ERIC Number: EJ779867
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Publication Date: 2007-Dec
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The Identification of Children with Behavioural Manifestations of Inattention, Hyperactivity and Impulsivity, in Mainstream School: The Development of the Scope Classroom Observation Checklist
Scope, Alison; Empson, Janet; McHale, Sue; Nabuzoka, Dabie
Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, v12 n4 p319-332 Dec 2007
The objective of this paper is to report the development and use of an observation checklist to identify typically developing children with behavioural manifestations associated with inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity. This measure is termed the Scope Classroom Observation Checklist (SCOC). The SCOC was developed, assessed for reliability using an independent observer and teacher ratings, and administered to a sample of 157 mainstream schoolchildren. The SCOC revealed a normal distribution of scores on the checklist, and the top and bottom quartiles of this distribution were found, as would be expected, to differ significantly on SCOC score. The SCOC had good inter-observer reliability and a high rate of concordance with teacher ratings of attentional difficulties. The SCOC has emerged as a reliable measure that could prove to be a useful tool in a battery of screening measures to identify mainstream schoolchildren with difficulties characterised by inattention and hyperactivity-impulsivity. (Contains 2 figures and 3 tables.)
Descriptors: Check Lists, Conceptual Tempo, Classroom Observation Techniques, Academic Achievement, Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorders, Identification, Behavior Patterns, Children, Scores, Reliability, Measures (Individuals), Teacher Attitudes, Interrater Reliability, Screening Tests
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Language: English
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