Parents
Motivate
Measures
| Name: |
Home Observation for
Measurement of the Environment (1967) |
| Author |
Bettye M. Caldwell and Robert H.
Bradley |
| Abstract: |
The HOME Inventory is an
observational and interview measure designed to assess the quality
of a childís early developmental environment. Two inventories
were originally developed, one to be administered in the homes of
infant and/or toddlers (45 items) and one for the homes of
preschoolers (55 items). Items cluster into 6 subscales for the
former version: Acceptance of the Child, Learning Materials,
Parental Involvement, Parental Responsibility, Variety in
Experience, and Organization of the Environment. The preschool
version has 8 subscales: Acceptance of the Child, Learning
Materials, Parental Responsibility, Variety in Experience, Physical
Environment, Language Stimulation, Learning Stimulation, and
Modeling of Social Maturity. Items are scored according to a yes-no
format. A total score is obtained by counting the number of items
answered yes. |
| Technical Considerations: |
Two additional versions for older
children are available as well. These are the 59-item Middle
Childhood HOME (for 6-10 year olds) and the Early Adolescent HOME
(for 10 to 15 year olds). The 8 subscales include Learning
Materials, Parental Involvement, Parental Responsibility, Physical
Environment, Active Stimulation, Emotional Climate, Encouraging
Maturity, and Family Participation. |
| Psychometrics: |
Information on reliability has been
collected from the use of this measure in many studies. Bradley (ìThe
HOME Inventory: Review and reflections,î 1994, Advances in
Child Development and Behavior, vol. 5) reports that, as a rule,
internal consistency coefficients have been greater than .8 for the
total scores. Subscale coefficients have ranged from .3 to .8.
Inter-rater agreement levels have always been at least 85%. |
| Publisher: |
Caldwell, B.M, & Bradley, R.H.,
and staff (1967). Home Observation for Measurement of the
Environment. Little Rock, AR: Center for Child Development and
Education, University of Arkansas at Little Rock. |
| Availability: |
Center for Research on Teaching and
Learning, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 S. University
Avenue, Little Rock, AR 72204. |
| Name: |
Environmental Assessment
Index (1987) |
| Author |
R. H. Poresky |
| Abstract: |
The Environmental Assessment Index
was designed as a measure of the developmental and educational
support provided to a child as a result of the quality of their
physical and social home environments. The instrument is intended
for use with families of children between 3 and 11 years old. The
intent in developing the index was to provide a basis for predicting
children's future cognitive and social development. The complete
44-item instrument is administered during a home visit. A 24-item
short form is also available. Each item is scored according to a
yes-no format. On the long form, 26 items are appropriate for
scoring either as a result of responses to interview inquiries or
through direct observation. The additional 18 items are always rated
based on direct observation. A total score is obtained by counting
the number of items answered yes. Home interviews from which scores
are derived last approximately 60 minutes. This index is a revision
of the STIM (Caldwell, 1967) and HOME (Bradley and Caldwell, 1976),
which were developed for children under three years of age. The
NC-124 Technical Committee assisted in the refinement of this
instrument for assessing the quality of children's homes. |
| Technical Considerations: |
Poresky, R.H. (1987). Environmental
assessment index: reliability, stability, and validity of the long
and short forms. Educ Psyc M, 47, 969-975. Abstract from Touliatos,
John, Handbook of family measurement techniques, p. 381, copyright
1990 by SAGE Publications, Inc. |
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| Name: |
Marjoribanks Family
Learning Environment Schedule (1987) |
| Author |
Marjoribanks, K. |
| Abstract: |
This instrument is used during
semistructured home interviews of parents. A total of 78 questions,
many of which have sub sections, are asked of both parents.
Questions are open-ended but generally only require only a few words
or sentences to answer. Issues examined by this scale focus on
family knowledge of and involvement in children's academic and
independent development. The scale was originally developed for use
by the author on Australian populations. |
| Technical Considerations: |
Marjoribanks, K. (1987). Ability and
attitude correlates of academic achievement: family-group
differences. J Educ Psyc, 78, 171-178. Abstract from Touliatos,
John, Handbook of general family measurement techniques, p. 373,
copyright 1990 by SAGE Publications, Inc. |
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| Name: |
Home Quality Rating Scale
(1977) |
| Author |
Nihira, Kazuo; And Others |
| Abstract: |
This instrument was developed to
record characteristics of the parents and home environment that
relate to the development of mentally retarded children. Factors
identified include: loving acceptance vs. disregard; firmness of
control vs. laissez-faire; involvement with growth-promoting
activities vs. noninvolvement. Parents' positions on these variables
are said to depict neglect, overprotection, rejection, cruelty,
responsibility, and other factors. |
| Technical Considerations: |
50 items |
| Format Available: |
Print and Microfiche |
| Availability: |
Tests in Microfiche; Test Collection,
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ 08541 (Nihira, K. and
Others. (1977). Home quality rating scale. Princeton, NJ) |
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Distributed by Tests in Microfiche;
Test Collection, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ 08541 |
| Name: |
Hopkins Surveys of School
and Family Connections (1982) |
| Author: |
Epstein, J.L., & Becker, H.J.
