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Lu, Jingyan; Luo, Jiutong; Liang, Luyao; Jing, Mengguo – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2019
This study develops two scales, namely, the outside school social media behavior (OSSMB) scale and inside school social media behavior (ISSMB) scale, to measure the types of behavior that adolescent students engage in on social media in two separate contexts: outside school and inside school. Data collected from 814 students in four Hong Kong…
Descriptors: Social Media, Leisure Time, Educational Environment, Secondary School Students
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Leung, Ka Man; Chung, Pak-Kwong; Ransdell, Lynda B.; Gao, Yong – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2016
We examined psychometric properties of a Modified Physical Activity Questionnaire for Children (MPAQ-C). Thirty-two parents (Study 1), 40 students (6-9 years) and one of each student's parents (Study 2), and 625 parents (Study 3) completed the MPAQ-C. The MPAQ-C (six items) measured children's physical activity (PA) after school, and during…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Factor Analysis, Questionnaires, Physical Activity Level
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Ho, Esther Sui Chu; Sum, Kwok Wing – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2018
This study aims to construct and validate the Career and Educational Decision Self-Efficacy Inventory for Secondary Students (CEDSIS) by using a sample of 2,631 students in Hong Kong. Principal component analysis yielded a three-factor structure, which demonstrated good model fit in confirmatory factor analysis. High reliability was found for the…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Self Concept Measures, Test Construction, Test Validity
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Kwok, Ping Wai – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2015
A Chinese version of the Science Laboratory Environment Inventory (SLEI) was used to study the students' perceptions of the actual and preferred laboratory learning environments in Hong Kong junior secondary science lessons. Valid responses of the SLEI from 1932 students of grade 7 to grade 9 indicated that an open-ended inquiry approach seldom…
Descriptors: Science Laboratories, Science Instruction, Preferences, Student Attitudes
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Leong, Samuel; Qiu, Xue-Lan – Educational Psychology, 2013
Having accurate insights of teachers' conceptions of creativity and the role of assessment in arts education would inform education policy, training programmes and the measurement of learning outcomes. Yet no study has been found to examine the relationship between teachers' conceptions of creativity and their conceptions of assessment in arts…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Creativity, Art Education, Teacher Attitudes
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Lee, John Chi-Kin; Zhang, Zhonghua; Yin, Hongbiao – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2010
This article used the multidimensional random coefficients multinomial logit model to examine the construct validity and detect the substantial differential item functioning (DIF) of the Chinese version of motivated strategies for learning questionnaire (MSLQ-CV). A total of 1,354 Hong Kong junior high school students were administered the…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Rating Scales, Questionnaires, Goodness of Fit