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Denny, Marina D'Abreau – Journal of Extension, 2017
The Adult Mentoring Assessment for Extension Professionals will help mentors develop an accurate profile of their mentoring style with adult learners and identify areas of proficiency and deficiency based on six constructs--relationship, information, facilitation, confrontation, modeling, and vision. This article reports on the reliability of this…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Extension Agents, Mentors, Training Methods
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Tate, Kevin A.; Rivera, Edil Torres; Conwill, William L.; Miller, M. David; Puig, Ana – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2013
There is a clear call in group counseling practice and training for evidence-based practice (ACA, 2005; ASGW, 2008; CACREP, 2009). At the same time, group counselors also are asked to keep clients' experience at the center of their work (ASGW, 2012). This article outlines the authors' effort to develop and study an instrument designed to measure…
Descriptors: Evidence, Group Dynamics, Construct Validity, Group Counseling
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Strauser, David R.; Wong, Alex W. K. – Rehabilitation Education, 2010
Developing an evidence-based practice approach has been advocated for in rehabilitation counseling research. However, the evidence-based practice approach which focuses primarily on intervention efficacy is theoretically flawed which limits its application to rehabilitation counseling research. Specifically, evidence-based practice research does…
Descriptors: Evidence, Rehabilitation Counseling, Evaluation Methods, Intervention
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Bakker, Arnold B. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2008
The WOrk-reLated Flow inventory (WOLF) measures flow at work, defined as a short-term peak experience characterized by absorption, work enjoyment, and intrinsic work motivation. Results of Study 1 among 7 samples of employees (total N=1346) from different occupational groups offer support for the factorial validity and reliability of the WOLF.…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Predictive Validity, Program Validation, Construct Validity
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Gotwals, John K.; Dunn, John G. H. – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2009
This article presents a chronology of three empirical studies that outline the measurement process by which two new subscales ("Doubts about Actions" and "Organization") were developed and integrated into a revised version of Dunn, Causgrove Dunn, and Syrotuik's (2002) "Sport Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale"…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Measures (Individuals), Multidimensional Scaling, Multitrait Multimethod Techniques
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Rigotti, Thomas; Schyns, Birgit; Mohr, Gisela – Journal of Career Assessment, 2008
Occupational self-efficacy is an important resource for individuals in organizations. To be able to compare the occupational self-efficacy of employees across different countries, equivalent versions of the standard instruments need to be made available in different languages. In this article, the authors report on the structural and construct…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Construct Validity, Foreign Countries, Comparative Education
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Fernet, Claude; Senecal, Caroline; Guay, Frederic; Marsh, Herbert; Dowson, Martin – Journal of Career Assessment, 2008
The authors developed and validated a measure of teachers' motivation toward specific work tasks: The Work Tasks Motivation Scale for Teachers (WTMST). The WTMST is designed to assess five motivational constructs toward six work tasks (e.g., class preparation, teaching). The authors conducted a preliminary (n = 42) and a main study among…
Descriptors: Multitrait Multimethod Techniques, Measures (Individuals), Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Motivation
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Wildy, Helen; Forster, Pat; Louden, William; Wallace, John – Journal of Educational Administration, 2004
School principals have difficulty embracing the competing demands of school restructuring. These demands include being accountable for the outcomes of other decision-making groups within, or external to, the school community; having strong views while making decisions collaboratively; and using group processes without wasting the time, commitment,…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Foreign Countries, Principals, Goodness of Fit