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Initial Validation of the Usage Rating Profile-Assessment for Use within German Language Schools
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Briesch, Amy M.; Casale, Gino; Grosche, Michael; Volpe, Robert J.; Hennemann, Thomas – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2017
Modern attempts to explain why some assessment tools are readily adopted by school-based personnel whereas others are not have focused on the concept of usability. Usability encompasses not only the degree to which consumers find an assessment tool to be acceptable, but also the degree to which it is well-understood, believed to be feasible,…
Descriptors: Usability, German, Foreign Countries, Validity
Disturbing Behavior Checklists" Technical Manual
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Algozzine, Bob – Online Submission, 2012
Ecological theorists have suggested that "disturbance" may result from an interaction between a child's behavior and reactions to that behavior within ecosystems such as schools. In this context, behavior is viewed as "disturbing" rather than "disturbed" and equal emphasis is given to the child and to individuals with whom the child interacts when…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Behavior Problems, Emotional Disturbances, Learning Disabilities
Factor Analyses of the de Hirsch Predictive Index
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Adkins, Patricia L.; And Others – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Learning Disabilities, Measurement Instruments, Memory
Application of Cluster Analysis to Identify More Homogeneous Groups of Children with Learning Problems.
Luick, Anthony Harlan – 1978
A multi-faceted study followed up 800 children originally administered SCREEN, a comprehensive early identification screening battery. Ss were given an individually administered diagnostic battery: The Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities (ITPA), The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) Verbal Scale, The Beery Visual Motor…
Descriptors: Cluster Analysis, Doctoral Dissertations, Exceptional Child Research, Factor Analysis
A Factorial Study of the Carrow Auditory-Visual Abilities Test with Normal and Clinical Children.
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Woodward, Paul J.; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1987
A factor analysis of the Carrow Auditory-Visual Abilities Test identified common factors in a population of 1,032 nondisabled 4- through 10-year-olds and a clinical population of language-disordered or learning-disabled peers with auditory and/or visual perception problems. Most subtests fell into factors attributed to auditory or visual…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Children, Elementary Education, Factor Analysis
Discriminant Validity of the Windward Rating Scale: Screening for Learning Disabilities.
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Hamada, Roger S.; Tomikawa, Sandra – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1986
The Windward Rating Scale (WRS), a locally-developed teacher rating scale of student behavior, was evaluated for potential use as a screening measure. Pre-certification ratings of 720 learning disabled students and non-special education students in grades K-6 were analyzed. Psychometric properties and diagnostic efficiency of the WRS were…
Descriptors: Concurrent Validity, Construct Validity, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Diagnosis
Reliability and Validity of the Bayesian Identification Procedure for Learning Disabled Adolescents.
Alley, Gordon R.; And Others – 1980
The study investigated the reliability and validity of professional groups using the Modified Component Disability Instrument to identify/evaluate learning disabled (LD) adolescents. Ss included 166 LD teachers, speech clinicians, remedial reading teachers, school psychologists, school principals, and school counselors. Calculations were made for…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Check Lists, Evaluation Criteria