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Valeski, Tricia N.; Stipek, Deborah J. – Child Development, 2001
The Feelings about School (FAS) measure was used to examine factors associated with kindergartners' and first-graders' feelings about school. Findings provided support for the reliability and validity of the FAS for both groups. Students' feelings about school were associated with their academic skills, especially for first-graders. Relation of…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Emotional Response, Measures (Individuals), Psychometrics

Marsh, Herbert W.; Craven, Rhonda; Debus, Raymond – Child Development, 1998
Used new administration procedure of Self Description Questionnaire to assess dimensions of young children's self-concept in a multicohort-multioccasion study. Found that the scale's reliability and stability improved with age and from one year to the next. Gender differences were stable over age. Time 1 teacher ratings contributed to the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cohort Analysis, Factor Analysis, Individual Development