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Kane, Michael – Language Testing, 2012
The argument-based approach to validation involves two steps; specification of the proposed interpretations and uses of the test scores as an interpretive argument, and the evaluation of the plausibility of the proposed interpretive argument. More ambitious interpretations and uses tend to involve an extended network of inferences and assumptions…
Descriptors: Testing, Language Tests, Inferences, Test Validity
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Mirkov, Snežana – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2013
The paper represents a synthesis of results obtained in empirical studies of variables related to learning process. A number of studies were carried out within the Students Approaches to Learning perspective. According to the 3P model of learning, the complex of learning process comprises three learning approaches--Deep, Surface and Achievement…
Descriptors: Synthesis, Learning Processes, Meta Analysis, Questionnaires
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Lafave, Mark R.; Katz, Larry; Vaughn, Norman – Athletic Training Education Journal, 2013
Context: In order to study the efficacy of assessment methods, a theoretical framework of Earl's model of assessment was introduced. Objective: (1) Introduce the predictive learning assessment model (PLAM) as an application of Earl's model of learning; (2) test Earl's model of learning through the use of the Standardized Orthopedic Assessment Tool…
Descriptors: Models, Evaluation Methods, Learning, Quasiexperimental Design
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Thomas, Troy Devon; Singh, Lenandlar; Gaffar, Kemuel – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2013
In this paper, we compare the utility of modified versions of the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) model in explaining mobile learning adoption in higher education in a developing country and evaluate the size and direction of the impacts of the UTAUT factors on behavioural intention to adopt mobile learning in higher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Adoption (Ideas), Higher Education
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Caprara, Gian Vittorio; Di Giunta, Laura; Pastorelli, Concetta; Eisenberg, Nancy – Psychological Assessment, 2013
Building on previous studies that formulated measures for assessing self-efficacy beliefs regarding the management of anger/irritation and despondency/sadness, we developed 3 new scales to assess perceived self-efficacy in managing fear, shame/embarrassment, and guilt. In Study 1, the internal and construct validity of the 5 aforementioned…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Affective Behavior, Measures (Individuals), Psychological Patterns
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Hardy, Graham – Research in Science Education, 2014
In this study, the author developed a model to describe academic self-concept (ASC) in science and validated an instrument for its measurement. Unlike previous models of science ASC, which envisage science as a homogenous single global construct, this model took a multidimensional view by conceiving science self-concept as possessing distinctive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Self Concept, Guidelines, Models
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Bickmore, Dana L. – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2011
The purpose of this replication study was to confirm a model of middle grades principal leadership, Developmentally Responsive Middle Level Leadership (DRMLL), proposed by Brown and Anfara (2002) through the validation of the "Middle Level Leadership Questionnaire" (MLLQ), which was developed by Anfara, Roney, Smarkola, DuCette, and…
Descriptors: Principals, Middle Schools, Leadership, Models
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Chan, Carol K. K. – Metacognition and Learning, 2012
This discussion paper for this special issue examines co-regulation of learning in computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) environments extending research on self-regulated learning in computer-based environments. The discussion employs a socio-cognitive perspective focusing on social and collective views of learning to examine how…
Descriptors: Discussion, Construct Validity, Validity, Metacognition
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Nielsen, Steffen Bohni; Lemire, Sebastian; Skov, Majbritt – American Journal of Evaluation, 2011
Evaluation capacity building (ECB) has become an area in the evaluation field that is attracting both scholarly attention and the practical work of evaluators. Despite some recent contributions, differing conceptions still exist concerning what constitutes ECB, let alone the nature of the capacity being built. Responding to an earlier call on the…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Local Government, Models, Measurement
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Barjesteh, Hamed; Birjandi, Parviz; Maftoon, Parviz – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
This study is a report on the design, development, and validation of a model within the main tenets of critical pedagogy (CP) with a hope to implement in education in general and applied linguistics in particular. To develop a transformative L2 materials preparation (TLMP) model, the researchers drew on Crawford's (1978) principles of CP as a…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Transformative Learning, Language Planning, Material Development
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Wagler, Amy; Wagler, Ron – Teacher Education and Practice, 2013
This article reevaluates the latent structure of the Teacher Efficacy Scale using confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) on a sample of preservice teachers from a public university in the U.S. Southwest. The fit of a proposed two-factor CFA model with an error correlation structure consistent with internal/ external locus of control is compared to…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Self Efficacy, Self Concept Measures, Factor Analysis
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Diket, Read M.; Xu, Lihua; Brewer, Thomas M. – Studies in Art Education: A Journal of Issues and Research in Art Education, 2014
The aspirational model resulted from the authors' secondary analysis of the Mother/Child (M/C) test block from the 2008 National Assessment of Educational Progress restricted data that examined the responses of the national sample of 8th-grade students (n = 1648). This test block presented no artmaking task and consisted of the same 13 questions…
Descriptors: Group Testing, Art Education, Grade 8, National Surveys
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King, Ronnel B.; Watkins, David A. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2012
The aim of the present study was to test the cross-cultural validity of the five-factor structure of social goals that Dowson and McInerney proposed. Using both between-network and within-network approaches to construct validation, 1,147 Filipino high school students participated in the study. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated that the…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Objectives, Social Attitudes, Filipino Americans
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Adnan, Mohamad Azrien Mohamed; Nordin, Mohd Sahari; Ibrahim, Mohd Burhan – Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Sciences, 2013
This paper aimed at examining the learning strategies constructs and to investigate the relationship between learning strategies and motivation in Arabic courses. The study uses a questionnaire as the information-gathering instrument, and the participants comprised students from two public universities in Peninsular Malaysia who are studying…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Strategies, Student Motivation, Correlation
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Mofreh, Samah Ali Mohsen; Ghafar, Mohammed Najib Abdul; Omar, Abdul Hafiz Hj; Mosaku, Monsurat; Ma'ruf, Amar – International Education Studies, 2014
This paper focuses on the psychometric analysis of lecturers' beliefs on teaching function (LBTF) survey using Rasch Model analysis. The sample comprised 34 Community Colleges' lecturers. The Rasch Model is applied to produce specific measurements on the lecturers' beliefs on teaching function in order to generalize results and inferential…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Beliefs, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Surveys
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