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Loke, Stephen W.; Lowe, Patricia A. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2013
A pilot study was conducted to examine the psychometric properties of the Environmental School Transition Anxiety Scale (E-STAS) with a sample of 220 fourth- to sixth-grade students who were about to or had completed their school transition. The results of an exploratory factor analysis (EFA) of the students' responses on the E-STAS produced a…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Environmental Education, Transitional Programs, Anxiety
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Katz, Idit; Buzukashvili, Tamara; Feingold, Liat – Journal of Experimental Education, 2012
This article presents 2 studies aimed at validating a measure of stress experienced by children and parents around the issue of homework, applying Benson's program of validation (Benson, 1998). Study 1 provides external validity of the measure by supporting hypothesized relations between stress around homework and students' and parents' positive…
Descriptors: Homework, Learning Disabilities, Construct Validity, Stress Variables
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Wang, Tzu-Ling; Berlin, Donna – International Journal of Science Education, 2010
The main purpose of this study is to develop a valid and reliable instrument for measuring the "attitudes toward science class" of fourth- and fifth-grade students in an Asian school culture. Specifically, the development focused on three science attitude constructs--science enjoyment, science confidence, and importance of science as…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes, School Culture, Foreign Countries