ERIC Number: EJ1307932
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Sep
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-0261-4294
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Construct Validity and Reliability of the Scales for Rating the Behavioral Characteristics of Superior Students among a Sample of Elementary Students in Qatar
Jaffal, Abeer F.; Abu-Hilal, Maher; Al-Naimi, Mariam N.
Gifted Education International, v37 n3 p290-304 Sep 2021
This study tested the construct validity and reliability of the Scales for Rating the Behavioral Characteristics of Superior Students (SRBCSS) with the purpose to have a valid and reliable measure to identify the gifted individuals. The sample consisted of 176 superior students from grades five and six in Qatar. The results revealed a high consistency in rating the students by their teachers. Confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the items clustered around the 12 subscales. Also, the indicators in form of parcels produced 12 factors and two second-order factors that represent learning/personal and verbal/artistic characteristics. The results showed that those major characteristics are highly correlated and provided support to the convergent validity of the subscales. The implication of these results indicate that the subscales can be used collectively or separately to assess students' characteristics of superiority in the Arab milieu.
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Test Reliability, Rating Scales, Student Behavior, Student Characteristics, Elementary School Students, Single Sex Schools, Preadolescents, Arabs, Grade 5, Grade 6, Academically Gifted, Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 5; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools; Grade 6
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Qatar
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