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Niemi, David; Wang, Jia; Steinberg, Diane H.; Baker, Eva L.; Wang, Haiwen – Educational Assessment, 2007
Validation of assessments intended to improve instruction and learning should include evidence of instructional sensitivity. This study investigated the instructional sensitivity of a standards-based ninth-grade performance assessment that required students to write an essay about conflict in a literary work. Before administering the assessment,…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Performance Based Assessment, Performance Tests, Literary Criticism
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Jones, Diane Carlson; Vigfusdottir, Thorbjorg Helga; Lee, Yoonsun – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2004
This research evaluates the contributions of three dimensions of appearance culture (appearance magazine exposure, appearance conversations with friends, and peer appearance criticism) and body mass index (BMI) to internalization of appearance ideals and body image dissatisfaction. Four hundred thirty-three girls and 347 boys in Grades 7 through…
Descriptors: Criticism, Periodicals, Gender Differences, Body Composition