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Direct linkAl-Shurai, Saad – Education, 2012
This study was conducted to investigate the moral development of one hundred Kuwaiti high school teachers. They ranged in age from 23 to 48 years with a mean of 28.6 years and a standard deviation of 8.3 years. The teachers' individual moral judgment levels were assessed by the Defining Issues Test (DIT)--an objective test designed by James Rest…
Descriptors: Value Judgment, Objective Tests, Moral Development, Secondary School Teachers
Peer reviewedDavison, Mark L.; Robbins, Stephen – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1978
Empirically weighted scores for Rest's Defining Issues Test were found to be more reliable than the simple sum of scores theoretically weighted sum, or Rest's p scores. They also had slightly higher correlations with Kohlberg's interview scores. Empirically weighted scores also showed more significant change in two longitudinal studies. (CTM)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Longitudinal Studies, Moral Development, Moral Values
