Questionnaire for Assessing Preschoolers’ Organizational Abilities in Their Natural Environments: Development and Establishment of Validity and Reliability

Table 2

QAPOA-P factor loading and Cronbach’s alpha.

Item number	Item	Factor 1; Language-based	Factor 2; Motor-based
1	Selects preferred game at home		0.36
2	Selects preferred game and/or equipment in the playground		0.33
3	Places game pieces correctly in space (assembles in accordance with a model)
4	Uses playground equipment efficiently (i.e., ladders, swings)		0.50
5	Moves about freely in space without stumbling over obstacles		0.59
6	Times body movements appropriately during motor activities (i.e., hand games, ball games)		0.70
7	Plays board games according to the rules		0.40
8	Initiates stories and/or establishes rules during free play	0.38
9	Relates to the initiatives of another child during free play		0.42
10	Follows the sequence of a game		0.54
11	Conveys ideas intelligibly to other players	0.64
12	Selects an appropriate place to perform activities (drawing, coloring, completing work sheets)		0.51
13	Keeps the workspace organized and clean		0.31
14	Conducts a conversation with an adult to get information	0.63
15	Cuts effectively		0.50
16	Uses suitable quantities of glue		0.51
17	Places drawn or pasted items correctly on a page		0.55
18	Completes work sheet at a reasonable rate		0.50
19	Arranges items according to sequence (i.e., colors, shapes, numbers)	0.44
20	Analyzes/synthesizes words into/from phonemes	0.58
21	Performs activities that include spatial concepts (i.e., “put the…in front of/outside the…”)	0.64
22	Follows complex instructions in sequence (i.e., “put the… and then pick up the...”)	0.64
23	Conducts self -according to accepted daily home routine		0.55
24	Adapts to changes in home activities		0.56
25	Organizes and describes a story sequence using pictures	0.67
26	Relates experiences and topics learned in preschool	0.51
27	Imitates a sequence of movements (i.e., a dance)		0.38
28	Uses newly learned words in their proper context	0.70
29	Performs daily activities according to the correct sequence (i.e., gets dressed, personal hygiene)	0.49
30	Able to convey personal information (family members, address, age)	0.47
31	Seeks help from an adult when needed
32	Parent: operates devices such as a knife for spreading, opens lunch bag’ or pants’ zippers)		0.43
33	Independent in toileting		0.43
34	Blows nose and maintains personal hygiene		0.55
35	Puts personal belongings in their proper place (i.e., organizes toys)		0.59
36	Focuses on topic of discussion and not associative topics	0.62
37	Shares a personal experience in an organized understandable manner	0.72
38	Formulates questions correctly	0.78
39	Relates and responds appropriately to what others say	0.66
40	Seeks help from an adult or a child when needed using gestures, words, or sentences	0.53
41	Uses properly constructed, understandable sentences for conveying experiences/ideas (vocabulary, grammar, and sentence structure)	0.80
42	Pronounces words clearly and intelligibly to the listener	0.70
43	Speech is accompanied by appropriate gestures, intonation, and facial expression	0.59
44	Adapts to a variety of social situations		0.50
	Cronbach’s α	0.94	0.79

QAPOA-P: Questionnaire for Assessing Preschoolers’ Organizational Abilities, Parents’ version.