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Bailet, Laura L.; Zettler-Greeley, Cynthia; Lewis, Kandia – School Psychology Quarterly, 2018
Home literacy activities influence children's emergent literacy progress and readiness for reading instruction. To help parents fulfill this opportunity, we developed a new Emergent Literacy Screener (ELS) and conducted 2 studies of its psychometric properties with independent prekindergarten samples. For Study 1 (n = 812, M[subscript age] = 54.4…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Preschool Children, Screening Tests, Psychometrics
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Dombrowski, Stefan C.; McGill, Ryan J.; Canivez, Gary L. – School Psychology Quarterly, 2018
The Woodcock-Johnson (fourth edition; WJ IV; Schrank, McGrew, & Mather, 2014a) was recently redeveloped and retains its linkage to Cattell-Horn-Carroll theory (CHC). Independent reviews (e.g., Canivez, 2017) and investigations (Dombrowski, McGill, & Canivez, 2017) of the structure of the WJ IV full test battery and WJ IV Cognitive have…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Achievement Tests, Cognitive Tests, Cognitive Ability
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Bear, George G.; Yang, Chunyan; Chen, Dandan; He, Xianyou; Xie, Jia-Shu; Huang, Xishan – School Psychology Quarterly, 2018
Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine differences between American and Chinese students in their perceptions of school climate and engagement in school, and in the relation between school climate and engagement. Method: Confirmatory factor analyses were used to support the factor structure and measurement invariance of the two…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Educational Environment, Learner Engagement
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Berg, Juliette K.; Cornell, Dewey – School Psychology Quarterly, 2016
Aggression toward teachers is linked to burnout and disengagement from teaching, but a positive school climate may reduce aggression and associated teacher distress. Using authoritative school climate theory, the study examined whether schools with high disciplinary structure and student support were associated with less aggression and less…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Middle School Teachers, Emotional Disturbances, Aggression
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Mercer, Sterett H.; McIntosh, Kent; Strickland-Cohen, M. Kathleen; Horner, Robert H. – School Psychology Quarterly, 2014
The purpose of the study was to examine the extent to which the School-Wide Universal Behavior Sustainability Index: School Teams (SUBSIST; McIntosh, Doolittle, Vincent, Horner, & Ervin, 2009), a measure of school and district contextual factors that promote the sustainability of school practices, demonstrated measurement invariance across…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Positive Reinforcement, Teaching Methods, Sustainability
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Dever, Bridget V.; Raines, Tara C.; Dowdy, Erin – School Psychology Quarterly, 2016
Given the steady increase of students from diverse backgrounds in the U.S. educational system, in particular immigrant and Latino students, it is important to consider how to best support all students within our schools. The present study focuses on the Behavior Assessment System for Children-Second Edition (BASC-2) Behavioral and Emotional…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Immigrants, Child Behavior, Rating Scales
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Chen, Peggy P.; Cleary, Timothy J.; Lui, Angela M. – School Psychology Quarterly, 2015
This study examined the reliability and validity of a parent rating scale, the "Self-Regulation Strategy Inventory: Parent Rating Scale" ("SRSI-PRS"), using a sample of 451 parents of sixth- and seventh-grade middle-school students. Principal axis factoring (PAF) analysis revealed a 3-factor structure for the 23-item SRSI-PRS:…
Descriptors: Parents, Middle School Students, Factor Analysis, Grade 6
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Gage, Nicholas A.; Prykanowski, Debra A.; Larson, Alvin – School Psychology Quarterly, 2014
Researchers investigating school-level approaches for bullying prevention are beginning to discuss and target school climate as a construct that (a) may predict prevalence and (b) be an avenue for school-wide intervention efforts (i.e., increasing positive school climate). Although promising, research has not fully examined and established the…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Bullying, Victims, Statistical Analysis