About the Measure
Domains | Mental health and wellbeing, Perceptions of Self |
Key stages | Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3 |
Subscales | General progress; Specific progress; Observational comparison; Social feedback; Physiological states |
Description | The WSPS provides an estimation on how children feel about themselves as writers. |
Example | My writing has improved |
Link | http://www.jstor.org/stable/20201910?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents |
Psychometry | |
Implementation |
Implementation details
No. of items | 38 |
Format | Likert |
Respondent | Self |
Scoring | Standardised |
Time | 0 |
Age | 9-12 |
Cost single purchase | Available in jou |
Cost per child | Available in jou |
Psychometric details
UK norms | No |
Cronbach's α | .87-.91 |
Test retest | Not reported |
Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
EFA | Not reported |
CFA | Not reported |
Criterion validity | Not reported |
Construct validity | Not reported |
Concurrent validity | Not reported |
Predictive validity | Not reported |
Responsiveness | Not reported |
Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
References | Bottomley, D., Henk, W., & Melnick, S. (1997). Assessing children's views about themselves as writers using the Writer Self-Perception Scale. The Reading Teacher, 51(4), 286-296. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/20201910 |