Strengthening School Connectedness to Increase Student Success
Category: Student Well-Being
Instrument Overview
The Playground Observation of Peer Engagement (POPE) is an observation-based instrument measuring children‘s engagement in activities and with peers in naturalistic environments. It focuses on the time children spend in various engagement states and the frequency of their social engagement states and behaviors (games and conversations, parallel play, observing others, and solitary play).
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Organization
Topic
Student Well-Being Category
American Institutes for Research® partnered with the Annenberg Institute at Brown University to collect instruments related to student well-being.
Content
Grades
< 3 Years,
Pre-Kindergarten
Keywords
Student Well-Being ; Social-Emotional Competence ; Engagement with peers and in activities ; Peer engagement ; Playground observation ; Child social behavior ; Engagement states ; Naturalistic environments ; Observation
Respondent
Observer
Administration Information
Length
15 minutes
Administration
Paper
Psychometrics (additional guidance)
Psychometric References
Kasari, C., Rotheram-Fuller, E., & Locke, J. (2005). The development of the playground observation of peer engagement (POPE) Measure. Los Angeles, CA: University of California Los Angeles. Unpublished manuscript.
