Circumplex and Spherical Models for Child School Adjustment and Competence.

Autor/inn/en	Schaefer, Earl S.; Edgerton, Marianna
Institution	North Carolina Univ., Chapel Hill. Frank Porter Graham Center.
Titel	Circumplex and Spherical Models for Child School Adjustment and Competence.
Quelle	(1982), (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adjustment (to Environment); Classroom Research; Competence; Creativity; Curiosity; Factor Structure; Hostility; Intelligence; Kindergarten Children; Models; Primary Education; Prosocial Behavior; Rating Scales; Statistical Analysis; Student Behavior; Classroom Behavior Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kompetenz; Kreativität; Neugier; Faktorenstruktur; Intelligenz; Klugheit; Analogiemodell; Primarbereich; Rating-Skala; Statistische Analyse; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	The goal of this study is to broaden the scope of a conceptual model for child behavior by analyzing constructs relevant to cognition, conation, and affect. Two samples were drawn from school populations. For the first sample, 28 teachers from 8 rural, suburban, and urban schools rated 193 kindergarten children. Each teacher rated up to eight children, half of whom were white, half black. In the second sample, 12 kindergarten teachers from the 6 schools of a small urban community rated the 293 children in their classrooms, using the Classroom Behavior Inventory. Scales measuring the two major dimensions of the circumplex model for social and emotional behavior were supplemented with scales measuring conation/motivation and cognition. Factor analyses of scale scores for the two samples (including a principal factor analysis and varimax rotation) identified major dimensions of classroom behavior. Scales and factors were arranged according to Guttman's order of neighboring. A three-dimensional model was generated with plots of the factor loadings, and a generalized model was developed which integrated previous research on circumplex models. Results are discussed. (RH)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC