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Schoefl, Martin; Seifert, Susanne; Steinmair, Gabriele; Weber, Christoph – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2023
Rapid automatized naming (RAN) powerfully predicts word-level reading fluency in the first 2 years of school as well as further reading development. Here, we analyze various RAN stimuli (objects and digits) and oral/silent word reading (OWR/SWR) modalities to find feasible measures for predicting early reading development. The RAN performances of…
Descriptors: Naming, Reading Fluency, Oral Reading, Grade 1
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Thomas, Almut E.; Mueller, Florian H. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2017
In school classes students influence each other at conscious and subconscious levels and therefore, students' shared perceptions are considered meaningful for the development of the individual student. This article identified situations where students' class-average perceptions of autonomy support add to the predictive validity of students'…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Student Attitudes, Personal Autonomy, Predictive Validity
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Babchishin, Kelly M.; Hanson, R. Karl; Helmus, Leslie – Assessment, 2012
Criterion-referenced measures, such as those used in the assessment of crime and violence, prioritize predictive accuracy (discrimination) at the expense of construct validity. In this article, we compared the discrimination and incremental validity of three commonly used criterion-referenced measures for sex offenders (Rapid Risk Assessment for…
Descriptors: Correlation, Predictive Validity, Accuracy, Criterion Referenced Tests
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Mokros, Andreas; Schilling, Frank; Eher, Reinhard; Nitschke, Joachim – Psychological Assessment, 2012
The Severe Sexual Sadism Scale (SSSS) is a screening device for the file-based assessment of forensically relevant sexual sadism. The SSSS consists of 11 dichotomous (yes/no) items that code behavioral indicators of severe sexual sadism within sexual offenses. Based on an Austrian sample of 105 sexual offenders, the present study replicated the…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Item Response Theory, Measures (Individuals), Clinical Diagnosis
Lassnigg, Lorenz – European Journal of Vocational Training, 2008
This article discusses the implications of a framework to improve matching supply and demand in VET by a policy to improve quality by using anticipation and foresight approaches. Analysis of the Austrian anticipation system identified some basic aspects such as policy. The analysis focused on two issues: the observation and measurement of…
Descriptors: Supply and Demand, Vocational Education, Quality Control, Foreign Countries