Validation of Sequential Problem Test (SPT) for Identification of the Children with Specific Learning Difficulties
Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: This paper will develop an insight into the role of a teacher to identify the children with Specific LearningDifficulties (SLD) among the students in mainstream classrooms. It will enhance the quality of teacher educationof the teachers working in the regular classrooms without knowing the specific learning difficulties of thestudents through the valid instruments and procedures. The presentation will discuss the report on the Validationof Sequential Problem Test (SPT) for identification of children with Specific Learning Difficulties from regularschool classroom with purposive sampling techniques. The test was validated by the advance statistical measures.IQ and classroom achievements in Urdu were adopted to determine criterion & discriminant validities asprocedures. For stability reliability, test retest reliability was used. Internal consistency was determined throughScale of Reliability Cronbach’s alpha coefficient. Item Characteristics Curve (ICC) by score for each item of thetests with zero and one response was drawn for item fitness.
DOI: 10.5539/jedp.v3n1p64
Authors: Tariq Mahmood Khan, Ahmed Sher Awan, Muhammad Naeem Mohsin
Institutions: University of the Punjab, University of Vienna
Language: English
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W2115985848