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Whetton, Chris; Twist, Liz; Sainsbury, Marian – British Educational Research Journal, 2007
Hilton (2006) criticises the PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study) tests and the survey conduct, raising questions about the validity of international surveys of reading. Her criticisms fall into four broad areas: cultural validity, methodological issues, construct validity and the survey in England. However, her criticisms are…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, International Studies, Construct Validity, Validity
Wray, Michael L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Student perceptions of competency in Hospitality Management, (HM) and the level of engagement in the college experience were compared between two programs to verify engagement as a construct consisting of three domains; classroom, campus, and off-campus. Administrator and student descriptions of engagement in the college experience described the…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, College Students, Private Colleges, Construct Validity
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Bazan-Ramirez, Aldo; Castellanos-Simons, Doris; Lopez-Valenzuela, Mercedes – Educational Research and Reviews, 2010
This paper aims at analysing the structural relationships among some latent and observed variables related to the assessment of written language performance in 139 fourth grade students of Elementary School selected from nine public schools of the northwest of Mexico. Questionnaires were also applied to the children's parents and teachers. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Written Language, Spanish, Grade 4
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Walsh, Kerryann; Rassafiani, Mehdi; Mathews, Ben; Farrell, Ann; Butler, Des – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2010
This paper details a systematic literature review identifying problems in extant research relating to teachers' attitudes toward reporting child sexual abuse and offers a model for new attitude scale development and testing. Scale development comprised a five-phase process grounded in contemporary attitude theories, including (a) developing the…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Focus Groups, Content Validity
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Thompson, Ted; Sharp, Jessica; Alexander, James – Educational Psychology, 2008
In this study, the psychometric properties of the scenario-based Achievement Guilt and Shame Scale (AGSS) were established. The AGSS and scales assessing interpersonal guilt and shame, high standards, overgeneralization, self-criticism, self-esteem, academic self-concept, fear of failure, and tendency to respond in a socially desirable manner were…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Failure, Construct Validity, Validity
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Chen, Yi-Hsin; Gorin, Joanna S.; Thompson, Marilyn S.; Tatsuoka, Kikumi K. – International Journal of Testing, 2008
As with any test administered across linguistically and culturally diverse groups, evidence suggesting the equivalence of score meaning across countries is needed for valid comparisons. The current study examines the cross-cultural equivalence of score interpretations from the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)-1999 from…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Mathematics Tests, Foreign Countries, Equated Scores
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Worthington, Roger L.; Navarro, Rachel L.; Savoy, Holly Bielstein; Hampton, Dustin – Developmental Psychology, 2008
Four studies were conducted on the development and validation of the Measure of Sexual Identity Exploration and Commitment (MoSIEC). Exploratory factor analysis of an initial item pool yielded a 22-item measure with 4 distinct factors assessing commitment, exploration, sexual orientation identity uncertainty, and synthesis/integration. Exploratory…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Test Reliability, Test Construction, Test Validity
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Blijd-Hoogewys, E. M. A.; van Geert, P. L. C.; Serra, M.; Minderaa, R. B. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2008
Although research on Theory-of-Mind (ToM) is often based on single task measurements, more comprehensive instruments result in a better understanding of ToM development. The ToM Storybooks is a new instrument measuring basic ToM-functioning and associated aspects. There are 34 tasks, tapping various emotions, beliefs, desires and mental-physical…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Interrater Reliability, Psychometrics, Research Methodology
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Delgado, Ana R.; Prieto, Gerardo – Intelligence, 2008
Stereotype threat has been invoked to explain underperformance on a variety of groups for whom the stereotypes allege inferior cognitive abilities. In math testing, stereotype threat has been used to explain sex differences in test performance. This paper describes an experimental study on a large sample (n = 313), in which the role of anxiety and…
Descriptors: Stereotypes, Construct Validity, Anxiety, Cognitive Ability
Montalvo, Gregory P.; Mansfield, Eric A. – Online Submission, 2009
The purpose of this study was to develop and validate the construct of self-efficacy for pleasing the instructor (SEPI) and explore its usefulness as an alternative to global measures of perceived ability. The results of three studies are presented in this report. Study one was conducted to define the construct SEPI from a student perspective.…
Descriptors: College Students, Preservice Teachers, Focus Groups, Teacher Student Relationship
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Malmberg, Lars-Erik; Hagger, Hazel – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2009
Background: Conceptualizations of teachers' agency beliefs converge around domains of support and instruction. Aim: We investigated changes in student teachers' agency beliefs during a 1 year teacher education course, and related these to observed classroom quality and day-to-day experiences in partnership schools during the practicum. Samples:…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Student Teachers, Education Courses, Path Analysis
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Brockett, Adrian; Village, Andrew; Francis, Leslie J. – British Journal of Religious Education, 2009
The Attitude toward Muslim Proximity Index (AMPI) is a six-item scale that uses tolerance to different degrees of social distance to assess prejudice towards Muslims. It was tested on 1777 teenage school children from northern England who indicated their religion as either "Christian" or "no religion", and demonstrated good…
Descriptors: Social Differences, Muslims, Religion, Construct Validity
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Vandewaetere, M.; Desmet, P. – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2009
The great majority of questionnaires measuring non-observable constructs such as attitude towards CALL are often developed from a specific point of view and are seldom followed by psychometrical validation. Psychometrical properties of the questionnaire, such as construct validity and reliability, then remain unanswered too often, laying a heavy…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Construct Validity, Psychometrics, Second Language Learning
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Carle, Adam C.; Jaffee, David; Vaughan, Neil W.; Eder, Douglas – Research in Higher Education, 2009
We sought to develop and psychometrically describe three new student engagement scales to measure college students' engagement with their faculty (student-faculty engagement: SFE), community-based activities (CBA), and transformational learning opportunities (TLO) using items selected from the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), a widely…
Descriptors: College Students, Construct Validity, Transformative Learning, Measures (Individuals)
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Lombaerts, Koen; De Backer, Free; Engels, Nadine; van Braak, Johan; Athanasou, James – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2009
The present study describes the development and psychometric properties of the Self-Regulated Learning Teacher Belief Scale (SRLTB). The SRLTB is a self-report teacher scale with 10 items assessing teachers' beliefs about introducing self-regulated learning (SRL) in primary education. The process of item and scale development as well as testing…
Descriptors: Primary Education, Self Efficacy, Construct Validity, Factor Structure
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