تقييم الخصائص السيكومترية لمقياس تقدير الخصائص السلوكية للكشف عن الطلبة الموهوبين في المرحلة الابتدائية بدولة الكويت

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Abstract: The aim of this study was to assess the psychometric properties of the behavioral characteristics scale to identify gifted students for elementary gifted students (9-11 years) in Kuwait through measuring the Renzulli Scale. This study was an attempt to answer the following questions: (1) To what extent are the items in the scale valid in terms of discriminative ability?, and (2) What are the indicators of the validity and reliability of the Renzulli scale? The actual sample consisted of 555 students for these dimensions (Learning, Creativity, Motivation, Leadership, Communication (accuracy), Communication (expressive), Drama, Planning, Reading, Technology, and Science), 570 students for the remaining dimension such as Math, 554 students for Music, and 595 for the Art dimension The sample was from fourth and fifth graders representing all children in the four governorates in Kuwait (Capital, Mubarak Al-Kabeer, Al-Ahmadi, and Al-Jahra) in the academic year 2012-2013. The following instruments were used for the purpose of the study: the SRBCSS for identifying gifted learners, the Toni-2 Test, the Torrance Creative Thinking Test, Raven's Progressive Creative Matrices Test, and the End-of-First Semester Exam in the academic year 2012-2013. The results indicated that the items on the SRBCSS had highly discriminative coefficients in all dimensions, a high degree of arbitrators' validity and construct validity except in art and music, a considerable degree of concurrent validity with the achievement test, and an acceptable degree of concurrent validity with the Raven and Torrance tests. Moreover, the scale (SRBCSS) had a good degree of internal consistency reliability. Stable reliability score ranged between 284 for technology and 730 for leadership. Finally, a training session will be a specific recommendation for teachers who are asked to use the scale. Keywords: psychometric characteristics, behavioral characteristics scale, identification, elementary stage, Kuwait