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<strong>Media</strong> <strong>Center</strong> <strong>Holdings</strong>- <strong>with</strong> <strong>Call</strong> <strong>Number</strong> <strong>and</strong> Librarian Notes<br />

01 Apr 2011 12:44 PM<br />

<strong>Monarch</strong> <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Center</strong><br />

Title Author<br />

<strong>Call</strong> <strong>Number</strong><br />

Resource Type: Test Kits<br />

Boehm Test of Basic Concepts -Revised Boehm, Ann E.<br />

Purpose: Designed to measure the basic positional concepts of young children.<br />

Population: Kindergarten through second grade.<br />

Score: Percentile or Total Group scores.<br />

Time: (45) minutes.<br />

Author: Ann E. Boehm.<br />

Publisher: The Psychological Corporation.<br />

790.738<br />

Description: The Boehm Test of Basic Concepts-Revised (BTBCR) was developed to measure the underst<strong>and</strong>ing<br />

of basic positional concepts of young children, that is, whether individuals in kindergarten, Grade 1, <strong>and</strong> Grade 2<br />

can correctly identify a picture from among a choice of three when presented <strong>with</strong> verbal cues incorporating such<br />

terms as over, least, left, <strong>and</strong> so on. Based on these results, children can be identified as deficient in conceptual<br />

development, <strong>with</strong> resultant curricular implications.<br />

Scoring: Once scored, the results can be translated into percentiles, which may be done by socioeconomic level,<br />

or by the total group.<br />

Reliability: A number of measures of the reliability of the instrument are presented. Correlations reported between<br />

Forms C <strong>and</strong> D (N=625) are .82 for Kindergarten, .77 for Grade 1, <strong>and</strong> .65 for Grade 2. Correlations of Forms C<br />

<strong>and</strong> D <strong>with</strong> Form A of the BTBC (N =173) are .65 <strong>and</strong> .62, respectively. Split-half reliability coefficients <strong>and</strong><br />

st<strong>and</strong>ard errors of measurement are presented by form, grade, <strong>and</strong> socioeconomic level. These relationships<br />

vary between .55 <strong>and</strong> .87, <strong>with</strong> the coefficients being lower at Grade 2 than at Kindergarten <strong>and</strong> Grade 1. Stability<br />

was measured through test-retest <strong>with</strong> a 1-week interval (N = 548) <strong>and</strong> varies between .55 <strong>and</strong> .88.<br />

Validity: Validity is measured through the relationship of scores on the Boehm-R <strong>and</strong> various measures of<br />

academic achievement (the total batteries of the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills, the California Achievement<br />

Test, <strong>and</strong> the Iowa Test of Basic Skills), as well as through reading level as measured on the Harcourt Brace<br />

Jovanovich Bookmark Reading Program. The coefficients of correlation varied from .24 (Grade 2 applications<br />

<strong>with</strong> ITBS) through .64 (Kindergarten Form D <strong>with</strong> CTBS), <strong>with</strong> a median of .44.<br />

Norms: The norming of the Boehm-R occurred in 1983, involving approximately 10,000 children in public school<br />

districts selected as nationally representative by size of the district <strong>and</strong> geographic location. Socioeconomic<br />

status was estimated based on each building's percentage of students who qualified for subsidized lunches, not<br />

on the characteristics of the individual children.<br />

Suggested Uses: Recommended for assessment of receptive conceptual development in educational <strong>and</strong><br />

research settings.<br />

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