Constructing and Validating of Neuropsychological Skills Teacher Form Questionnaire in Isfahan Preschool Children

The purpose of this study was to constructing , investigating validating of the neuropsychological skills teacher form questionnaire in preschool children.

The research method was descriptive survey. The statistical population consisted of all students of preschools in isfahan city. The research sample was determined according to Cochran ,s formula of 374 preschool children. Corona restrictions prevented the questionnaire from being published online and preschool teachers filled out online questionnaire for 410 children. In order to investigate the construct validity, exploratory factor analysis method in the main components and the varimax variables and confirmatory factor analysis for goodness of fit the model were used.

The results confirmed the face and content validity, discriminant validity and construct validity of the researcher-made test. The reliability of the test by calculating the Cronbach's alpha was 0.921 and with split half method was 0.843.Clinical cut off point were 2.86. Considering eigenvalues greater than 1, eighteen factors in the first order and five factors in the second order were extracted using exploratory factor analysis respectively showing 83.58 and 85.59 percent of the total variance of the scale. Confirmatory factor analysis shows that load factors in all questions were higher than 0.4 and significant as well (p<0.001).

Based on the results of the present study, it can be concluded that the neuropsychological skills teacher form questionnaire has adequate validity and reliability and can be used as a valid tool for the assessment of the neuropsychological skills in preschool children.