Assessing preschoolers’ approaches to learning in the Chinese context: a scale for teacher-parent co-evaluation

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

An effective assessment of preschoolers’ approaches to learning (ATL) requires multiple-reporter co-evaluation, such as teachers and parents. Based on extant research on children’s ATL combined with Chinese cultural background and educational policies, this study aims to develop an ATL scale suitable for Chinese teachers and parents to co-evaluate preschoolers’ ATL.

Methods

Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) of the data collected from teachers (n=833) and parents (n=856) demonstrates the four-factor structure of the ATL: creativity, learning strategy, competence motivation, and attention/persistence, wherein creativity is a new dimension uncovered in the Chinese context.

Results

Psychometric analysis demonstrates that the scale has go

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC10273840 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature