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Rosli, Roslinda; Abdullah, Mardina; Siregar, Nur Choiro; Hamid, Nurul Shazana Abdul; Abdullah, Sabirin; Beng, Gan Kok; Halim, Lilia; Daud, Noridawaty Mat; Bahari, Siti Aminah; Majid, Rosadah Abd; Bais, Badariah – World Journal of Education, 2020
Validity and reliability are crucial when conducting research to ensure the truthfulness of an instrument. This study investigated the measurement functioning of an instrument on students' awareness of space science. The instrument was administered to 206 secondary school students involved in the Sudden Ionospheric Disturbance p outreach program.…
Descriptors: Space Sciences, Secondary School Students, STEM Education, Outreach Programs
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Mousavi, Atekeh; Mohammadi, Aeen; Mojtahedzadeh, Rita; Shirazi, Mandana; Rashidi, Hamed – Research in Learning Technology, 2020
Universities assess their academic learning environment to improve students' learning. Students' experience in e-learning environment is different from face-to-face educational environment. So, in this study a specific valid and reliable instrument was devised for assessing perception of e-students from educational environment, that is,…
Descriptors: Likert Scales, Questionnaires, Electronic Learning, Educational Environment
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Asadi, Zoleixa; Abdekhoda, Mohammadhiwa; Nadrian, Haidar – Education and Information Technologies, 2020
Cloud computing is a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources including networks, servers, applications, and services. Our aim in this study was to develop and validate an instrument to investigate the determinants of cloud computing services (CCSs) based on Theory of…
Descriptors: Information Storage, Information Management, Higher Education, College Faculty
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Talpade, Medha; Talpade, Salil – Journal of Instructional Pedagogies, 2020
The 'Sankofa' scale was constructed on the basis of perceptions of students about culturally relevant teaching and learning methods. This study established the construct validity of the scale. Participants (n = 171) who were students from a historically black university, reported their agreement regarding the presence and importance of teaching…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Racial Identification, Academic Achievement, Self Efficacy
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Kara, Mehmet; Caner, Sonay; Günay Gökben, Ayse; Cengiz, Ceyda; Isgör Simsek, Esra; Yildirim, Soner – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2018
This study aims to validate a recent new media literacy (NML) instrument and investigating NML levels of Turkish preservice teachers. A refined NML framework formed the theoretical basis of the study. The data were collected from 972 preservice teachers enrolled in 11 teacher training programs in 5 public universities in Turkey. The language…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Measures (Individuals), Preservice Teachers, Media Literacy
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Parlan, Parlan; Ibnu, Suhadi; Rahayu, Sri; Suharti, Suharti – International Journal of Instruction, 2018
This work is aimed at finding out the effect of the implementation of the metacognitive learning strategy on the quality of prospective chemistry teacher's scientific explanations. This study used a quasi-experimental method with a pretest -- post-test control group design. The participants of this research were the students of two classes of…
Descriptors: Pretests Posttests, Control Groups, Learning Strategies, Metacognition
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Ropovik, Ivan; Greger, David – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
Motivation and self-concept count among the educationally most relevant factors and the evaluation of many educational interventions requires their valid measurement. The present study examined the psychometric properties of a shortened version of the Students' Approaches to Learning questionnaire measuring 10 distinct motivational and…
Descriptors: Measurement, Learning Motivation, Intervention, Self Concept
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Prati, Gabriele; Tomasetto, Carlo; Cicognani, Elvira – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2021
Psychological sense of community among early adolescents has been investigated using instruments developed for adolescents/adults or ad hoc scales. The aim was to contribute to the validation of a scale of Sense of Community in Early Adolescents (SoC-EA) using a 3-year longitudinal study. Participants were 576 Italian students attending middle…
Descriptors: Sense of Community, Early Adolescents, Adolescent Development, Middle School Students
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Sya'bandari, Yustika; Rachmatullah, Arif; Ha, Minsu – International Journal of Science Education, 2021
The Measure of Acceptance of the Theory of Evolution (MATE) has been extensively used in science education research for more than two decades. This study examines the fairness of MATE items based on religious convictions and academic majors. The multidimensional item response theory and differential item functioning analyses were run on data…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Scientific Attitudes, Evolution, Adoption (Ideas)
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Cook, Katherine D.; Hardin, Erin E.; Gibbons, Melinda M.; Johnson, Marlon C.; Peterson, Christina; Taylor, Anna Lora; Murphy, Sean – Professional School Counseling, 2021
College preparation is an important topic in the educational attainment of high school students. Much of the research on college planning focuses on the importance and timing of preparing for postsecondary education; however, little research has explored the steps students actually take while preparing for college. The current study utilized the…
Descriptors: College Planning, College Preparation, High School Students, Grade 10
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MacFarlane, Marco; Barr, Christopher; Uccelli, Paola – Language Learning Journal, 2022
Recently a novel instrument -- the Core Academic Language Instrument (CALS-I) -- aimed at testing a constellation of school-relevant English language skills was developed and validated for use in the United States (Uccelli, Barr, Dobbs, Galloway, Meneses and Sánchez, 2015. Core Academic Language Skills: An expanded operational construct and a…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Measures (Individuals), Academic Language, Foreign Countries
Lee, Hyeseong; Gentry, Marcia; Maeda, Yukiko – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2022
The underrepresentation of students from low-income families and of culturally diverse students is a longstanding and pervasive problem in the field of gifted education. Teachers play an important role in equitably identifying and serving students in gifted education; therefore, the Having Opportunities Promotes Excellence (HOPE) Scale was used in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Low Income Students, Academically Gifted, Talent Identification
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Kanaki, Kalliopi; Kalogiannakis, Michail – Educational Process: International Journal, 2022
Background/purpose: In terms of computational thinking core facets, algorithmic thinking is a key competency applicable not only in Computer Science but also in aspects of daily life. Considering the global phenomenon of gender stereotypes with regards to the academic and professional orientation in STEM fields, we focused on investigating the…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Gender Differences, STEM Education, Equal Education
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Lievens, Filip – International Journal of Testing, 2017
A common theme running through recent research on Situational Judgment Tests (SJTs) and this special issue is the aim to improve the measurement of constructs via SJTs. Construct-driven SJTs differ from traditional SJTs in that they present a trait activating situation to test-takers and a more unidimensional set of response options that depict…
Descriptors: Research Needs, Agenda Setting, Construct Validity, Measurement Techniques
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Steverson, Tom; Adlam, Anna-Lynne R.; Langdon, Peter E. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2017
Background: The aims of the current study were to adapt a version of the MET for people with intellectual disabilities and assess its ecological and construct validity. Material and Methods: Using a correlational design, 40 participants with intellectual disabilities were invited to complete a battery of neuropsychological assessments and the…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Intellectual Disability, Tests, Neuropsychology
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