Development of a Perceptual-Motor Rating Scale for Classroom Teachers to Record Child Behavior.

Autor/inn/en	Garvey, Reba; Kimball, Thomas R.
Titel	Development of a Perceptual-Motor Rating Scale for Classroom Teachers to Record Child Behavior.
Quelle	(1978), (35 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adapted Physical Education; Behavior Rating Scales; Classroom Observation Techniques; Compensatory Education; Diagnostic Tests; Factor Analysis; Mainstreaming; Perceptual Handicaps; Perceptual Motor Learning; Primary Education; Program Effectiveness; Psychomotor Skills; Scoring; Test Construction; Test Reliability; Test Validity + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kompensatorischer Unterricht; Diagnostic test; Diagnostischer Test; Faktorenanalyse; Perceptual impairments; Wahrnehmungsstörung; Perceptual-motor learning; Sensumotorisches Lernen; Wahrnehmungsschulung; Primarbereich; Psychomotorische Aktivität; Bewertung; Testaufbau; Testreliabilität; Testvalidität
Abstract	The ability of the Perceptual-Motor-Rating Scale to indicate changes in regular classroom performance resulting from individualized perceptual-motor training by physical education specialists was statistically analyzed. Efforts were made to identify factors, confirm their independence, optimize scoring procedures and assess reliability. Preliminary statistical analyses of pre-post test results yielded four factors; and for 344 first graders, several significant differences between project and control schools, and among classes. Additional analyses of results for 601 children (grades one through three) confirmed the emergence of these four independent factors when full loadings on all items were used, regardless of magnitude; the independence of factors vanished, however, with two attempts at single-digit item loadings--perhaps because several items loaded heavily on more than one factor. Further investigation of the reliability and validity for project evaluation of a global score has been planned. This should make quantification of observable changes in children's behavior less computer-dependent and, thus, the instrument should become more usable. The scale itself and a history of the program for which it was developed, the Perceptual-Motor Development Project, are appended. (Author/CP)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC