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Elçi, Ebru; Uzunboylu, Hüseyin – South African Journal of Education, 2020
The aim of the study reported on here was to develop a universal and cultural values scale (UCVS) to measure the universal and cultural values to be incorporated in primary education. The items measured were derived from an item pool prepared with expert consultation. The study was conducted with 360 fifth-grade students who attended primary…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Values Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 5
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Ahmad, Jamilah; Siew, Nyet Moi – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2021
There are limited research studies about the development of test instrument to assess the level of entrepreneurial thinking among children in STEM education. The purpose of this research was to develop an Entrepreneurial Science Thinking Test (ESTT) for primary school children in STEM Education and evaluate its validity and reliability. The ESTT…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Children, Entrepreneurship, Thinking Skills
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Cairney, John; Clark, Heather; Dudley, Dean; Kriellaars, Dean – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2019
Purpose: Physical literacy (PL) has been proposed as a key construct for understanding participation in physical activity. However, the lack of an agreed-upon definition and measure has hindered research on the topic. The current study proposed and analyzed the construct validity of a PL model comprised of motor competence, perceived competence,…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Literacy, Physical Education, Children
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Arbeau, Kimberley A.; Coplan, Robert J.; Matheson, Adrienne – Social Development, 2012
A social surrogate is a person who helps a shy individual deal with the stresses of a social situation. Previous research has only investigated social surrogate use in adults. The purpose of the current study was to develop and evaluate a new self-report measure of social surrogacy in middle childhood and to explore the implications of this…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Elementary School Students, Victims, Shyness
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Gadermann, Anne M.; Guhn, Martin; Zumbo, Bruno D. – Social Indicators Research, 2011
The objective of this study was to investigate the substantive aspect of construct validity of the Satisfaction with Life Scale adapted for Children (SWLS-C; Gadermann et al. in Soc Indic Res 96:229-247, "2010"). Specifically, the study examined the cognitive processes of children when responding to the items of the SWLS-C to find out how they…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Cognitive Processes, Elementary School Students, Children
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Xu, Yiyuan; Farver, Jo Ann M.; Chang, Lei; Zhang, Zengxiu; Yu, Lidong – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2007
This paper reports on three studies of shy behavior in Mainland Chinese children. In Study 1 (N = 107, M age = 10.05), a Chinese Shyness Scale (CSS) was developed based on Chinese teachers' open-ended descriptions of children's shy behavior. In Study 2 (N = 388, M age = 10.80) and Study 3 (N = 198, M age = 10.20), the construct validity of the two…
Descriptors: Shyness, Construct Validity, Validity, Children