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Direct linkBaroody, Alison E. – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2017
This study examined the contribution of classroom format on teaching effectiveness and achievement in English language arts (ELA) and mathematics. Secondary data analyses of the Measures of Effective Teaching database included 464 US classrooms. Classrooms were defined as self-contained if a generalist teacher provided instruction on all subjects…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Classroom Design, Academic Achievement, Language Arts
Harder, Bettina; Vialle, Wilma; Ziegler, Albert – High Ability Studies, 2014
Recent handbooks of giftedness or expertise propose a plethora of conceptions on the development of excellent performance but, to our knowledge, there are no comparative studies that provide empirical evidence of their validity to guide researchers and practitioners in their adoption of a particular conception. This study sought to close that gap…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Expertise, Evidence, Validity
Lakin, Joni M.; Lohman, David F. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2011
Effective talent-identification procedures minimize the proportion of students whose subsequent performance indicates that they were mistakenly included in or excluded from the program. Classification errors occur when students who were predicted to excel subsequently do not excel or when students who were not predicted to excel do. Using a…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Predictive Validity, Nonverbal Tests, Second Language Learning
We Knew Them when: Sixth Grade Characteristics that Predict Adolescent High School Social Identities
Stone, Margaret R.; Barber, Bonnie L.; Eccles, Jacquelynne S. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2008
Discriminant function analysis assessed the predictive relevance of nine characteristics measured in sixth grade for differentiating among social identities claimed 4 years later by 616 participants in the Michigan Study of Life Transitions. For females, the first discriminant function, associated with academic motivation, self-esteem, and…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Student Motivation, Academic Achievement, Discriminant Analysis
Download full textPracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2017
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2017, taking place in Budapest, Hungary, from 29 of April to 1 of May, 2017. Modern psychology offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Anxiety, Cognitive Restructuring, Outcomes of Treatment
Peer reviewedPowers, Stephen; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1986
The predictive validity of the Standard Progressive Matrices (SPM) was examined with a sample of 212 sixth-grade students and 214 seventh-grade students. Correlation coefficients between the SPM and the California Achievement Tests of Reading, Language, and Mathematics ranged from .34 to .60. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academic Achievement, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Tests
Peer reviewedTenenbaum, Gershon – Journal of Educational Research, 1986
Two studies investigated the effects of three instructional methods on lower and higher cognitive processes of sixth- and ninth-grade students. Results are discussed. (Author/MT)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 6
Peer reviewedSolano-Flores, Guillermo – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1993
Studied the ability of logical test design (LTD) to predict student performance in reading Roman numerals for 211 sixth graders in Mexico City tested on Roman numeral items varying on LTD-related and non-LTD-related variables. The LTD-related variable item iterativity was found to be the best predictor of item difficulty. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Algorithms, Difficulty Level, Elementary School Students
Wang, Jia; Niemi, David; Wang, Haiwen – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2007
The main goal of this report is to present evidence on the predictive validity of an English language arts (ELA) performance assessment (PA) administered in Grades 2-9 in a large urban school district. To account for the hierarchical structure of the data (students are nested within schools), we employed hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) to…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Language Arts, Performance Based Assessment, Standardized Tests
Belsito, Laura; Ryan, Bruce A.; Brophy, Kathleen – Psychology in the Schools, 2005
The present study validated a brief at-risk screening instrument designed for easy use by teachers in the elementary school. School performance measures were collected for students in first to sixth grade one year following initial teacher ratings using the Screening For At-Risk Status screening instrument. Findings indicated that the instrument…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Predictive Validity, High Risk Students, Academic Achievement
Wakefield, John F. – 1992
A longitudinal study of various measures of creativity was conducted to determine the validity of a number of possible predictors of an arts orientation. Tests of creative thinking, creative personality, divergent thinking, intelligence, and school achievement were administered to above-average fifth-graders (N=23), who also drew pictures based on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Art, Art Expression, Creative Expression
