The psychometric properties of the Trauma Symptom Checklist For Children (TSCC) in a sample of Swedish children     

Nilsson D  Wadsby M  Svedin CG 《Child abuse & neglect》2008,32(6):627-636

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Swedish version of the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children (TSCC) and to study traumatic symptoms in a normative group of Swedish children and adolescents. METHOD: A normative group of 728 children and adolescents age 10-17 and a clinical group of 91 children and adolescents known to have experienced sexual abuse participated in the study. A test-retest procedure was conducted with 79 participants from the normative group. RESULTS: Good reliability such as internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha) for the total scale .94 (ranging in the clinical scales .78-.83) and test-retest for the total scale r=.81 (ranging in the clinical scales .67-.81) were found. The confirmatory 6-factor analysis explained 50.7% of the variance. Other validity measures such as concurrent validity and criterion related validity were also shown to be satisfactory. The normative sample of Swedish children and adolescents showed lower means on the subscales than has been reported in previous studies from a number of other countries. CONCLUSION: The Swedish version of TSCC has been shown to be a screening instrument with satisfactory psychometric qualities that is capable to identify trauma symptoms among children and adolescents who have themselves self-reported experiencing trauma or for whom clinicians have identified traumatic experiences.  相似文献   

The effects of learning style on grades of first-year college students     

Doris B. Matthews 《Research in higher education》1991,32(3):253-268

This study compared the grade point averages of 796 first-year students in five institutions of higher education in a southern state with learning typologies set forth in theLearning Styles Inventory by Canfield. Results of the analysis of variance reflected an effect of learning style, sex, and race. Grades of students with social, conceptual, and social/applied styles differed significantly from those of students having the neutral preference. Whites tended to have better grades than blacks had. Females learned best with social and independent/applied styles; however, males learned best with social/applied and social/conceptual styles. Although there were no race differences in the proportions of students in the various learning styles, there were sex differences. Except for mathematics, the effect of major on the association of sex and learning style was moderate to none. Findings from the study suggest a need for administrative and instructional changes.  相似文献   

First-Grade Classroom Behavior: Its Short- and Long-Term Consequences for School Performance   总被引：7，自引：0，他引：7  

Karl L. Alexander  Doris R. Entwisle  Susan L. Dauber 《Child development》1993,64(3):801-814

Effects of children's classroom behavior on school performance over a 4-year period are examined for a large, representative panel of beginning first graders. Scales developed from homeroom teachers' ratings of children in the spring of their first, second, and fourth years of school are used to predict spring marks in reading and math and spring scores on verbal and quantitative subtests from the CAT battery. The teachers' ratings cluster in three domains: Interest-Participation (I-P), Cooperation-Compliance (C-C), and Attention Span–Restlessness (A-R). The I-P and A-R ratings, but not C-C ratings, affect test score gains in first grade and marks in all 3 years. Behavior ratings from Year I also affect Year 2 and Year 4 performance, with indications that effects are understated over single-year periods. The importance of assessing classroom behavior in a longitudinal framework that allows for lagged and cumulative effects is discussed.  相似文献   

Comparability of Data Gathered from Evaluation Questionnaires on Paper and Through the Internet   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Doris?Y.?P.?LeungEmail author  David?Kember 《Research in higher education》2005,46(5):571-591

Collecting feedback from students through course, program and other evaluation questionnaires has become a costly and time consuming process for most colleges. Converting to data collection through the internet, rather than completion on paper, can result in a cheaper and more efficient process. This article examines several research questions which need to be answered to establish that results collected by the two modes of administration are equivalent. Data were gathered for a program evaluation questionnaire from undergraduate students at a university in Hong Kong. Students were able to choose between completion on paper or through the internet. In six of the seven Faculties the number of responses through each mode was roughly the same. Students in the Engineering Faculty favored the internet. Scores on the 14 out of 18 scales in the instrument showed small differences by mode of response, which became smaller still with controls for pertinent demographic variables. The main response question addressed in the study was whether there was any difference in the way respondents to the two modes interpreted the questions. The study demonstrated the equivalence of the two data sets by showing that both could be fitted to a common model with structural equation modeling (SEM). Five levels of tests of invariance further confirmed the comparability of data by mode of administration. This study, therefore suggests that changing to internet collection for course and program evaluations will not affect the comparability of ratings.  相似文献   

