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Use of a Teacher Rating Scale
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Bryan, Tanis Schwartz; McGrady, Harold J. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1972
A study of the Pupil Behavior Rating Scale was made to determine its factor structure and to determine its utility for screening children at the elementary school level to identify potential learning disabilities. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Exceptional Child Research, Identification, Learning Disabilities
Concurrent Validity of the Myklebust Pupil Rating Scale in a Kindergarten Population
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Colligan, Robert C. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1977
To determine the value of the Pupil Rating Scale (PRS) in identifying children at risk for learning difficulty, a sample of 60 kindergarten children was studied intensively to determine whether the PRS would correlate as well with achievement measures as reported in H. Myklebust's normative sample. (Author/SBH)
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Early Childhood Education, Exceptional Child Research, Identification
The Efficiency of Myklebust's Pupil Rating Scale for Detecting Reading and Arithmetic Difficulties.
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Margolis, Howard; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1981
H. Myklebust's Pupil Rating Scale (PRS) was administered to the first (N=92) and second (N=130) grades of a middle-class suburban elementary school to ascertain its effectiveness for predicting reading and arithmetic difficulties. (Author)
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Behavior Rating Scales, Disability Identification, Learning Disabilities
The Internal Restlessness Scale: Performance of College Students with and without ADHD.
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Weyandt, Lisa L.; Iwaszuk, Wendy; Fulton, Katie; Ollerton, Micha; Beatty, Noelle; Fouts, Hillary; Schepman, Stephen; Greenlaw, Corey – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2003
A study explored the construct of mental restlessness in 20 college students with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) using the Internal Restlessness Scale (IRS). Students with ADHD reported significantly higher ratings of internal restlessness. The IRS appears to have adequate test-retest reliability and a four-factor…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Rating Scales, College Students, Higher Education
Kindergarten Behavior Rating as a Predictor of First-Grade Achievement
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Wells, M. Gawain; Peterson, George V. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1978
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Diagnostic Tests, Early Childhood Education, Learning Disabilities
The Factor Structure of Three Teacher Rating Scales and a Self-Report Inventory of Children's Source Traits.
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Harris, Walter J.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1978
The study involving 98 students (in grades 1-3) examined the statistical commonalities among three teacher checklists of student behaviors and one form of a self-reported personality questionnaire. (SBH)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Behavior Rating Scales, Check Lists, Elementary Education
Teachers' Ratings of the Social Competence and School Adjustment of Students with LD in Elementary and Junior High School.
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Tur-Kaspa, Hana; Bryan, Tanis – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1995
Thirteen teachers rated elementary students (n=30) with learning disabilities and low achievement as having significantly lower social competence and school adjustment than their achieving peers, but teacher ratings of junior high students did not discriminate among groups. Results support use of teacher ratings for initial screening of elementary…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Behavior Rating Scales, Disability Identification