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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
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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
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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
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Rie, Ellen D.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1978
A Behavior rating scale, usable for parents and teachers, was devised to measure overt behavioral characteristics of children with learning disabilities. (SBH)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Behavior Rating Scales, Elementary Secondary Education
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Gumpel, Thomas; Wilson, Mark; Shalev, Ruth – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1998
A study involving 453 pairs of Israeli parents and teachers used an item response theory measurement model(IRT) to examine the 28-item Conners Teacher's Rating Scale (CTRS) for diagnosing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. IRT analyses revealed structural inadequacies involving the inappropriateness of the 4-point Likert-type scale used by…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Rating Scales, Clinical Diagnosis, Disability Identification