Protecting Early Childhood Development in Malawi Impact Evaluation Survey 2011-2012

Malawi, 2011 - 2012
Impact Evaluation Surveys

The Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund (SIEF)

Michelle Neuman, Berk Ozler, Lia Fernald

Data file: PECD_CBCCobservations_noID

Dataset from Classroom Observations
Cases	199
Variables	55

Variables

qnum

questionnaire number

cbcc_id

CBCC ID

district

District

cg_no

3. number of caregivers present:

q7

7. date

q10

10. was the visit unannounced

q11a

11. cbcc activities occuring during instructional activity

q11b

free play

q11c

clean up time

q11d

snack

q11e

other

q11_spec

specify

q12a

12. where were the children during observation...inside the classroom

q12b

outside

q13a

13. how many children were present....girls

q13b

boys

co1

1. group structure

co2

2. grouping of children by gender

co3

3. hygiene practices

co4

4. classroom space

co5

5.outdoor space

co6

6. clean up

co7

7. attending to children's ommediate health, emotional or behavior needs

co8

8. cg supervision

co9

9. supervision of child safety

co10

10. amount of time children were left unsupervised

co11

11. how long was the cg engaged with the children

co12

12. when caregivers are engaged with children, what is the quality...

c013

13. negative attention

co14

14. use of physical methods to control behavior

co15

15. use of yelling to control behaviour

co16

16. use of punitive (nonverbal and nonphysical methods to control behavior

co17

17. use of positive methods to control behavior

co18

18. cg creates speaking opportunities for children

co19

19. use of languages when giving instruction

co20

20. style of teaching numbers

co21

21. frequency of counting across all activities

co22

22. style of teaching alphabets

co23

23. reading with children

co24

24. frequency of identifying and sorting shapes across all activities

co25

25. frequency of identifying and sorting colors across all activites

co26

26. role playing and make-believe

co27

27. creativity (apart from role-playing of make-believe)

co28

28. nature of fine motor activities

co29

29. children's participation in fine motor activities

co30

30. name of gross motor activities

co31

31. musical movement-type

co32

32. traditional activities (this can include games, songs, ..

co33

33. caregiver teaches some concepts about science and nature

co34

34. social interaction (including during free play

co35

35. caregiver positive individual attention

co36

36. posotive attention from cg

co37

37. religion or spirituality

q8

8. start time

q9

9. end time

Total: 55