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Analyzing Math-to-Mastery through Brief Experimental Analysis
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Everett, Gregory E.; Swift, Honora S.; McKenney, Elizabeth L. W.; Jewell, Jeremy D. – Psychology in the Schools, 2016
The current study evaluated the effectiveness of individualized math-to-mastery (MTM) interventions, selected though brief experimental analysis (BEA), at increasing math fluency skills for three elementary-aged females. As MTM has only been investigated as a multicomponent intervention, the present study utilized BEA to identify those specific…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Intervention, Mathematics Achievement, Low Achievement
Correlates of Conduct Problems and Depression Comorbidity in Elementary School Boys and Girls Receiving Special Educational Services
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Poirier, Martine; Déry, Michèle; Toupin, Jean; Verlaan, Pierrette; Lemelin, Jean-Pascal; Jagiellowicz, Jadzia – Psychology in the Schools, 2015
There is limited empirical research on the correlates of conduct problems (CP) and depression comorbidity during childhood. This study investigated 479 elementary school children (48.2% girls). It compared children with comorbidity to children with CP only, depression only, and control children on individual, academic, social, and family…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Correlation, Depression (Psychology), Comorbidity
A Comparison of the PIAT and WRAT: A Closer Look.
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Walden, John, Jr. – Psychology in the Schools, 1979
Compares performances on the Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT) Math, Spelling, and Reading subtests with the Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT) Arithmetic, Spelling, and Reading subtests for a sample of fourth-graders. Nearly all PIAT-WRAT intercorrelations were positive and significant, and highest for the similarly labelled subtests.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
A Comparison of the Criterion-Related Validity (Academic Achievement) of the WPPSI and the WISC-R.
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Reynolds, Cecil R.; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1981
Correlations of WPPSI IQs with concurrently administered subtests from the WRAT were compared with analogous WISC-R/WRAT correlations in a group of children referred by regular classroom teachers for school psychological services. Results support the use of the two instruments as equivalent predictors of achievement. (Author)
Descriptors: Achievement, Children, Comparative Analysis, Educational Research
Use of the Meeting Street School Screening Test and the Myklebust Pupil Rating Scale with First-Grade Black Urban Children
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Federici, Louise; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1976
This study examines the use of two diagnostic instruments in identifying children with a high risk of learning problems. The Meeting Street School Screening Test (MSSST) and the Myklebust Pupil Rating Scale are compared as educational screening devices for black children from urban areas. (SJL)
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Black Students, Comparative Analysis, Educational Diagnosis