Abstract
A training programme has been developed for six observers who had to follow and score the behaviour of (mainly 4- and 5-year-old) kindergarten children when crossing roads on their way to and from school or while at play. The objectives of the observations were (i) to analyse child road-crossing behaviour in great detail and (ii) to evaluate the effect of a child pedestrian training programme, involving road crossings between and at intersections and near parked cars. For the first objective it was desirable to score behaviour at various road-crossing stages: approach, curb, parking area, line of vision and road. Some 20 variables had to be scored verbally using a portable tape-recorder. Three video-films each containing between 18 and 34 crossings at various sites were produced. One for training the observers on a step-by-step basis to score all items. A second for exercise with new material and a third for a final test on proficiency. The training took 12 days full time, including some exercises on the ...
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