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Riffle, M. J. S.; Howley, C. W.; Ermolov, L. D. – AEL, 2004
This study was conducted to confirm the validity and reliability of the 64-item Measure of School Capacity for Improvement (MSCI). The MSCI was designed to assess the degree to which schools possess the potential to become high performing learning communities, and was developed in response to a paucity of definition, operationalization, and…
Descriptors: Test Reliability, Test Validity, Construct Validity, Access to Computers
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Bailey, Kathleen M. – Language Testing, 1996
Presents a literature review seeking to answer four questions: (1) What is washback? (2) How does washback work? (3) How can we promote positive washback? and (4) How can we investigate washback? A model is proposed that identifies participants, processes and products which may influence or be influenced by, washback. Strategies for investigating…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Construct Validity, Educational Philosophy, Language Proficiency
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Glover, Anne; Black-Gutman, Dasia – Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 1996
Addresses the multidimensional nature of cross-cultural research along with challenges of cross-cultural, comparative studies. Focuses on validity of constructs, appropriateness of measures, and suitability of methodologies. Discusses three studies accommodating the cross-cultural context and a study conducted in indigenous Australian communities…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Construct Validity, Cross Cultural Studies
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Milfort, Roline; Greenfield, Daryl B. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2002
Compared teacher and observer ratings of young children's social behaviors during peer play and examined the construct validity of the Penn Interactive Peer Play Scale. Findings indicated that both teacher and observer ratings revealed factor structures reflecting play interaction, disruption, and disconnection. Observer ratings distinguished…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Rating Scales, Child Behavior, Comparative Analysis
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Endler, Norman S.; Parker, James D. A. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1990
C. Davis and M. Cowles (1989) analyzed a total trait anxiety score on the Endler Multidimensional Anxiety Scales (EMAS)--a unidimensional construct that this multidimensional measure does not assess. Data are reanalyzed using the appropriate scoring procedure for the EMAS. Subjects included 145 undergraduates in 1 of 4 testing conditions. (SLD)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Comparative Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Construct Validity
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Byrne, Barbara M. – Multivariate Behavioral Research, 1989
Construct validity findings from Campbell-Fiske and LISREL confirmatory factor analyses of a multitrait-multimethod matrix were compared for 252 low-track and 588 high-track eleventh- and twelfth-grade students. The manner in which construct validity varies across groups is also discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Construct Validity, Factor Analysis, Grade 11
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Bachman, Lyle F.; And Others – Language Testing, 1988
An exploratory analysis comparing two test batteries for English-as-a-Foreign-Language reading comprehension used a single framework of communicative language ability and test method facets to investigate construct validity. The framework's use in the content analysis of communicative language tests, and for the comparison of content across tests,…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Comparative Analysis, Construct Validity, Content Analysis
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Severy, Lawrence J.; And Others – NACADA Journal, 1994
This study compared two instruments for evaluating the performance of individual college-level academic advisors: (1) a student form assessing abilities in listening and other counseling skills, knowledge, and technology use; and (2) a professional scale assessing task competence, other-orientation, and professional networking. Both showed high…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Comparative Analysis, Competence, Construct Validity
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Brown, C. R.; And Others – Research in Science and Technological Education, 1992
Scrutinizes the assessment of students' practical skills, in an honors-level biology examination, for construct validity utilizing both correlational and factor analytical methods to explore relationships between students' practical (laboratory) and theoretical (written) performances. Indicates that teacher assessment of practical skills resulted…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Biology, Construct Validity, Correlation
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Tzeng, Oliver C. S.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1991
Measurement properties of two response formats (bipolar and unipolar ratings) in personality assessment were compared using data from 135 college students taking the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). Factorial validity and construct validity of the MBTI were supported. Reasons why the bipolar method is preferable are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Testing, Construct Validity, Factor Analysis
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Schmitt, Norbert – Language Testing, 1999
One way of determining construct validity of vocabulary items in language tests is to interview subjects directly after taking the items to ascertain what is known about the target words in question. This approach was combined within the framework of lexical competency in a study of the behavior of lexical items on the Test of English as a Foreign…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Construct Validity, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
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Reeb, Roger N.; Katsuyama, Ronald M.; Sammon, Julie A.; Yoder, David S. – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 1998
Presents three studies examining the psychometric properties of the Community Service Self-Efficacy Scale developed for program evaluation of service learning in college. The scale was constructed to assess an individual's confidence in his or her ability to make clinically significant contributions to the community through service. Reliability,…
Descriptors: College Students, Construct Validity, Higher Education, Public Service
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Sireci, Stephen G.; Geisinger, Kurt F. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1995
An expanded version of the method of content evaluation proposed by S. G. Sireci and K. F. Giesinger (1992) was evaluated with respect to a national licensure examination and a nationally standardized social studies achievement test. Two groups of 15 subject-matter experts rated the similarity and content relevance of the items. (SLD)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cluster Analysis, Construct Validity, Content Validity
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Lumpe, Andrew T.; Chambers, Elisha – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2001
Describes the development of an instrument to assess teachers' context beliefs about using technology in the classroom based on a study of teachers in a professional development program on technology integration. Highlights include capability beliefs; context beliefs; personal agency belief patterns; content validity; and construct and predictive…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Construct Validity, Content Validity, Context Effect
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Rhodes, Ryan E.; Berry, Tanya; Naylor, Patti-Jean; Higgins, S. Joan Wharf – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2004
Though the processes of change are conceived as the core constructs of the transtheoretical model (TTM), few researchers have examined their construct validity in the physical activity domain. Further, only 1 study was designed to investigate the processes of change in an adolescent sample. The purpose of this study was to examine the exercise…
Descriptors: Exercise, Intervention, Structural Equation Models, Construct Validity
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