool and early primary years. The Spectrum approach emphasizes close observation, identifying children’s areas of strength, and using them as the basis for an individualized educational program.