Analysis of the questionnaire of preschool parental involvement with an aid of Rush ranking model

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Abstract

The paper presents a procedure for analysis and improvement of the questionnaire of preschool parental involvement, created on the basis of the questionnaire for parents and designed for the international comparative study TIMSS-PIRLS 2011. The article introduces a detailed description of methodology of analysiswith the reference to one of Rush’s rating scales (RSM). The article shows the characteristics of modified scales. It describes the levels of preschool parental involvement and makes it possible to use this scale in work of researchers and school psychologists.

General Information

Keywords: parental involvement, IRT, Rush, questionnaire

Journal rubric: Developmental Psychology and Age-Related Psychology

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/jmfp.2018070307

For citation: Antipkina I.V. Analysis of the questionnaire of preschool parental involvement with an aid of Rush ranking model [Elektronnyi resurs]. Sovremennaia zarubezhnaia psikhologiia = Journal of Modern Foreign Psychology, 2018. Vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 75–86. DOI: 10.17759/jmfp.2018070307. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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IInna V. Antipkina, Junior Scientific Fellow, Institute of Education, Centre for Monitoring the Quality, Education National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4865-3433, e-mail: iantipkina@hse.ru

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