Research Article

Looking through the Same Eyes? Do Teachers’ Participation Ratings Match with Ratings of Students with Autism Spectrum Conditions in Mainstream Schools?

Table 3

The statements on which the students with ASC and the teachers disagreed the most and the least, presented with Weighted Kappa values*, means1, standard deviations (SD), medians, and interquartile ranges (IQRs). Not applicable: N.A.

StatementsDisagreementWeighted Kappa*Scores (mean1 (SD) and median (IQR))

≥40%Students with ASCTeachers

Me and my classmates are together as long as I want to40.00.033.3 (1.3), 3.0 (1.0)N.A., 4.0, (2.0)
I want to help my classmates in school40.00.133.5 (1.4), 4.0 (2.0)3.4 (1.0), 3.0 (1.0)
I talk to teachers during recess40.0>0.014.0 (1.2), 4.0 (2.0)N.A., 5.0 (1.0)
I am bullied at school42.1N.A.2.5 (1.3), 2.0 (2.0)N.A., 1.5 (2.0)
I work with different learning materials than my classmates42.9N.A.2.6 (1.3), 3.0 (2.0)N.A., 1.0 (1.0)
I can like a friend even if we sometimes disagree57.10.252.8 (1.1), 3.0 (2.0)N.A., 3.0 (1.0)

≤ 10%Students with ASCTeachers

I go on outings when the school arranges it4.8N.A.N.A., 5.0 (0.5)N.A., 5.0 (0.0)
My teacher helps me to concentrate during lessons5.0N.A.3.5 (1.2), 4.0 (1.0)3.7 (1.0), 4.0 (1.0)
I want to participate in P.E. 5.30.643.9 (1.6), 4.5 (1.8)N.A., 5.0 (1.0)
I talk to my classmates on the phone/Internet after school5.5N.A.2.0 (1.0), 2.0 (2.0)N.A., 1.0 (1.0)
It is hard for me to get friends5.9N.A.2.1 (0.9), 2.0 (0.8)2.7 (0.8), 2.5 (1.0)
I meet my classmates after school9.10.132.1 (0.9), 2.0 (1.3)N.A., 2.0, (0.0)
I participate in P.E.9.50.51N.A., 5.0 (1.0)N.A., 5.0 (0.3)
I want to go on outings when the school arrange it10.0N.A.N.A., 5.0 (2.0)N.A., 5.0 (1.0)

1 Mean values are presented where applicable depending on distribution of the data.
*Weighted Kappa value was not applicable when the answers were not symmetrically distributed.