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Besnoy, Kevin D.; Dantzler, John; Besnoy, Lisa R.; Byrne, Caitlin – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2016
This study evaluated the construct validity of the Traits, Aptitudes, and Behaviors Scale (TABS). Data for this study were collected from two separate school districts across three different academic years in the Southeastern United States. Of the total sample (N = 2,330), 64.6% of the children were identified as African American, 29.0% as…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Construct Validity, Personality Traits
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Goldston, M. Jenice; Dantzler, John; Day, Jeanelle; Webb, Brenda – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2013
This research centers on the psychometric examination of the structure of an instrument, known as the 5E Lesson Plan (5E ILPv2) rubric for inquiry-based teaching. The instrument is intended to measure an individual's skill in developing written 5E lesson plans for inquiry teaching. In stage one of the instrument's development, an exploratory…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Active Learning, Science Instruction, Lesson Plans
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Goldston, M. Jenice; Day, Jeanelle Bland; Sundberg, Cheryl; Dantzler, John – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2010
The purpose of this paper is to describe the procedures and the analysis of an instrument designed to measure preservice teachers' ability to develop appropriate 5E learning cycle lesson plans. The 5E "inquiry lesson plan" (ILP) rubric is comprised of 12 items with a scoring range of zero to four points per item. Content validity was…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Lesson Plans, Construct Validity, Factor Analysis