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Silvas, Daniel Villalobos – ProQuest LLC, 2013
There is a growing concern from scientists and others that children today are losing their connection with nature. The degree of connectedness to nature (CN) has been hypothesized to influence a person's willingness to protect it. Unfortunately, tools used to measure CN are in their infancy and have mostly been developed for adult populations…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Children, Emotional Response, Reliability
Bogorevich, Valeriia – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Rater variation in performance assessment can impact test-takers' scores and compromise assessments' fairness and validity (Crooks, Kane, & Cohen, 1996). Rater variation can also undermine a test's validity and fairness; therefore, it is important to investigate raters' scoring patterns in order to inform rater training. Substantial work has…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, Familiarity, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Parkin, Johanna – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Although a great deal of research exists regarding various components of the Writing-Based Practice along with best practice of writing instruction, the research that does exist only examines how writing instruction impacts writing. This research study, however, examined whether there is a potential connection between a writing immersion program,…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Interviews, Observation
Trinh, Kien – ProQuest LLC, 2016
A curriculum vitae (CV) is probably the most important first piece of information for an employer to evaluate for job applications (Cole et al. 2007). The CV may lead to an interview for the position advertised. Therefore, writing a good CV is extremely essential and it is a valuable life skill to have. However, there have been debates as to the…
Descriptors: Medical Schools, College Admission, Resumes (Personal), Reliability
Grochowalski, Joseph H. – ProQuest LLC, 2015
Component Universe Score Profile analysis (CUSP) is introduced in this paper as a psychometric alternative to multivariate profile analysis. The theoretical foundations of CUSP analysis are reviewed, which include multivariate generalizability theory and constrained principal components analysis. Because CUSP is a combination of generalizability…
Descriptors: Computation, Psychometrics, Profiles, Scores
Colvin, Joshua A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The study of transformative learning within collaborative teams was conducted to gain new applicable knowledge used to influence overall school improvement and implementation of professional learning communities. To obtain this new knowledge, the Professional Learning Community Collaborative Team Survey (CTS) was developed and psychometrically…
Descriptors: Surveys, Test Construction, Test Validity, Test Reliability
Williams, Jennifer L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The problem addressed in this study was the assumption that faculty at the postsecondary level in the U. S. are not sufficiently or effectively engaged with student learning outcomes assessment (LOA) activities and/or practices. This issue emerged in two primary ways within the Scholarship of Assessment (SoA) body of literature: (1) as a…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Outcomes Assessment, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Surveys
Castro, Edgar Oscar – ProQuest LLC, 2013
A 30-year contribution of the Space Shuttle Program is the evolution of NASA's social actions through organizational learning. This study investigated how NASA learned over time following two catastrophic accidents. Schwandt's (1997) organizational Learning System Model (OLSM) characterized the learning in this High Reliability…
Descriptors: Organizational Culture, Learning, Adjustment (to Environment), Learning Processes
Leahy, Marie A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
More than five million children in the United States have a parent suffering from a severe mental illness and these children have specific experiences and needs, particularly in school. Children of mentally ill parents are at greater risk of being neglected and of developing psychological, social, emotional, and behavioral problems. They often…
Descriptors: Adults, Mental Disorders, Parents, Educational Experience
Taylor, Robin Terrell – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Reliability generalization studies were conducted on the motivation and learning strategies scales of the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) to typify score reliabilities for all scales on the instrument and to examine potential sources of measurement error across studies which used these scales. Average reliability…
Descriptors: Reliability, Generalization, Self Efficacy, Learning Strategies
Esslin, Patricia E. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Recognition that adverse events are a significant cause for morbidity and mortality has led to a rise in global efforts to improve patient safety. Adaptations are needed in healthcare institutions and at the educational preparatory level for all healthcare providers. One change surrounds the significance of patient-centered care, an important…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Rating Scales, Measures (Individuals), Health Services
Kim, Keehyung – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This dissertation, which comprises three independent essays, explores the dynamics of online user behavior and provides IS policy implications across three different applications. The first essay employs an econometric empirical analysis to examine the role of IT interventions on online users' gambling behavior, based on field data collected over…
Descriptors: Online Systems, Behavior Patterns, Use Studies, Users (Information)
Maherally, Uzma Nooreen – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a science assessment tool termed the Life Sciences Assessment (LSA) in order to assess preschool children's conceptions of basic life sciences. The hypothesis was that the four sub-constructs, each of which can be measured through a series of questions on the LSA, will make a significant…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Hypothesis Testing, Test Construction, Preschool Children
Zurheide, Jaime Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2015
The "Student-Teacher Relationship Scale" ("STRS"), a teacher-reported measure of the quality of the relationship between teachers and their students, has been used in numerous studies of students with and without disabilities from preschool to early adolescence. However, evidence for the reliability, validity, and scale…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Rating Scales, Measures (Individuals), Emotional Disturbances
Lau, Jared Miki Jun Kong – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Based on Bronfenbrenner's (1979, 1992) ecological framework, the Counseling Training Environment Scale (CTES) was developed as a self-report measure that assesses the learning and training environment of counseling and related mental health training programs as perceived by current students. A two-phase mixed-methods design was used to create…
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Measures (Individuals), Student Attitudes, Mixed Methods Research
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