|
| Publisher: |
Center for Research on Elementary &
Middle Schools, John Hopkins University, 3505 N. Charles Street,
Baltimore, MD 21218 |
| Abstract: |
The Hopkins Surveys of School and
Family Connections is a set of four instruments assessing various
aspects of the parent-teacher relationship. The four surveys are
designed to be used concomitantly in the development of an overall
picture of parental and teacher attitudes and action toward both
each other and the educational process. Form 1-T, Survey of
Teachers, was developed in 1980 to assess the nature and extent of
teachers' contact with parents, topics teachers discuss with
parents, the use of 14 techniques for involving parents in learning
activities at home, estimates of parents' effectiveness, and
teachers' attitudes about parent involvement. It covers 36
questions, over 150 items of information, and 13 pages. Form 2-T is
a 1987 revision of The Survey of Teachers. This form includes items
on teacher attitudes regarding parent involvement, communication
with families, use of parent-volunteers, effectiveness of parent
involvement program, and parental educational responsibilities. It
includes 10 questions, over 100 items of information and six pages.
Form 1-P (1981) and 2-P (1987) parallel the teacher forms in areas
of inquiry, but are geared toward an examination of parental
perceptions of their involvement in the education of their children.
Primary areas of concern examined in the parent forms include school
support for parental involvement, quality of homework assignments,
ratings of teacher skills, and overall effectiveness of the
educational system. Form 1-P included 33 questions, and over 70
items of information. Form 2-P includes 6 questions, over 50 items
of information, and five pages. The complete group of surveys
include hundreds of items, written in various formats and from
differing perspectives. The questionnaires can be used in full, in
part, or adapted for use as research instruments or as tools for
self-assessments by schools. Administration time is approximately
15-40 minutes. |
| Further Information: |
Becker, H.J., & Epstein, J.L.
(1982). Parent involvement: A survey of teacher practices. Elem Sch
J, 83, 85-102. Epstein, J.L. (1985a). Parents' reactions to teacher
practices of parent involvement. Elem Sch J, 86, 277-294. Epstein,
J.L. (1985b). A question of merit: Principals' and parents'
evaluations of teachers. Educ Res, 14, 3-10. Epstein, J.L. (in
press). Effects on students achievement of teachers' practices of
parent involvement. In S. Silvern (Ed.), Literacy through family,
community, and school interaction. Greenwich, CT: JAI. Abstract from
Touliatos, J., Handbook of General Family Measurement Techniques, p.
347, copyright 1990 by SAGE Publications, Inc. |
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| Name: |
High/Scope Knowledge
Scale (1980) |
| Author |
Epstein, A.S. |
| Abstract: |
The Knowledge Scale uses a
card-sorting technique to assess expectations about children's early
development. Respondents sort a series of statements describing the
needs and abilities of infants and toddlers according to the age
category they think each behavior would first appear. Sorting
categories are as follows: Birth to 1 month, 1 to 4 months, 4 to 8
months, 8 to 12 months, 12 to 18 months, and 18 to 24 months or
older. The instrument can be administered orally, with the
interviewer reading each statement from a card and asking the
respondent to sort the cards into piles by age. Alternatively,
respondents can read and sort the cards themselves. Interviewers
than circle the respondent's choices on a score sheet. The scale
asks 73 items and takes approximately 20-30 minutes to administer.
Scores indicate correct, early, and late expectations for the
instrument as a whole. In addition, scores can be computed fro three
subscales: basic care; physical, perceptual, and motor development:
and cognitive, language, and social development. |
| Distributed By: |
NAPS-3 |
| Original Document
Information: |
Epstein, A.S. (1980). Assessing the
child development information needed by adolescent parents with very
young children (Final report, Grant No. 90-C-1341, U.S. Dept. HHS)
Ypsilanti, MI: High/Scope. Abstract from Touliatos, J., Handbook of
General Family Measurement Techniques, pp. 344- 345, copyright 1990
by SAGE Publications, Inc. |
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