Measures of academic engagement and disruptive behavior in students are strong predictors of social, academic, and lifelong career outcomes. Educators need a measurement tool that is feasible, accurate, and cost-effective in order to identify students who may be in need of additional behavioral support. Direct Behavior Ratings (DBRs) offer a…

Measurement of adaptive skills is important in the diagnosis, intervention planning, and progress monitoring of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Thus, ensuring accurate measurement, including measurement invariance, across children with and without IDD is critical. In this study, we evaluate the measurement…

Universal screening continues to be a missed opportunity for addressing mental health in schools. The current study compared three separate self-report screening tools: the Behavior Assessment System for Children-Third Edition: Behavioral and Emotional Screening System (BASC-3 BESS), Youth Internalizing and Externalizing Problems Screener (YIEPS),…

This study, Creative Behavior Observation Form was developed to assess creativity of the children. While the study group on the reliability and validity of Creative Behavior Observation Form was being developed, 257 children in total who were at the ages of 5-6 were used as samples with stratified sampling method. Content Validity Index (CVI) and…

Student resistance, which can briefly be defined as the tendency to resist teaching activities, is student's reacting to the teaching-learning activities, teachers, or administrators knowingly and wilfully, many times intentionally in various ways. Resistance behaviours, which could be considered as the outpouring of the anger created by the…

Teacher perceptions of school-based behavior assessments were assessed over the course of a school year. Specifically, the utility and relevance of Direct Behavior Ratings-Single Item Scales, a hybrid direct observation method, relative to two school-based behavioral rating scales, the Social Skills Improvement System-Performance Screening Guide…

The measurement of treatment integrity is critical to evaluate the efficacy and effectiveness of evidence-based programs (EBPs) designed to improve the developmental outcomes of young children at risk of emotional/behavioral disorders. Unfortunately, the science of treatment integrity measurement lags behind the development and evaluation of EBP…

The measurement of treatment integrity is critical to evaluate the efficacy and effectiveness of evidence-based programs (EBPs) designed to improve the developmental outcomes of young children at risk of emotional/behavioral disorders. Unfortunately, the science of treatment integrity measurement lags behind the development and evaluation of EBP…

A simulation device described that measures a teacher's ability to identify verbal and nonverbal emotions expressed by students through the use of videotaped excerpts of teacher-learner interactions and accompanying multiple-choice instrumentation. (MJB)

A technique for recording pupils' experiences in the classroom, and issues related to the reliability of scores on such records are discussed. The rating instrument, the Personal Record of School Experience (PROSE), is in the form of an optical scanning sheet. Sub-professional personnel can be trained to do the observing, which is recorded on the…

The article presents some arguments for using behavior classification systems, defines the categories and behaviors relevant to vocational education learning situations, gives detailed instructions of coding procedures, and describes rating scales. (Author/BP)

A preschool version of the Classroom Behavior Inventory which provides a method for collecting valid data on a child's classroom behavior from day care and preschool teachers, was developed to complement the earlier form which was developed and validated for elementary school populations. The new version was tested with a pilot group of twenty-two…

Twenty-two preschool children with cognitive delays were observed during independent play at home and group free play at school. Assessed developmental age was more predictive of play behaviors in home independent play than in classroom free play. Findings highlight the need to consider contextual variation associated with play-based assessment…

NEWLY DEVELOPED MEASURES OF CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR AND THE DETERMINATION OF THEIR EFFECTIVENESS IN PREDICTING EFFECTIVE TEACHER-PUPIL INTERACTION WERE INVESTIGATED. THE MEASURES OF TEACHER CHARACTERISTICS WERE CORRELATED WITH PUPIL CHARACTERISTICS FROM WHICH ANALYSES IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT NO DEFINITE CONCLUSIONS COULD BE DRAWN NOR COULD REASONS BE…

When assessing the influence of computer assisted instruction, attention should be given not only to rate and error of performance in the acquisition of content, but also to non-performance aspects of children's behavior. To this purpose,, computer assisted instruction (CAI) was given to 45 first grade students for 35 minutes during each day of…