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Samer Khasawneh; Jamal Abu-Alruz; Ayman Oliemat; Salah Hailat; Omar Bataineh – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2024
The objective of this study was to create a psychometrically valid and reliable toxic leadership scale (TLS) for use in higher education workplace environments. The TLS was administered to a sample of 482 faculty members employed by three public universities in Jordan. Another aim of the study was to determine the level of toxic leadership based…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Antisocial Behavior, Higher Education, Foreign Countries
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Al-Dlalah, Mohammad; Alkhaldi, Hani; Alkhutaba, Malek; Al-Momani, Taghreed – International Journal of Higher Education, 2021
Nowadays, E-learning is one of the most inevitable technique and learning approach, because it offers indispensable advancement of the education process. Furthermore, it supports and enhances many facets of the learning process. This study aimed to build an attitude scale about e-learning among Isra University students according to the item…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Test Construction, Test Reliability, Test Validity
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Alnasraween, Moen Salman; Almughrabi, Ayat Mohammad; Ammari, Raeda Mofid; Alkaramneh, Mohammad Saleh – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2021
The purpose of this study is to construct a digital culture test in light of the Item Response Theory and to investigate its psychometric properties. The study sample consisted of six hundred fifty (650) male and female students in the eighth grade from the Directorate of Education and Teaching of Salt District. To obtain the results, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technological Literacy, Tests, Psychometrics
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Davis, Larry; Norris, John – ETS Research Report Series, 2021
The elicited imitation task (EIT), in which language learners listen to a series of spoken sentences and repeat each one verbatim, is a commonly used measure of language proficiency in second language acquisition research. The "TOEFL® Essentials"™ test includes an EIT as a holistic measure of speaking proficiency, referred to as the…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Language Proficiency, Speech Communication, Language Tests
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Abu-Shaqra, Rawan Kheder Youssef; Smadi, Ali Mohammed Ali – Journal of Curriculum and Teaching, 2018
The study aimed at identifying the degree of practicing academic freedom by faculty members in Jordanian public and private universities in the Northern Region from the point of view of the faculty members. The researcher applied the analytical descriptive survey method. The study population was composed of faculty members of Jordanian public and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Freedom, College Faculty, Teacher Surveys
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Saleh, Rawan M. Abu; Smadi, Jamil M. – International Education Studies, 2017
This study aimed to assess the efficacy of the developmental assessment of young children second edition (DAYC-2) Scale in detecting Developmental Delay among Jordanian children aged birth to 71 months. Firstly, the scale was translated and reviewed for language and cultural appropriateness. Secondly, the Arabic Jordanian version of the scale was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Semitic Languages, Test Construction, Developmental Delays
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Abed, Eman Rasmi; Al-Absi, Mohammad Mustafa; Abu shindi, Yousef Abdelqader – International Education Studies, 2016
The purpose of the present study is developing a test to measure the numerical ability for students of education. The sample of the study consisted of (504) students from 8 universities in Jordan. The final draft of the test contains 45 items distributed among 5 dimensions. The results revealed that acceptable psychometric properties of the test;…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Item Response Theory, Numeracy, Reliability
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Al-Motlaq, Mohammad A.; Abuidhail, Jamila; Salameh, Taghreed; Awwad, Wesam – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
Objective: To develop an instrument to study family-centred care (FCC) in traditional open bay Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs). Methods: The development process involved constructing instrument's items, establishing content validity by an expert panel and testing the instrument for validity and reliability with a convenience sample of 25…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Neonates, Medical Services, Program Implementation
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Al-Tal, Suhair; AL-Jawaldeh, Fuad; AL-Taj, Heyam; Maharmeh, Lina – International Education Studies, 2017
This study aimed at revealing the emotional intelligence levels of students with sensory disability in Amman in Jordan. The participants of the study were 200 students; 140 hearing impaired students and 60 visual impaired students enrolled in the special education schools and centers for the academic year 2016-2017. The study adopted the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Emotional Intelligence, Hearing Impairments, Visual Impairments
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Al-Habashneh, Maher Hussein; Najjar, Nabil Juma – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
This study aimed at constructing a criterion-reference test to measure the research and statistical competencies of graduate students at the Jordanian governmental universities, the test has to be in its first form of (50) multiple choice items, then the test was introduced to (5) arbitrators with competence in measurement and evaluation to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Criterion Referenced Tests, Graduate Students, Test Construction
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Yaghmour, Kholoud Subhi; Obaidat, Luai Taleb; Hamadneh, Qaseem Mohammad – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
This study aimed at exploring the level of Diagnostic Tests' Preparation Skills among the teachers of the first Three Elementary Grades at the Directorate of Education of Bani Kinana District, and its relationship to the variables of gender, academic qualification, and years of experience. The sample of the study consisted of (264) male and female…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, School Districts, Gender Differences, Teacher Characteristics
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Hyassat, Mizyed A.; Akhayat, Majed M.; Alzyoud, Nwaf – International Journal of Special Education, 2015
Undoubtedly, parents of children with disabilities are better knowing than anyone else about their children's development and progress. Therefore, considering their perspectives on the services may lead to enhancing service delivery to their disabled children. In this paper, we described the procedure of developing an instrument for measuring…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Test Construction, Related Services (Special Education), Parent Surveys
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Al-Shara'H, Nayel Darweesh – Education, 2013
The study aimed at investigating Jordanian EFL teachers' self-reported frequencies of using the procedures of preparing, correcting, analyzing, interpreting an achievement test, and discussing its results with students. To achieve this, a 31-item questionnaire was used. The questionnaire was administered to 118 basic stage EFL teachers after…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Test Construction
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El-Zraigat, Ibrahim A. – International Education Studies, 2013
The main purpose of the present study was to assess special needs for students with hearing impairment. The sample of the study consisted of 231 students enrolled at schools for deaf children in Jordan, 113 males and 118 females. A special needs scale was developed and used in assessing special needs for students. The reliability and validity of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Hearing Impairments, Student Needs, Deafness
Khammash, Salma B. – 1986
This paper presents the development of the Arabic Picture Vocabulary Test (APVT), derived from the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised, for use in assessing the aural-vocabulary of newly arrived limited English proficiency children, from kindergarten through grade three, whose first language is Arabic. The APVT, an individually administered…
Descriptors: Arabs, Auditory Stimuli, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries