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Gencer, Ayse Savran; Dogan, Hilmi – International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2020
Critical thinking has been one of the 21st-century skills consistently associated with students' future career advancement as a positive student outcome of STEM education. The aim of the study is to develop and validate science critical thinking skill instruments to assess the improvement in the subject of living organisms and force and friction…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, STEM Education, Career Development
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Katranci, Mehmet – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
Book reading enhances the intellectual world of people. It is very important to know the factors that motivate children to read books as it will help to instill book reading habit in them. As such, the present study aims to develop a "Book Reading Motivation Scale" to determine elementary and secondary school students' reading…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Motivation, Books, Reliability
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Tekinarslan, Ilknur Cifci; Kucuker, Sevgi – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2015
Early detection of loneliness in children, especially children with special needs who are at greater risk for loneliness, is crucial for planning appropriate interventions. A review of studies regarding the assessment of loneliness in children reveals the Children's Loneliness Scale (CLS) is commonly used in other cultures whereas information…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Psychological Patterns, Social Isolation, Measures (Individuals)
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Vlachopoulos, Symeon P.; Katartzi, Ermioni S.; Kontou, Maria G. – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2013
The present study investigated the nomological validity of the Amotivation Inventory-Physical Education (Shen, Wingert, Li, Sun, & Rukavina, 2010b) scores by examining the associations of ability, effort, value, and task characteristics amotivation beliefs with self-determination theory variables. Data were collected from 401 fifth- and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Validity, Motivation, Physical Education
Duncan-Wiles, Daphne S. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
With the recent addition of engineering to most K-12 testable state standards, efficient and comprehensive instruments are needed to assess changes in student knowledge and perceptions of engineering. In this study, I developed the Students' Awareness and Perceptions of Learning Engineering (STAPLE) instrument to quantitatively measure fourth…
Descriptors: Engineering, Engineering Education, Student Attitudes, Measures (Individuals)
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Young, John W.; Cho, Yeonsuk; Ling, Guangming; Cline, Fred; Steinberg, Jonathan; Stone, Elizabeth – Educational Assessment, 2008
English language learners (ELLs) constitute one of the fastest growing subpopulations of students in the United States. It is important to determine whether the assessments used by states in determining students' proficiencies are valid and fair for ELLs. This study focused on several standards-based assessments in mathematics and science…
Descriptors: Testing Accommodations, State Standards, Word Lists, Construct Validity