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Maulana, Ridwan; Helms-Lorenz, Michelle; van de Grift, Wim – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2015
The present study examines the development of a measure tapping students' perceptions of (pre-service) teachers' teaching behaviour to explore the practical value of such a measure in teacher education and teacher professional development programs. From a sample of 1,635 students of 91 pre-service teachers teaching in secondary education in The…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Test Construction, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education
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Klassen, Robert M.; Aldhafri, Said; Mansfield, Caroline F.; Purwanto, Edy; Siu, Angela F. Y.; Wong, Marina W.; Woods-McConney, Amanda – Journal of Experimental Education, 2012
This study explored the validity of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale in a sample of 853 practicing teachers from Australia, Canada, China (Hong Kong), Indonesia, and Oman. The authors used multigroup confirmatory factor analysis to test the factor structure and measurement invariance across settings, after which they examined the relationships…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis
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te Nijenhuis, Jan; Hartmann, Peter – Intelligence, 2006
Spearman's "Law of Diminishing Returns" states that the g saturation of a test is greater for individuals with lower, rather than higher, test scores, and that it decreases with age. A common methodological problem in testing Spearman's "Law of Diminishing Returns" with respect to ability differentiation is how to create the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Cognitive Structures, Ability Grouping
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Wildy, Helen; Forster, Pat; Louden, William; Wallace, John – Journal of Educational Administration, 2004
School principals have difficulty embracing the competing demands of school restructuring. These demands include being accountable for the outcomes of other decision-making groups within, or external to, the school community; having strong views while making decisions collaboratively; and using group processes without wasting the time, commitment,…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Foreign Countries, Principals, Goodness of Fit