Development and validation of the Preschool Learning Behaviors Scale.

By P. Mcdermott, Nanette M. Leigh, Marlo A. Perry. 2002

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Education

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Investigation of Dimensions of Social-Emotional Classroom Behavior and School Readiness for Low-Income Urban Preschool Children (2007, background): “Further, a positive relationship has been found between preschool learning behaviors, such as competence motivation and persistence, and social skills, such as self-control (Fantuzzo, Perry, & McDermott, 2004; McDermott et al., 2002).”
An investigation of preschool classroom behavioral adjustment problems and social-emotional school readiness competencies (2005, methodology): “Construct validity studies yielded three reliable learning behavior dimensions: Competence Motivation, Attention Persistence, and Attitude Toward Learning (r = .85, .83, and .75, respectively) (McDermott et al., 1996; McDermott et al., 2002).”
Behavior Problems in Learning Activities and Social Interactions in Head Start Classrooms and Early Reading, Mathematics, and Approaches to Learning (2011, methodology): “For the present study, PLBS T scores (M 50, SD 10) based on the national normative sample were used (McDermott et al., 2002).”
Preferences for positive psychology exercises (2010, background): “A factor solution's acceptability would be based on its ability to produce factors that: (1) yield the highest hyperplane count (Gorsuch, 1983 ); (2) satisfy constraints of scree (Cattell, 1966 ); and (3) account for at least 5% of the total variance in the correlation matrix (McDermott, Leigh, & ”
“I Know How You Feel”: Preschoolers’ emotion knowledge contributes to early school success (2015, background): “The Preschool Learning Behaviors Scale (PLBS) is a 29-item measure on which teachers rate children’s approaches to learning (McDermott et al., 2002).”
Early Childhood Professional Development: Coaching and Coursework Effects on Indicators of Children’s School Readiness (2017, background): “70 in the normative and present samples, and PLBS scores have been shown to predict children’s cognitive ability (McDermott et al., 2002).”