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The aim of the research described in this article was the development of an instrument to measure social emotional characteristics and special educational and pedagogical needs of students in the last grade of primary education. Questionnaires were developed for teachers as well as for students.
Exploratory factor analyses showed that the factors underlying the structure of the teacher questionnaire corresponded for the larger part with the negative poles of four factors of the Big Five, i.e., conscientiousness, agreeableness, extraversion, and emotional stability. A stepwise regression analysis was conducted to examine which factors contribute to the prediction of type of secondary education. Intelligence was the most important predictor; lack of conscientiousness accounted for another nine percent of the variance in level of secondary education.
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Le but de la recherche décrite en cet article était le développement d’un instrument pour mesurer des caractéristiques socioémotives et des beso ins éducatifs et pédagogiques spéciaux des écoliers dans la dernière classe de l’éducation primaire. Des questionnaires ont été développés pour des professeurs aussi bien que pour des écoliers. Les analyses factorielles exploratives ont montré que les facteurs sousjacents la structure du questionnaire de professeur correspondent pour la partie plus grande aux pôles négatifs de quatre facteurs des Grands Cinq, c.-à-d., se comporter consciencieux, se conduire agréable, extraversion, et stabilité émotive. Une analyse de régression par étapes a été accompli pour examiner si les facteurs contribuent à la prévision du type d’enseignement secondaire. L’intelligence était le prédicteur le plus important; le manque de conscience a compté pour encore neuf pour cent de la variation dans le niveau de l’enseignement secondaire.
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Meijer, J., Fossen, M., van Putten, C.M. et al. Social-emotional characteristics and special educational needs. Eur J Psychol Educ 21, 385–400 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03173509
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