Lingeswaran Anand
Department of Psychiatry, Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Puducherry, India.
J Educ Health Promot. 2013 Jul 31;2:30. doi: 10.4103/2277-9531.115807. eCollection 2013.
Evaluation of fund of knowledge about SLD among kindergarten and primary school teachers is essential to avoid misdiagnosis of SLD and to plan for specific teacher education to enable early identification of SLD among children.
To assess the knowledge of learning disability among primary school teachers in India and to investigate its psychometric properties.
An observational study was carried out 34 primary school teachers from 2 different schools in Puducherry town agreed to participate in this study with informed consent. We used a multiple choice questionnaire format with a total of 50 questions, 5 choices for each question and a total score of 50. The study was held at the schools where these teachers were employed using pen and paper testing method and data were entered into the computer for statistical analysis.
Total scores on the questionnaire of all teachers were calculated. Content validity, reliability coefficient, discrimination factor, and facility factor were analyzed using SPSS software.
29% of the questions were correctly answered by all 34 teachers. The mean total score for this sample was 14.50 ± 9 and total item score for the 50 items was 9.90 ± 4. Cronbach's (α) reliability was 0.89. Overall discrimination index was + 0.2 and facility factor analysis score was 0.26.
Validation of this new screening questionnaire was successful in Indian setting. It has to be used in other settings to extrapolate our findings.
评估幼儿园和小学教师关于特定学习障碍（SLD）的知识储备，对于避免SLD的误诊以及规划特定的教师培训以实现儿童SLD的早期识别至关重要。
评估印度小学教师对学习障碍的了解，并调查其心理测量特性。
开展一项观察性研究，本地治里镇两所不同学校的34名小学教师在获得知情同意后同意参与本研究。我们采用多项选择题问卷形式，共50个问题，每个问题有5个选项，总分50分。研究在这些教师任职的学校采用纸笔测试法进行，数据录入计算机进行统计分析。
计算所有教师问卷的总分。使用SPSS软件分析内容效度、信度系数、区分度因子和难度因子。
所有34名教师都正确回答了29%的问题。该样本的平均总分是14.50±9，50个项目的总项目得分是9.90±4。克朗巴哈（α）信度为0.89。总体区分指数为+0.2，难度因子分析得分是0.26。
这份新的筛查问卷在印度环境中验证成功。必须在其他环境中使用以推广我们的研究结果。
