Validation and Use of a School Readiness Battery in an Israeli Elementary School Integration Program

1987 ◽  
Vol 64 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1083-1087 ◽  
Author(s):  
Avraham Ben-Yochanan ◽  
Yaacov Katz

A School Readiness Test Battery comprising the Information and Similarities subtests of Wechsler's preschool scale, selected elements of the Gesell Reading Readiness Test and the Minkowich Test of Arithmetic Readiness was used to screen candidates of low socioeconomic status for entry into a first-grade integration program in an Israeli elementary school. The candidates were retested at the end of first grade on a battery of tests of reading and arithmetic skills and achievement. An analysis of intercorrelations among readiness and achievement measures indicates that, the Gesell and Minkowich readiness tests administered to kindergarten children lead to superior prediction of school readiness at first grade.

1989 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 651-654
Author(s):  
Avraham Ben-Yochanan ◽  
Yaacov Katz

A School Readiness Test Battery, comprising the Information and Similarities subtests of the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scales of Intelligence, selected elements of the Gesell Reading Readiness Test, and the Minkowich Test of Arithmetic Readiness was used to screen a sample of referred candidates for entry into first grade of an Israeli elementary school. The candidates were retested at the end of first grade on a battery of tests of reading and arithmetic skills and achievement. An analysis of intercorrelations among readiness and achievement as well as multiple linear regression analysis indicated that, when a minibattery of the Gesell and Minkowich readiness tests was administered to a referred sample of 77 kindergarten children, superior prediction of school readiness at first grade was obtained.


2005 ◽  
Vol 78 (3) ◽  
pp. 233-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thurston Domina

In the past two decades, a great deal of energy has been dedicated to improving children's education by increasing parents' involvement in school. However, the evidence on the effectiveness of parental involvement is uneven. Whereas policy makers and theorists have assumed that parental involvement has wide-ranging positive consequences, many studies have shown that it is negatively associated with some children's outcomes. This article uses data from the children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 to estimate time-lagged growth models of the effect of several types of parental involvement on scores on elementary school achievement tests and the Behavioral Problems Index. The findings suggest that parental involvement does not independently improve children's learning, but some involvement activities do prevent behavioral problems. Interaction analyses suggest that the involvement of parents with low socioeconomic status may be more effective than that of parents with high socioeconomic status.


e-GIGI ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeiska Triska Tulangow ◽  
Ni Wayan Mariati ◽  
Christy Mintjelungan

Abstract: Caries is a one cause of tooth loss. Caries occurs not only in adults but can occur in children. Tooth decay in children, can alter the growth of teeth at later ages. Socioeconomic status is one of the factors that affect health status, because the ends meet and to get a more desirable health care possible for socioeconomic group than in the low socioeconomic group. It is associated with a much greater interest in healthy living in higher socioeconomic groups that will influence health behavior. The purpose of this study is to get an overview of the status of caries Primary School pupil 48 Manado based on socio-economic status of parents. This research is a descriptive research. The study population was the disciple Elementary School 48 Manado aged 10-12 years, amounting to 83 people. study used total sampling. The primary data collection method is by examination of DMF-T and parents form an identity check. The results showed DMF-T index of 10-12 year olds in SDN 48 Manado has an average value of 3.38%. Highest percentage of respondents who are respondents had moderate caries status of the 23 people (27.7%) and respondents who had parents with secondary education are 61 people (73.5%) with the highest percentage of caries in caries rate is currently amounts to 18 people. Children with low socioeconomic status have the DMF-T index higher than children of high socioeconomic status. This shows the lower the socioeconomic level of parents of respondents, the higher the DMF-T index child. Keywords: caries, socio-economic status of parents, elementary school children.     Abstrak: Karies merupakan salah satu penyebab hilangnya gigi. Kerusakan gigi pada anak, dapat merubah pertumbuhan gigi pada usia selanjutnya. Status sosial ekonomi merupakan salah satu faktor yang memengaruhi status kesehatan, sebab dalam memenuhi kebutuhan hidup dan untuk mendapatkan tempat pelayanan kesehatan yang diinginkan lebih memungkinkan bagi kelompok sosial ekonomi tinggi dibandingkan dengan kelompok sosial ekonomi rendah. Hal ini dikaitkan dengan lebih besarnya minat hidup sehat pada kelompok sosial ekonomi tinggi sehingga akan memengaruhi perilaku hidup sehat. Tujuan penelitian ini yaitu untuk mendapatkan gambaran status karies murid Sekolah Dasar Negeri 48 Manado berdasarkan status sosial ekonomi orang tua. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian yang bersifat deskriptif. Populasi penelitian ini yaitu murid Sekolah Dasar Negeri 48 Manado yang berusia 10-12 tahun yang berjumlah 83 orang. Sampel penelitian  digunakan total sampling. Metode pengambilan data secara primer yaitu dengan pemeriksaan DMF-T dan formulir pemeriksaan identitas  orang tua. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan indeks DMF-T anak usia 10-12 tahun di SDN 48 Manado memiliki nilai rata-rata 3,38%. Presentase responden terbanyak ialah responden yang memiliki status karies tingkat sedang yaitu 23 orang (27,7%) dan responden yang memiliki orang tua dengan tingkat pendidikan menengah yaitu 61 orang (73,5%) dengan presentase tingkat karies terbanyak yaitu pada tingkat karies sedang ialah berjumlah 18 orang. Anak dengan status sosial ekonomi rendah memiliki indeks DMF-T lebih tinggi dari anak yang status sosial ekonominya tinggi. Hal ini menunjukkan semakin rendah tingkat sosial ekonomi orang tua responden, maka semakin tinggi indeks DMF-T anak. Kata kunci: karies, status sosial ekonomi orang tua, anak SD.


2011 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 365-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
KENN APEL ◽  
SHURITA THOMAS-TATE ◽  
ELIZABETH B. WILSON-FOWLER ◽  
DANIELLE BRIMO

ABSTRACTWe examined the acquisition of initial mental graphemic representations (MGRs) by 46 kindergarten children (mean age = 5 years, 9 months) at risk for literacy development because of low socioeconomic status. Using a storybook context, we exposed children to novel nonwords that varied in their phonotactic and orthotactic probabilities and then assessed the children's development of initial MGRs through spelling and reading recognition tasks. The children developed some initial MGRs but less than past reports of children from middle socioeconomic status backgrounds. Children with more advanced word recognition abilities developed more initial MGRs than their peers with less advanced word recognition skills. Like previous reports, the words' linguistic properties affected initial MGR acquisition and MGR acquisition ability predicted reading and spelling achievement above other known predictors. The results speak to the importance of increasing the print and orthographic knowledge of children at-risk for adequate literacy development.


2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Dayle Herrmann ◽  
Jessica Bodford ◽  
Robert Adelman ◽  
Oliver Graudejus ◽  
Morris Okun ◽  
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