CooC11 and CooC7: the development and validation of age appropriate children’s perceived cooking competence measures

Table 1 Cooking skills identified for younger and older children

Level of difficulty	Cooking Skills
	Younger (ages 6–7 years)	Older (ages 8–12 years)
Easiest
	Tearing Leaves	Tearing Leaves
	Washing Vegetables	Washing Vegetables
	Stirring/Mixing ingredients	Stirring/Mixing ingredients
	Mashing	Mashing
	Measuring liquids^a	Measuring liquids^a
	Weighing ingredients^a	Weighing ingredients^a
	Chopping	Chopping
	Grating	Using a blender^c
	Peeling	Grating
	Using a tin opener^b	Peeling
		Using a microwave^d
		Using a tin opener
		Using the oven^d
Most difficult		Using the stove/hob^e

^a – measuring liquids and weighing were separated in the measure; ^b - tin opener was placed in the younger age before the expert panel review moved it into the 9+ age category; ^c – blender replaced mixer as mixer was more associated with baking as opposed to cooking; ^d – oven and microwave were separated in the measure; ^e – Using the stove/hob was added as a means of factoring in the use of a cooker/cooker top for those that may not have an oven/as a means of trying to include stirring over heat.

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