Issues in the Assessment of Social Competence in Children.

Foster, Sharon L.; Ritchey, Wendy L.

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ERIC Number: EJ223818

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1979

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Issues in the Assessment of Social Competence in Children.

Foster, Sharon L.; Ritchey, Wendy L.

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, v12 n4 p625-38 Win 1979

To date, the assessment methodology in the area has moved in two directions: sociometric measures (peer nomination and peer rating scales), which have provided the major means of identifying the socially competent child; and direct observation, principally employed in the specification of socially competent behaviors. (Author/DLS)

Descriptors: Children, Evaluation Methods, Interpersonal Competence, Observation, Peer Evaluation, Sociometric Techniques, Student Evaluation

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Guides - Non-Classroom

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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