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Thinking Outside The Checkbox: Examining The Benefits Of Depression In The Workplace, Tyler L. Jensen
Thinking Outside The Checkbox: Examining The Benefits Of Depression In The Workplace, Tyler L. Jensen
Intuition: The BYU Undergraduate Journal of Psychology
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The Predictive Validity Of A Kindergarten Dynamic Assessment Of Language, Veronica White, Douglas Petersen
The Predictive Validity Of A Kindergarten Dynamic Assessment Of Language, Veronica White, Douglas Petersen
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Kindergarten students are often administered screening instruments designed to identify weaknesses in emergent literacy skills. Unfortunately, these screeners, which only measure what a student currently knows, cannot validly differentiate between students who have low scores because of limited exposure, language/dialectal differences, or a disability. A more valid approach to identifying kindergarten students for future reading difficulty is needed. Dynamic assessment is emerging as a valid alternative to traditional screening measures. The language subtest of the PEARL (Petersen & Spencer, 2016) uses a dynamic assessment approach where students are administered a pretest (a story retell), participate in language instruction on story …