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Fatma Özgün Öztürk; Ganime Can Gür – International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2024
This research aims to develop an instrument for the evaluation of impulsivity traits in children and to examine the psychometric features of the developed scale. The process of developing the scale involved three main phases: namely, item generation, evaluation of content validity, and analysis of psychometric properties. The study sample…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Content Validity, Test Reliability, Psychometrics
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Ginns, Paul; Martin, Andrew J.; Freebody, Kelly; Anderson, Michael; O'Connor, Peter – Australian Journal of Education, 2023
Young people's confidence in their creative abilities, as well as their beliefs about whether these abilities are fixed or malleable, play potentially important roles in educators' efforts to foster creativity. This study explores a multidimensional model of young people's creative self-beliefs that comprises creative self-efficacy,…
Descriptors: Children, Adolescents, Creativity, Self Concept
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Østerlie, Ove; Løhre, Audhild; Haugan, Gørill – Cogent Education, 2019
One of the most important variables to consider in physical education (PE) is motivation. The self-determination theory (SDT) represents an essential theoretical perspective to examine and understand adolescents' learning and motivation in PE. Based on this theory, the Situational Motivational Scale (SIMS) measures students' situational motivation…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Student Motivation, Adolescents, Test Validity
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Gaion Rigoni, Patrícia Aparecida; Andrade do Nascimento Junior, José Roberto; Belem, Isabella Caroline; Vieira, Lenamar Fiorese; MacDonald, Dany J. – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2018
This study investigated adaptation and the psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the Youth Experience Survey for Sport (P-YES-S). Translators, professors, and athletes participated. Athletes between 14 and 18 years were recruited. The instrument was the P-YES-S. Content validity was assessed by coefficients of content and kappa,…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Correlation, Construct Validity, Interpersonal Competence
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Galikyan, Irena; Madyarov, Irshat; Gasparyan, Rubina – ETS Research Report Series, 2019
The broad range of English language teaching and learning contexts present in the world today necessitates high quality assessment instruments that can provide reliable and meaningful information about learners' English proficiency levels to relevant stakeholders. The "TOEFL Junior"® tests were recently introduced by Educational Testing…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Student Attitudes
Young, Adena E.; Worrell, Frank C. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2018
Two studies were conducted to examine and compare the construct validity of scores on the Junior Metacognition Awareness Inventory (JMAI) and problem-solving interview protocols. Participants consisted of 183 middle and high school students attending a university summer program for academically talented youth. Study 1 results indicated that JMAI…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Metacognition, Mathematics Instruction, Academically Gifted
McCoach, D. Betsy – 2000
Factors commonly associated with underachievement in the research literature include low self-concept, low self-motivation/self-regulation, negative attitude toward school, and negative peer influence. This study attempts to isolate these four factors within a secondary school population. The purpose of the study was to design a valid and reliable…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitude Measures, Construct Validity, High School Students
Lathrop, Richard G. – 1987
The Multidimensional Test of Self-Concept (MTS) is based on the assumption that an individual's perception of his/her well-being is related to the difference between the current state of that individual and the desired state. This difference between the two states may be directly measured, and a single self-concept score generated. The MTS…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Analysis of Variance, Construct Validity