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Turtura, Jessica E.; Anderson, Cynthia M.; Boyd, R. Justin – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2014
Multitier prevention systems consist of a continuum of interventions to address the needs of all students. Within such systems, Tier I supports are in place for all students and are designed to enhance prosocial (social behavior interventions) and academic (instructional interventions) skills. Tier II interventions supplement the Tier I…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Intervention, Behavior Problems, Student Behavior
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Magson, Natasha R.; Craven, Rhonda G.; Bodkin-Andrews, Gawaian H. – Australian Journal of Educational & Developmental Psychology, 2014
Over the last two decades, social capital has received increasing attention in the international literature. Despite the popularity of the construct, problems concerning definition, theoretical conceptualisation, and measurement continue to plague research and policy in this area. This investigation aimed to address this gap by developing a new…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Mental Health, Measures (Individuals), Test Construction
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Cakmak, Sedanur; Isiksal, Mine; Koc, Yusuf – Journal of Educational Research, 2014
The authors' purpose was to investigate the effect of origami-based instruction on elementary students' spatial ability. The students' self-reported perceptions related to the origami-based instruction were also examined. Data was collected via purposive sampling techniques from students enrolled in a private elementary school. A spatial ability…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes
Wilson-Ahlstrom, Alicia; Yohalem, Nicole; DuBois, David; Ji, Peter; Hillaker, Barbara; Weikart, David P. – Forum for Youth Investment, 2014
Everyone who runs a youth program believes in their hearts that their program helps kids, but in their heads, they know they need convincing data to prove it. This guide--updated from 2011--is here to help them get the data they need. The guide addresses a common problem throughout the youth field: Out-of-school time (OST) programs can help youth…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Outcome Measures, After School Programs, Program Effectiveness
GED Testing Service, 2014
This manual was written to provide technical information regarding the General Educational Development (GED®) test as evidence that the GED® test is technically sound. Throughout this manual, documentation is provided regarding the development of the GED® test and data collection activities, as well as evidence of reliability and validity. This…
Descriptors: High School Equivalency Programs, Equivalency Tests, Testing Programs, Test Validity
Small, Jason W.; Lee, Jon; Frey, Andy J.; Seeley, John R.; Walker, Hill M. – Grantee Submission, 2014
As specialized instructional support personnel begin learning and using motivational interviewing (MI) techniques in school-based settings, there is growing need for context-specific measures to assess initial MI skill development. In this article, we describe the iterative development and preliminary evaluation of two measures of MI skill adapted…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Measures (Individuals), Motivation Techniques, School Personnel
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Bauer, Christopher F.; Cole, Renee – Journal of Chemical Education, 2012
A rubric that embodies the key features of the process-oriented, guided-inquiry learning (POGIL) model was subjected to systematic study of validity and reliability. Nearly 60 college instructors used the rubric to evaluate four intentionally modified versions of an established POGIL activity. The modifications strengthened or weakened key…
Descriptors: Scoring Rubrics, Test Reliability, Science Instruction, College Science
Koh, Tat Koon – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation consists of three studies that examine dynamics on Business-to-Business (B2B) exchanges and crowd-based design contest platforms. In the first study, we examine trust formation and development in global buyer-supplier relationships. Trust affects all business relationships, especially global B2B transactions due to the distances…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Business, Relationship, Competition
Knorek, John Kenneth – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The concept "academic culture" has been used as a framework to understand faculty work in higher education. Academic culture research builds on organizational psychology concepts of culture and climate to better understand employee practices and work phenomenon. Ample research has investigated faculty teaching at the disciplinary and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Measures (Individuals), Test Validity, School Culture
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Watling, Christopher J.; Lingard, Lorelei – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2012
An essential goal of evaluation is to foster learning. Across the medical education spectrum, evaluation of clinical performance is dominated by subjective feedback to learners based on observation by expert supervisors. Research in non-medical settings has suggested that participants' perceptions of evaluation processes exert considerable…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Medical Education, Evaluators, Industrial Psychology
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Chung, Wonjun; Choi, Jinbong – Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 2012
Based on a concept of professionalism, this study analyzed and compared current public relations curricula of higher education among the United States, the United Kingdom, and South Korea. In terms of three educational orientations, results indicated that public relations education in the United States is the most balanced among theoretical,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Public Relations, Theory Practice Relationship
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Bailey, Heather – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
Working memory span tasks are popular measures, in part, because performance on these tasks predicts performance on other measures of cognitive ability. The traditional method of span-task administration is the experimenter-paced version, whose reliability and validity have been repeatedly demonstrated. However, computer-paced span tasks are…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Pacing, Cognitive Tests, Cognitive Ability
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Cohen, Cheryl A.; Hegarty, Mary – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
A new spatial ability test was administered online to 223 undergraduate students enrolled in introductory science courses. The 30-item multiple choice test measures individual differences in ability to identify the two-dimensional cross section of a three-dimensional geometric solid, a skill that has been identified as important in science,…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Visual Measures, Multiple Choice Tests, Test Items
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Sesli, Ertugrul; Kara, Yilmaz – Journal of Biological Education, 2012
This study involved the development and application of a two-tier diagnostic test for measuring students' understanding of cell division and reproduction. The instrument development procedure had three general steps: defining the content boundaries of the test, collecting information on students' misconceptions, and instrument development.…
Descriptors: Reliability, Cytology, Diagnostic Tests, Misconceptions
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Visser-Wijnveen, Gerda J.; Stes, Ann; Van Petegem, Peter – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2012
A lot of research has been done into the motivations in teachers in primary/secondary education and into student motivation. However, teachers' motivations for teaching in higher education are rarely studied. A growing interest exists though in the professional development of teachers in higher education, of which motivation is an important…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Instruction, College Faculty, Teacher Motivation
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