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Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Structure of Teacher Evaluation for Curiosity of Three-to Six-Years-Olds Infants

ZHANG Ri-sheng1, HU Ke-zu2, YANG Li-zhu2   

  1. 1. Developmental Psychology Institute, Beijing Normal Unviersity, Beijing, China 100875;
    2. School of Education, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, China 116029
  • Online:2005-04-15 Published:2005-04-15

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Abstract: This study sought to clarify the construction of preschool children's curiosity.Curiosity characters of 480 preschool children were described by 80 preschool teachers.Based on this,the paper designed a 60 items original Curiosity Questionnaire For Three-to Six-Year-Olds(Teacher Rating),then 500 infants were evaluated by their teacher with this questionnaire.Based on the results of exploratory factor analysis for original questionnaire,formed a 33 items formal questionnaire.The formal questionnaire was administered to 1000 infants.The authors analyzed and tested the formal questionnaire by means of confirmatory factor analysis.As results showed,the questionnaire included six factors:sensitivity,attention to unknown things,intention to ask,intention to manipulate,permanent exploratory and experience of curiosity.

Key words: 3-6 years old child, structure of curiosity, teacher rating, exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis

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  • B844.1
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