TITLE: High/Scope Knowledge Scale (1980)

ENTRY DATE: 10/05/95

AUTHOR: Epstein, A.S.

LEVEL/SOURCE OF REVIEW: 3

DOCUMENT SIZE: 1 page

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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.

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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ARTICLE POSTED BY: Stivers, W. (Extension Specialist for 4-H Youth Development), Powell, L. and Bibb, A. (Research Assistants). University of Kentucky, Room 212 Scovell Hall, Lexington, KY. 40546-0064 (Phone: (606)257-5961) (Email: wstivers@ca.uky.edu).

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