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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Canivez, Gary L.; Beran, Tanya N. – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2011
The factor structure of the Learning Behaviors Scale (LBS) was examined with a sample of 393 randomly selected Canadian youths in a large western city. An identical four-factor structure was observed for the Canadian sample as was obtained in the standardization sample of U.S. youths and with another American sample. Principal axis exploratory…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis, Raw Scores
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Walden, Laura M.; Beran, Tanya N. – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2010
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between students' quality of attachment to their primary caregivers and the frequency with which they bully others and are the victims of bullying. One hundred and five students in Grades 4, 6, and 8 (46 girls, 59 boys; M = 10.5 years) completed paper and pencil surveys. Results indicated…
Descriptors: Bullying, Caregivers, Attachment Behavior, Grade 4
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Canivez, Gary L.; Beran, Tanya N. – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2009
The core syndrome factor structure of the Adjustment Scales for Children and Adolescents (ASCA) was examined with a sample of 375 randomly selected Canadian youths in a large western city. The 6 ASCA core syndrome raw scores produced an identical two-factor solution as observed in samples of American youths. Principal axis exploratory factor…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Psychopathology, Adolescents, Factor Analysis
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Beran, Tanya N. – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2007
"Differential Ability Scales," Second Edition (DAS-II; Elliott, 2007), was developed to measure the cognitive abilities of children and adolescents from age 2 years, 6 months to 17 years, 11 months. The test is designed to be individually administered, measuring general conceptual and reasoning ability ("g") as well as specific and diverse…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Psychometrics, Foreign Countries, Test Construction
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Ellefsen, Giselle; Beran, Tanya N. – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2007
The authors investigated the relationship between student academic achievement and individual child and family factors. The sample consisted of 10- to 11-year-olds (N = 2,081) from the Canadian National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth, which is a stratified random sample of 22,831 households in Canada. From scale and factor analyses,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, Relationship, Academic Achievement
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Beran, Tanya N.; Tutty, Leslie; Steinrath, Greg – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2004
This research evaluates an anti-bullying program, Dare to Care: Bully Proofing Your School. Students in Grades 4-6 (N = 197, 77 boys, 120 girls) from four Calgary elementary schools completed the Colorado School Climate Survey (Garrity, Jens, Porter, Sager, & Short-Camilli, 2000) and the Provictim Scale-Short Version (Rigby & Slee, 1991). The…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Bullying, Prevention, Pretests Posttests