Generalization of the Child Observation Record: a validity study for diverse samples of urban,low-income preschool children |
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| Institution: | 1. Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania, 3700 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6216, USA;2. University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA;1. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Dresden, D-01062 Dresden, Germany;2. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore;1. GPM, UMR CNRS 6643, Université de Rouen, 76575 Saint Étienne du Rouvray, France;2. CMAP, École Polytechnique, Route de Saclay, 91128 Palaiseau, France;3. CEA/DEN/DM2S/SERMA/LLPR-LRC CARMEN, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France;4. CNRS/ECP/UMR 8085, Grande voie des vignes, Chatenay Malabry, France;5. CEA/DEN/DMN/SRMA/LA2M-LRC CARMEN, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France;1. Department of Occupational Therapy, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan;2. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Da Chien General Hospital, Miao Li, Taiwan;3. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan;4. Research Center for Psychological and Educational Testing, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan;5. Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan;6. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan;7. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan;8. School of Occupational Therapy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan;9. Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Medical and Health Science, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan;1. Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Madrid, Spain;2. Department of Basic Psychology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), Madrid, Spain;1. CEris, ICIST, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal;2. Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Polytechnic School at University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil |
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| Abstract: | The present investigation addressed the construct validity of the Child Observation Record (COR) with low-income urban preschool children. From two separate samples representing low-income preschool children, COR ratings were analyzed using multivariate techniques. Independent analyses from these two urban sites yielded a three-dimensional structure: Cognitive Skills, Social Engagement, and Coordinated Movement. Further analyses cross-validated this structure for males and females and across ethnic groups. Concurrent assessments provided convergent and discriminant validity for the Social Engagement dimension and convergent validity for Cognitive Skills dimension. Analyses of item distributions of the 5-point developmental sequences represented by the 30 COR items were used to examine the assumption that all the distributions were continuous unimodal distributions. Findings did not universally support this assumption revealing some irregular distributions with troughs in the mid-range of continua. Implications of the findings for early childhood assessment of vulnerable children and future research were discussed. |
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