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Measuring Chinese Teacher Professional Competence: Adapting and Validating a German Framework in China
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Yang, Xinrong; Kaiser, Gabriele; König, Johannes; Blömeke, Sigrid – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2018
The study presented in the paper has the following goals. The first is to review and compare teacher competence frameworks developed in Eastern (Chinese) and Western (German) contexts, exemplified for the domain of mathematics. Major similarities of the two contexts could be reconstructed in the conceptualization of teacher competence as a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Competencies, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Teachers
Methodological and Theoretical Issues in the Adaptation of Sign Language Tests: An Example from the Adaptation of a Test to German Sign Language
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Haug, Tobias – Language Testing, 2012
Despite the current need for reliable and valid test instruments in different countries in order to monitor the sign language acquisition of deaf children, very few tests are commercially available that offer strong evidence for their psychometric properties. This mirrors the current state of affairs for many sign languages, where very little…
Descriptors: Evidence, Sign Language, Language Tests, Construct Validity
Callings and Work Engagement: Moderated Mediation Model of Work Meaningfulness, Occupational Identity, and Occupational Self-Efficacy
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Hirschi, Andreas – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2012
Scholarly interest in callings is growing, but researchers' understanding of how and when callings relate to career outcomes is incomplete. The present study investigated the possibility that the relationship of calling to work engagement is mediated by work meaningfulness, occupational identity, and occupational self-efficacy--and that this…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Career Development, Models, Job Satisfaction
A 3 x 2 Achievement Goal Model
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Elliot, Andrew J.; Murayama, Kou; Pekrun, Reinhard – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2011
In the present research, a 3 x 2 model of achievement goals is proposed and tested. The model is rooted in the definition and valence components of competence, and encompasses 6 goal constructs: task-approach, task-avoidance, self-approach, self-avoidance, other-approach, and other-avoidance. The results from 2 studies provided strong support for…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Models, Replication (Evaluation), Competence
Teacher Behavior and Student Outcomes: Results of a European Study
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Panayiotou, Anastasia; Kyriakides, Leonidas; Creemers, Bert P. M.; McMahon, Léan; Vanlaar, Gudrun; Pfeifer, Michael; Rekalidou, Galini; Bren, Matevž – Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 2014
This study investigates the extent to which the factors included in the dynamic model of educational effectiveness are associated with student achievement gains in six different European countries. At classroom level, the dynamic model refers to eight factors relating to teacher behavior in the classroom: orientation, structuring, questioning,…
Descriptors: Teacher Behavior, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Models
The Twofold Multidimensionality of Academic Self-Concept: Domain Specificity and Separation between Competence and Affect Components
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Arens, A. Katrin; Yeung, Alexander Seeshing; Craven, Rhonda G.; Hasselhorn, Marcus – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2011
Academic self-concept is consistently proven to be multidimensional rather than unidimensional as it is domain specific in nature. However, each specific self-concept domain may be further separated into competence and affect components. This study examines the twofold multidimensionality of academic self-concept (i.e., its domain specificity and…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Construct Validity, Factor Analysis, German