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Rasheed, Muneera A.; Pham, Sofia; Memon, Uzma; Siyal, Saima; Obradovic, Jelena; Yousafzai, Aisha K. – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2018
Many global settings lack indigenous measures of child development, making the adaptation of available instruments necessary. The aim of this study was to reliably adapt the core subtests of the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence-III (WPPSI-III) to assess cognitive abilities in young children in rural Pakistan. A systematic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cognitive Development, Young Children, Intelligence Tests
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Glad, Johan; Kottorp, Anders; Jergeby, Ulla; Gustafsson, Carina; Sonnander, Karin – Research on Social Work Practice, 2014
Objectives: The aim of this pilot study was to explore psychometric properties of two versions of the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment Inventory in a Swedish social service sample. Method: Social workers employed at 22 Swedish child protections agencies participated in the data collection. Both classic test theory approaches and…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Item Response Theory, Foreign Countries, Social Services
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Hayes, Janice S. – Early Child Development and Care, 1997
Studied the measurement equivalence of the HOME (Home Observation for Measurement of Environment) inventory in Jamaica. Found that the factor structure in the Jamaican sample was similar to the existing HOME but not an equivalent match. Also found that items related to direct cognitive stimulation by the caregiver are more relevant…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Measurement Techniques