Written narratives of normal and learning disabled children     

Doris J. Johnson  James O. Grant 《Annals of dyslexia》1989,39(1):140-158

Writing samples of children in grades one through three were collected in two midwestern elementary schools using the Picture Story Language Test. Each story was scored for productivity, syntax, and level of abstraction. Results indicated that performance in all aspects of written language improved with age. A second study was conducted to compare the writing of normal children who were average readers in grades one through three with learning disabled children who were reading at comparable levels. The results indicated no significant differences in productivity but there were differences in syntax. Problems were noted particularly in morphology. Further observations indicated the learning disabled poor readers also had more problems with handwriting and spelling than average readers.  相似文献   

Helping students revise disruptive experientially supported ideas about thermodynamics: Computer visualizations and tactile models   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Douglas Clark  Doris Jorde 《科学教学研究杂志》2004,41(1):1-23

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Changing the Learning Environment to Enhance Students' Metacognition in Hong Kong Primary School Classrooms     

Gregory?P.?ThomasEmail author  Doris?Au?Kin?Mee 《Learning Environments Research》2005,8(3):221-243

This study reports on the impact of a 2-month classroom intervention that sought to alter the learning environment of two Hong Kong Primary Year 3 general studies classrooms. Mixed methodology, employing quantitative and qualitative data-gathering strategies, was used to investigate changes to the learning environments, including changes to the teachers' language and ultimately the students' metacognition. The quantitative facet of the research involved the development of a 15-item learning environments instrument, the General Studies Metacognitive Orientation Scale (GSMOS), that evaluated elements of the metacognitive orientation of the classrooms' learning environments. While the data from the administration of the GSMOS suggested no statistical differences between the pre- and post-intervention environments of the classrooms, student interviews and classroom observations provided supportive data for some changes, which resulted in students developing metacognitive knowledge of teacher-selected thinking and learning strategies, as well as some awareness and limited control of their use of such strategies in their classrooms.  相似文献   

Using electronic meeting system support in the design of the graduate core curriculum     

Dennis W. Spuck  Doris L. Prater  David B. Palumbo 《Educational technology research and development : ETR & D》1995,43(2):71-78

This article focuses on the use of an electronic meeting system (EMS) to facilitate the selection and refinement of a set of common graduate core courses for all master's degrees within the school of education in an upper-division university. The EMS was used at selected intervals within a seven months' process and provided an opportunity for broad-based group involvement in selection of the core competencies to be included. The seven-member task force generated ideas, discussed highly charged issues, prioritized competencies, and came to consensus through a combination of traditional and electronic meeting environments. The process followed, as well as the advantages, disadvantages, and insights gained, are reported here.Dennis W. Spuck is dean of the School of Education and professor of educational leadership and foundations. Doris L. Prater is associate dean and professor of educational foundations; she also chaired the task force whose work is described in this study. David B. Palumbo is an associate professor of instructional technology and was instrumental in the establishment of the electronic meeting system environment.An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Conference of the University Council for Educational Administration, Philadelphia, PA, October 28, 1994.  相似文献   

Identifying effective teachers: The relation between teaching profiles and students’ development in achievement and enjoyment     

Holzberger  Doris  Praetorius  Anna-Katharina  Seidel  Tina  Kunter  Mareike 《European Journal of Psychology of Education - EJPE》2019,34(4):801-823

European Journal of Psychology of Education - Teaching effectiveness has often been described from a variable-centered perspective according to instructional, organizational, and emotional teaching...  相似文献   

A digital game-based assessment of middle-school and college students’ choices to seek critical feedback and to revise     

Maria Cutumisu  Doris B. Chin  Daniel L. Schwartz 《British journal of educational technology : journal of the Council for Educational Technology》2019,50(6):2977-3003

A major goal of contemporary education is to teach students how to learn on their own. Assessments have largely lagged behind this goal, because they measure what students have learned and not necessarily their learning processes. This research presents Posterlet, an assessment that collects evidence regarding the strategies that students choose while learning on their own. Posterlet is an educational game-based assessment that measures two design thinking choices: students’ choices to seek critical (ie, negative) feedback and to revise their work while they learn graphic design principles through creating posters. This research also presents an examination of students’ choices to seek feedback and to revise, as well as of students’ learning outcomes based on these choices. This game-based assessment approach is empirically validated with three research studies sampling nearly 300 middle-school and college students who played Posterlet and completed a posttest. Results show that the game helps students learn, as students who play the game before completing the posttest learn more graphic design principles than students who only complete the posttest. Moreover, the choices to seek critical feedback and to revise can predict learning and can be used as valid outcome measures for learning. Findings can be used in developing and evaluating models of instruction and assessment that may help students make informed learning choices. A discussion of present and future trends in theory regarding digital feedback environments is also included.  相似文献