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Le diagnostic du potentiel d’apprentissage par LPAD: Une etude de la fidélité

Learing Potential Assessment Device (LPAD): A study reliability

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L’objectif de l’étude rapportée ici consistait á évaluer la fidélité du test des Set Variations II du LPAD de Feuerstein. Des enfants de 10 ans ont été répartis en un groupe expérimental (N=20) et un groupe contrôle (N=10). Les deux groupes ont été vus à trois reprises avec les Standard Progressive Matrices (SPM): le groupe expérimental a en outre été soumis à deux sessions d’entraînement au moyen des Set Variations II. Les interventions de l’expérimentateur ont été conduites sur la base d’une grille d’entretien, puis les aides fournies ont été classées en quatre types. Les analyses ont porté sur les nombres et types d’aides fournis ainsi que sur les erreurs. des corrélations on été calculées sur ces indices, de même que sur les gains réalisés d’une passation à l’autre aux SPM. Les résultats vont dans le sens d’indices de fidélité faibles; ils attestent toutefois d’une plus grande stabilité d’une session d’entraînement à l’autre en termes du nombre d’erreurs commises par les sujets qu’en terme du nombre et type d’aides fournies. Ils témoignent aussi d’un manque de stabilité dans les gains réalisés d’une passation à l’autre des SPM. Enfin, il faut relever que le groupe expérimental ne progresse pas plus que le groupe contrôle. On en conclut que, si la fidélité ne s’avére pas trés élevée, elle est néanmoins supérieure, au moins en ce qui concerne le nombre d’erreurs, à ce que l’on pouvait attendre de prime abord.

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The present study was intended to test some of the psychometric properties of Feuerstein’s Learning Potential Assessment Device (LPAD), in particular the reliability of the Set Variations II, considered to assess modificability or learning capacity. Thirty 10-year-old children were studied: an experimental group (N=20) submitted to two training sessions with Set Variations II and a control group (N=10). Both groups were administered three times the Standard Progressive Matrices (SPM). The experimenter’s interventions during training were semi-standardized, based on an examination guide, and the helps given were classified in four types. Analyses dealt with the number and type of helps provided as well as with errors during training. Correlations between these indices for the two sessions of training were rather low, indicating weak stability, in particular with respect to the helps provided. Correlations were also computed between the gains in SPM for the three administrations, indicating low stability in amount of progression. Further, it was also noted that the experimental group did not progress more than the control group. Conclusions are drawn with respect to reliability and validity of the Set Variations Test, as well as, on a more theoretical level, with respect to the concept of cognitive modifiability.

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Les travaux expérimentaux ont été conduits par Mme Silvia Binyet, Université de Genève, dans le cadre d’un travail de diplôme post-licence, sous la direction des deux premier auteurs de cet article.

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Büchel, F.P., de Ribaupierre, A. & Scharnhorst, U. Le diagnostic du potentiel d’apprentissage par LPAD: Une etude de la fidélité. Eur J Psychol Educ 5, 135–158 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03172678

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