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Samanci, Osman; Ocakci, Ebru; Seçer, Ismail – International Education Studies, 2018
The purpose of this research is to conduct validity and reliability studies of the Scale for the Determining Social Participation for Children, developed to measure social participation skills of children aged 7-10 years. During the development of the scale, pilot schemes, validity analyzes, and reliability analyzes were conducted. In this…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Interpersonal Relationship, Test Reliability, Test Validity
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Sessoms, John; Henson, Robert A. – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2018
Diagnostic classification models (DCMs) classify examinees based on the skills they have mastered given their test performance. This classification enables targeted feedback that can inform remedial instruction. Unfortunately, applications of DCMs have been criticized (e.g., no validity support). Generally, these evaluations have been brief and…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Classification, Models, Criticism
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Passafaro, Paola; Bacciu, Anna; Caggianelli, Ilaria; Castaldi, Viviana; Fucci, Eleonora; Ritondale, Deborah; Trabalzini, Eleonora – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2016
This article reports the analysis of six urban contexts in which a practical tool measuring individual skills concerning household waste recycling was tested. The tool is a structured questionnaire including a simulation task that assesses respondents' abilities to sort household waste adequately in a given context/municipality. Results indicate…
Descriptors: Skill Analysis, Wastes, Recycling, Urban Areas
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Gardner, Shari L.; Curenton, Stephanie M. – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
The purpose of this study was to report preliminary reliability and validity data from the Conversation Compass© Communication Screener (CCCS), a teacher-reported language screener intended to capture children's skills related to classroom conversations with peers and teachers. Three preschool teachers completed the CCCS and the Child Observation…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Peer Relationship, Teacher Student Relationship, Preschool Teachers
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Docktor, Jennifer L.; Dornfeld, Jay; Frodermann, Evan; Heller, Kenneth; Hsu, Leonardo; Jackson, Koblar Alan; Mason, Andrew; Ryan, Qing X.; Yang, Jie – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2016
Problem solving is a complex process valuable in everyday life and crucial for learning in the STEM fields. To support the development of problem-solving skills it is important for researchers and curriculum developers to have practical tools that can measure the difference between novice and expert problem-solving performance in authentic…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Physics, Problem Solving, Scoring Rubrics
Royal, Kenneth D.; Gonzalez, Liara M. – Online Submission, 2016
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of a newly developed instrument intended to measure faculty competence as it pertains to their role as advisors, particularly in medical and professional programs. A total of 166 students completed the Faculty Advisor's Skills and Behaviors Inventory (FASBI). The psychometric…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Medical Students, College Faculty, Teacher Competencies