The development of the learning environment checklist for assessing the adequacy of learning environments in day care centers

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dc.contributor.authorWhaley, Mary Elizabethen
dc.contributor.departmentManagement, Housing, and Family Developmenten
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:39:38Zen
dc.date.adate2010-07-07en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:39:38Zen
dc.date.issued1974en
dc.date.rdate2010-07-07en
dc.date.sdate2010-07-07en
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to develop a valid and reliable scale to evaluate the adequacy of learning environments in day care centers that would be easily administered by professionals and nonprofessionals. The Learning Environment Checklist (LEC) that was developed consists of fifty yes-no questions that can be answered during a half hour observation of a day care center. The LEC was administered 182 times in 27 day care centers by day care personnel, students, parents, and licensing agents. The KR-20 estimate of reliability was computed to be .82. The standard error of measurement was 3.05. Construct validity was established through the internal consistency aspect of the KR-20 and through analyses of variance. Highly significant differences among centers were established by licensing agent observers. Less sUbstantial differences were found by nonagent observers.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extent47 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-07072010-020233en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07072010-020233/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/43558en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1974.W485.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 38995245en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1974.W485en
dc.titleThe development of the learning environment checklist for assessing the adequacy of learning environments in day care centersen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineManagement, Housing, and Family Developmenten
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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