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Construct Validation of the Perceptions of Assessment Tasks Inventory
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Alkharusi, Hussain Ali – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2019
Introduction: Students' perceptions of the assessment tasks can be a basis for optimizing the classroom assessment environment. In an attempt to quantify students' perceptions of assessment, Dorman and Knightley (2006) developed Perceptions of Assessment Tasks Inventory (PATI). This study sought to provide evidence for the construct validity of…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Measures (Individuals), Student Evaluation, Student Attitudes
Reliability and Validity of the Physical Education Activities Scale
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Thomason, Diane L.; Feng, Du – Journal of School Health, 2016
Background: Measuring adolescent perceptions of physical education (PE) activities is necessary in understanding determinants of school PE activity participation. This study assessed reliability and validity of the Physical Education Activities Scale (PEAS), a 41-item visual analog scale measuring high school adolescent perceptions of school PE…
Descriptors: Reliability, Validity, Physical Education, Adolescents
Development of Three-Tier Heat, Temperature and Internal Energy Diagnostic Test
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Gurcay, Deniz; Gulbas, Etna – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2015
Background: Misconceptions are major obstacles to learning physics, and the concepts of heat and temperature are some of the common misconceptions that are encountered in daily life. Therefore, it is important to develop valid and reliable tools to determine students' misconceptions about basic thermodynamics concepts. Three-tier tests are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Tests, Scientific Attitudes, Student Attitudes
Metacognitive Skills, Academic Success and Exam Anxiety as the Predictors of Psychological Well-Being
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Isgör, Isa Yücel – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016
The purpose of this research was to investigate the predicting effect of high school students' metacognitive skills, exam anxiety and academic success levels upon their psychological well-being in a provincial center with a medium-scale population in Eastern Anatolian Region. The research group included totally 251 high school students including…
Descriptors: Well Being, Metacognition, Thinking Skills, Academic Achievement
A Metacognitive Approach to Pair Programming: Influence on Metacognitive Awareness
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Breed, Betty; Mentz, Elsa; van der Westhuizen, Gert – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2014
Introduction: The research focused on metacognition in a collaborative learning setting. Based on a comprehensive literature study the researchers designed a metacognitive teaching-learning strategy for pair programmers. Our purpose was to investigate the influence of this metacognitive teaching-learning strategy during pair programming in an…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Cooperative Learning, Meta Analysis, Mixed Methods Research
Structure of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fourth Edition among a National Sample of Referred Students
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Watkins, Marley W. – Psychological Assessment, 2010
The structure of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fourth Edition (WISC-IV; D. Wechsler, 2003a) was analyzed via confirmatory factor analysis among a national sample of 355 students referred for psychoeducational evaluation by 93 school psychologists from 35 states. The structure of the WISC-IV core battery was best represented by four…
Descriptors: Intelligence, School Psychologists, Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals)