Table 5.
Predictors of composite score performance
| B | SE (B) | β | t | Sig. (p) | 95 % CI for B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City | −0.889 | 0.201 | −0.217 | −4.420 | <.0001 | −0.129, −0.49 |
| School type (Province) | −0.542 | 0.250 | −0.122 | −0.2168 | 0.031 | −1.03, −0.05 |
| School type (City) | −0.006 | 0.230 | −0.001 | −0.026 | 0.979 | −0.46, 0.45 |
| Gender | 0.091 | 1.015 | 0.004 | 0.090 | 0.928 | −1.90, 2.09 |
| Age | 0.022 | 0.021 | 0.099 | 1.087 | 0.277 | −0.02, 0.06 |
| Education (High school) | 1.525 | 0.942 | 0.162 | 1.618 | 0.106 | −0.33, 3.38 |
| Education (Middle vocational) | 2.008 | 0.904 | 0.387 | 2.200 | 0.027 | 0.23, 3.79 |
| Education (High vocational) | 1.913 | 0.896 | 0.471 | 2.136 | 0.033 | 0.15, 3.67 |
| Education (College) | 1.842 | 0.909 | 0.411 | 2.025 | 0.043 | 0.05, 3.63 |
| Teacher experience | −0.029 | 0.022 | −0.119 | −1.314 | 0.189 | −0.07, 0.02 |
| Formal training in early child development | −0.244 | 0.266 | −0.045 | −0.917 | 0.359 | −0.77, 0.28 |
| Child with special needs in the classroom | −0.0254 | 0.205 | −0.063 | −1.243 | 0.215 | −0.66, 0.15 |
| Previous experience with special needs | 0.122 | 0.255 | 0.023 | 0.480 | 0.631 | −0.38, 0.62 |
| Awareness of ASD | 0.430 | 0.546 | 0.038 | 0.789 | 0.431 | −0.64, 1.50 |
Note: F = 2.532, p = 0.02; For School type, District is set as the reference. For Education, Middle school is set as the reference
Teacher experience = duration of preschool teaching experience. Child with special needs in the classroom = a history of instruction of a class with at least one child with special needs. Previous experience with special needs = a history of formal training in the instruction of children with special needs. Awareness of ASD = awareness of the term ASD