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ontwikkelingsvoorsprong

English translation: developmental advantage

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Dutch term or phrase:ontwikkelingsvoorsprong
English translation:developmental advantage
Entered by: Michael Beijer

13:14 Jan 15, 2010
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy
Dutch term or phrase: ontwikkelingsvoorsprong
'Grofweg zijn er tien kenmerken te onderscheiden waardoor leerkrachten de ontwikkelingsvoorsprong bij een kleuter kunnen waarnemen, samen te vatten als ,alles is meer'.

Een eerste kenmerk is dat in veel gevallen kleuters met een ontwikkelingsvoorsprong enorm taalvaardig zijn. Ze gebruiken in hun spreken een goede zinsopbouw, kunnen heel gevarieerd hun woordenschat toepassen en beschikken over het vermogen om verbaal duidelijk te maken wat ze willen en wat er in hen omgaat. Het zijn vaak ook kinderen die de dingen heel letterlijk nemen.'

Would it be correct to translate this as either 'developmental precocity' or 'developmental headstart'?
Michael Beijer
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:11
developmental advantage
Explanation:
The average scores of children in the study that were in the group that used Baby Sign Language were found to be higher than the control group who did not. By the age of twenty-four months, the signing children had a developmental advantage of three months over the non-signing children. By the time these signing children reached the age of thirty-six months, this advantage had increased dramatically from a three month developmental advantage to an equivalent twelve month advantage in their overall language skills and comprehension.
http://www.articlerich.com/.../benefits-of-baby-sign-languag...


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Note added at 1 hr (2010-01-15 14:58:09 GMT)
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These "literacy activities" are not complex, but many parents in rural and inner-city schools are lacking the fundamental principles of literacy development because they did not learn them or are not confident enough to use materials and resources that can be provided in the home and community environments. These simple activities can give their children a developmental advantage in reading, writing, and other components of language and communication before they enter kindergarten and first grade.
http://goliath.ecnext.com/.../Developing-early-reading-and-w...

Research shows that Reach Out and Read parents are up to ten times more likely to read more to their young children. Children who participate in Reach Out and Read have an approximate six-month developmental advantage in language over their peers by the time they are 2 years old.
http://www.reachoutandread.org/newsroom/press_article.aspx?i...
Selected response from:

Kitty Brussaard
Netherlands
Local time: 10:11
Grading comment
Thanks Kitty!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5developmental advantage
Kitty Brussaard
4 +2developmentally ahead
Lianne van de Ven
4(advanced) stage of development
Chris Hopley
3Development advance/lead
Verginia Ophof
3intellectually more advanced
sindy cremer


Discussion entries: 2





  

Answers


27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
(advanced) stage of development


Explanation:
It sounds to me like the teachers are trying to assess what stage of development the child is at. I don't think that in this context there is any question of a headstart. A headstart would imply that the child has undergone some intervention that has advanced its stage of development beyond what would normally be expected. English literature on the subject generally refers to 'stages of development' (see ref.).

So: "'Grofweg zijn er tien kenmerken te onderscheiden waardoor leerkrachten de ontwikkelingsvoorsprong bij een kleuter kunnen waarnemen," would be e.g. "There are ten characteristics that teachers can use to identify the stage of development of young children".

The next use is slightly different to the first, referring to an advanced stage of development: "Een eerste kenmerk is dat in veel gevallen kleuters met een ontwikkelingsvoorsprong enorm taalvaardig zijn.". So this would be e.g. "The first characteristic is that many young children at an advanced stage of development have exceptionally good language skills".

I could be wrong of course. Have the kids in question had some kind of headstart?


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_development_stages
Chris Hopley
Netherlands
Local time: 10:11
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 68

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tina Vonhof (X): This does not specify clearly that they are farther advanced than other children of the same age.
4 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
developmentally ahead


Explanation:
Ondanks writeaway's commentaar is "developmental advantage" (ten opzichte van het onzichtbare gemiddelde) volgens mij ook goed, maar dit is een alternatief.

I see him as developmentally ahead of himself in comparison with all of the other children that I've seen.
http://www.angelfire.com/journal/adoptionhelp/2WooHyuk.html

But middle-aged honey bees that serve as undertakers -- removing dead bees from the hive -- appear to be a distinct cadre of workers that are developmentally ahead of their peers.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1997/09/970910052734.ht...

If you are developmentally ahead, you would specify a date further out than today's date.
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_stm75/helpdata/en/e0/2a811697e14...

Lianne van de Ven
United States
Local time: 04:11
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 52

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tina Vonhof (X): compared to other children of the same age.
3 hrs
  -> Bedankt Tina
agree  Kitty Brussaard: Inderdaad ook een goede optie als de formulering van de zin wordt aangepast :-)
6 hrs
  -> Of course ;-) !
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
developmental advantage


Explanation:
The average scores of children in the study that were in the group that used Baby Sign Language were found to be higher than the control group who did not. By the age of twenty-four months, the signing children had a developmental advantage of three months over the non-signing children. By the time these signing children reached the age of thirty-six months, this advantage had increased dramatically from a three month developmental advantage to an equivalent twelve month advantage in their overall language skills and comprehension.
http://www.articlerich.com/.../benefits-of-baby-sign-languag...


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Note added at 1 hr (2010-01-15 14:58:09 GMT)
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These "literacy activities" are not complex, but many parents in rural and inner-city schools are lacking the fundamental principles of literacy development because they did not learn them or are not confident enough to use materials and resources that can be provided in the home and community environments. These simple activities can give their children a developmental advantage in reading, writing, and other components of language and communication before they enter kindergarten and first grade.
http://goliath.ecnext.com/.../Developing-early-reading-and-w...

Research shows that Reach Out and Read parents are up to ten times more likely to read more to their young children. Children who participate in Reach Out and Read have an approximate six-month developmental advantage in language over their peers by the time they are 2 years old.
http://www.reachoutandread.org/newsroom/press_article.aspx?i...

Kitty Brussaard
Netherlands
Local time: 10:11
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 50
Grading comment
Thanks Kitty!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Max Nuijens
1 min
  -> Bedankt Max :-)
agree  Oliver Pekelharing
17 mins
  -> Bedankt Olly :-)
neutral  writeaway: but this 'advantage' is for sign language. I think Asker's headstart is more appropriate in his particular context. otherwise what "advantage" did they have?
32 mins
  -> It was nothing more than an example really. But if you need further proof, see my note for other examples ...
agree  Lianne van de Ven: @writeaway: they had a developmental advantage of 3-12 months.
1 hr
  -> Thanks Lianne :-)
agree  Wim Van Verre
1 hr
  -> Bedankt!
agree  Ron Willems: toch wel, ja...
5 hrs
  -> Toch wel bedankt Ron :-)
neutral  Tina Vonhof (X): With the word advantage I think of some special circumstances or opportunities that advanced their development.
7 hrs
  -> IMHO 'een voorsprong hebben' simply means having an advantage over others, in this case in terms of the child's stage of development (f.i. having better language skills than average etc. ) ...
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Development advance/lead


Explanation:
suggestion

Verginia Ophof
Belize
Local time: 02:11
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
intellectually more advanced


Explanation:
my two cents

sindy cremer
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 8
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