ERIC - Search Results

Descriptor

Child Development	2
Predictive Validity	2
Academic Achievement	1
Adults	1
Children	1
Cognitive Ability	1
Evaluation Methods	1
Gender Differences	1
Individual Development	1
Institutionalized Persons	1
Longitudinal Studies	1
Mental Retardation	1
Motivation	1
Persistence	1
Test Reliability	1
Test Validity	1
Young Children	1
More ▼

Source

American Journal on Mental…	1
Early Education and…	1

Author

Brems, Christiane	1
Cuskelly, Monica	1
Gilmore, Linda	1
Purdie, Nola	1

Publication Type

Journal Articles	2
Reports - Evaluative	1
Reports - Research	1

Education Level

Early Childhood Education

Audience

Practitioners	2
Researchers	1

Location

Laws, Policies, & Programs

Assessments and Surveys

What Works Clearinghouse Rating

Showing all 2 results Save | Export

Mastery Motivation: Stability and Predictive Validity from Ages Two to Eight

Peer reviewed

Direct link

Gilmore, Linda; Cuskelly, Monica; Purdie, Nola – Early Education and Development, 2003

Forty-three children participated in a longitudinal study of mastery motivation. Children's levels of mastery motivation (persistence) and cognitive functioning were measured at ages 2 and 8. In addition, academic achievement was measured at age 8. Task persistence was stable across time for girls only, but maternal reports of mastery motivation…

Descriptors: Young Children, Longitudinal Studies, Persistence, Motivation

The Developmental Record: Reliability and Validity in a Clinical Population.

Brems, Christiane; And Others – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1990

Developmental Record protocols were obtained from archival files for 1,069 institutionalized mentally retarded adults and children. Analyses revealed high internal reliabilities, but questionable validity. The Developmental Record did not adequately discriminate the five areas of functioning it purportedly assesses (self-care, perceptual-motor,…

Descriptors: Adults, Child Development, Children, Evaluation Methods