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Byman, Reijo; Krokfors, Leena; Toom, Auli; Maaranen, Katriina; Jyrhama, Riitta; Kynaslahti, Heikki; Kansanen, Pertti – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2009
In this article, we will discuss research-based teacher education as an organizing theme of teacher education. We will report the results of two surveys in which students expressed their attitudes towards the research-based approach and their experiences of research-based teacher education. The construct validity of the inventory was tested using…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Student Attitudes, Construct Validity, Factor Analysis
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Beglar, David – Language Testing, 2010
The primary purpose of this study was to provide preliminary validity evidence for a 140-item form of the Vocabulary Size Test, which is designed to measure written receptive knowledge of the first 14,000 words of English. Nineteen native speakers of English and 178 native speakers of Japanese participated in the study. Analyses based on the Rasch…
Descriptors: Test Items, Native Speakers, Test Validity, Vocabulary
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Arbaugh, J. B.; Hwang, Alvin – Internet and Higher Education, 2006
This paper assesses the construct validity of the dimensions of teaching presence, one of three types of presence articulated in Garrison, Anderson, and Archer's [Garrison, D.R., Anderson, T., and Archer, W. (2000). "Critical inquiry in a text-based environment: Computer conferencing in higher education." "The Internet and higher education", 2,…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Administrator Education, Higher Education, Online Courses
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Cheek, Earl H., Jr.; Steward, Frances A.; Launey, Byron L.; Borgia, Laurel G. – Reading Improvement, 2004
The purpose of the study was to explore measurement of preservice teachers' reading beliefs, perceptions, and teaching styles, implementing The Teachers' Reading Aptitude "Voice" Scale (TRAVS). An educational problem exists of effectively linking beliefs, qualities, and actions that affect instructional decision-making, collaboration,…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Reading Instruction, Preservice Teachers, Construct Validity
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Madson, Michael B.; Melchert, Timothy P.; Whipp, Joan L. – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2004
A syllabus analysis instrument was developed to assist program evaluators, administrators and faculty in the identification of skills that students use as they complete their college coursework. While this instrument can be tailored for use with a variety of learning domains, we used it to assess students' use of and exposure to computer…
Descriptors: Computers, Course Descriptions, Program Evaluation, Reliability