THE COGNITIVE ENVIRONMENTS OF URBAN PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN. MANUAL OF INSTRUCTIONS FOR ADMINISTERING AND SCORING EDUCATIONAL ATTITUDE SURVEY.

Autor/inn/en	HESS, ROBERT D.; und weitere
Institution	Chicago Univ., IL. Urban Child Center.
Titel	THE COGNITIVE ENVIRONMENTS OF URBAN PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN. MANUAL OF INSTRUCTIONS FOR ADMINISTERING AND SCORING EDUCATIONAL ATTITUDE SURVEY.
Quelle	(1967), (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Attitude Measures; Black Mothers; Cognitive Development; Educational Attitudes; Interviews; Measurement Instruments; Measurement Techniques; Mother Attitudes; Preschool Children; Socioeconomic Background; Urban Environment; Illinois (Chicago) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kognitive Entwicklung; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Messtechnik; Mutterliebe; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Sozioökonomische Lage; Stadtökologie
Abstract	THIS MANUAL DESCRIBES MEASURES USED IN "THE COGNITIVE ENVIRONMENTS OF URBAN PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN" PROJECT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. THE SAMPLE FOR THE STUDY CONSISTED OF 163 NEGRO MOTHER-CHILD PAIRS SELECTED FROM 3 SOCIOECONOMIC CLASSES BASED ON THE FATHER'S OCCUPATION AND THE PARENTS' EDUCATION. A FOURTH GROUP INCLUDED FATHER-ABSENT FAMILIES. THE MOTHERS WERE INTERVIEWED AT HOME AND THE MOTHERS AND CHILDREN WERE TESTED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WHEN THE CHILDREN WERE 4 YEARS OLD. FOLLOW-UP DATA WERE OBTAINED WHEN THE CHILDREN WERE 6 AND AGAIN WHEN THEY WERE 7. THE EDUCATIONAL ATTITUDE SURVEY IS A SET OF 27 STATEMENTS TO WHICH THE MOTHERS WERE ASKED TO RESPOND ON A 5-POINT AGREEMENT-DISAGREEMENT SCALE. THE SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE MOTHERS ARE GIVEN IN THE MANUAL, AS ARE THE 27 STATEMENTS. PRINCIPAL COMPONENT FACTOR ANALYSIS OF THE 27 STATEMENTS GAVE 6 FACTORS WHICH WERE LABELED FOR THE MAIN THEME EXPRESSED BY THE FACTORS--(1) FUTILITY, (2) CONSERVATISM, (3) RESIGNATION, (4) IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION, (5) DE-EMPHASIS OF EDUCATION, AND (6) GRIPES. THE SCORING ON THE FACTORS WAS ADJUSTED SO THAT A LOW SCORE INDICATED AGREEMENT WITH THE THEME OF THE FACTOR CLUSTER. THIS IS PART OF THE HOME INTERVIEW DESCRIBED IN PS 000 475. (DR)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC