Psychometric Properties and Factor Structure of the Greek Version of the Preschool Learning Behavior Scale
Authors: Petrogiannis, Konstantinos 
Penderi, Efthymia 
McDermott, Paul 
Publisher: Routledge
Issue Date: 1-Jan-2014
Journal: International Journal of School and Educational Psychology 
Volume: 2
Issue: 4
Keywords: Approaches to learning, Factor structure, Greek kindergarten, Preschool Learning Behaviors Scale
Abstract: 
New developments in the kindergartens in Greece have necessitated the availability of assessment tools that cover a wide range of children's skills and competencies that are related to the promotion of children's learning and development. The present study focuses on children's approaches to learning and aims to provide evidence for the Greek form of the Preschool Learning Behaviors Scale as a promising assessment tool for the Greek preschoolers. A nationally stratified sample of 398 boys and girls attending kindergarten classes provided data for the factor structure of the instrument. Two reliable and valid factors emerged describing children's motivation, determination to engage and persist in learning activities, as well as their responses toward novelty and frustration with an emphasis on attention. Upon identifying children's strengths and weaknesses when participating in learning activities, teachers could organize rich and challenging learning environments in the classroom, and design activities and intervention programs to foster children's adaptive behavior and promote later school success.
ISSN: 21683611
21683603
DOI: 10.1080/21683603.2014.895462
URI: https://uniwacris.uniwa.gr/handle/3000/1058
Type: Article
Department: Department of Early Childhood Education and Care 
School: School of Administrative, Economics and Social Sciences 
Affiliation: University of West Attica (UNIWA) 
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