Kishida Yuriko, Kemp Coral, Carter Mark
Macquarie University Special Education Centre, Sydney, Australia.
J Intellect Dev Disabil. 2008 Jun;33(2):158-70. doi: 10.1080/13668250802088085.
The purpose of this study was to revise and validate the Individual Child Engagement Record (ICER), an instrument designed to observe and measure the engagement of children with disabilities in early childhood settings.(1)
The ICER was revised with reference to pilot study results and the literature. Inter-observer reliability of the revised measure (ICER-R) was examined by calculating levels of agreement between observers coding video-clips of children with disabilities engaged in three different activity types (mealtime, free play, and structured group time) in an inclusive childcare centre. The E-Qual III was used as a criterion measure to examine concurrent validity.
Good overall percentage agreement and kappa coefficients were achieved for the codes recorded. A statistically significant correlation was found between data gathered using the ICER-R and the E-Qual III when comparing total engaged behaviours.
The ICER-R was found to be a valid and reliable measure of engagement of children with disabilities in early childhood settings. The results support the potential of the ICER-R as a practitioner-friendly tool.
本研究的目的是修订并验证个体儿童参与度记录（ICER），这是一种旨在观察和测量残疾儿童在幼儿环境中参与度的工具。（1）
参考试点研究结果和文献对ICER进行修订。通过计算在一所融合性儿童保育中心对参与三种不同活动类型（用餐时间、自由玩耍和结构化小组时间）的残疾儿童视频片段进行编码的观察者之间的一致程度，来检验修订后测量工具（ICER-R）的观察者间信度。使用E-Qual III作为效标测量工具来检验同时效度。
所记录代码的总体百分比一致性和kappa系数良好。在比较总参与行为时，发现使用ICER-R收集的数据与E-Qual III之间存在统计学上的显著相关性。
ICER-R被认为是测量残疾儿童在幼儿环境中参与度的有效且可靠的工具。研究结果支持ICER-R作为一种对从业者友好的工具的潜力。
