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Han, Hyemin; Dawson, Kelsie J.; Thoma, Stephen J.; Glenn, Andrea L. – Journal of Experimental Education, 2020
We developed and tested a behavioral version of the Defining Issues Test-1 revised (DIT-1r), which is a measure of the development of moral judgment. We conducted a behavioral experiment using the behavioral Defining Issues Test (bDIT) to examine the relationship between participants' moral developmental status, moral competence, and reaction time…
Descriptors: Moral Values, Decision Making, Behavior Patterns, Test Construction
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Aryadoust, Vahid; Foo, Stacy; Ng, Li Ying – Language Testing, 2022
The aim of this study was to investigate how test methods affect listening test takers' performance and cognitive load. Test methods were defined and operationalized as while-listening performance (WLP) and post-listening performance (PLP) formats. To achieve the goal of the study, we examined test takers' (N = 80) brain activity patterns…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension Tests, Language Tests, Eye Movements, Brain Hemisphere Functions
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Robitschek, Christine; Ashton, Matthew W.; Spering, Cynthia C.; Geiger, Nathaniel; Byers, Danielle; Schotts, G. Christian; Thoen, Megan A. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2012
The original Personal Growth Initiative Scale (PGIS; Robitschek, 1998) was unidimensional, despite theory identifying multiple components (e.g., cognition and behavior) of personal growth initiative (PGI). The present research developed a multidimensional measure of the complex process of PGI, while retaining the brief and psychometrically sound…
Descriptors: Evidence, Undergraduate Students, Intervals, Test Validity
White, Marie C. – Online Submission, 2011
This study was designed to identify the help seeking behaviors of preservice teachers who are at risk for failure of state certification examinations through use of a scale adapted to the arena of teacher education, the Preservice Teacher Help Seeking Scales (PTHSS). In the past, self-report measures of help seeking behavior patterns have been…
Descriptors: Help Seeking, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Certification, Behavior Patterns
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Leedy, Melissa J.; Leffingwell, Thad R. – Journal of Drug Education, 2006
The purpose of this study was to develop a new measure of incidental behaviors that put college students at increased risk of legal consequences while using alcohol, the Legal Risk Behaviors while using Alcohol (LRBA) scale. Two hundred and twenty one college students who used alcohol were recruited to complete an online study about their use of…
Descriptors: College Students, At Risk Persons, Drinking, Test Reliability
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Clayson, Dennis E. – Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2005
Although student evaluation of instruction has been shown to produce reliable results over class averages, considerable within-class variability exists that has not been investigated. This study looked at examples of student evaluations in which students diametrically differed in their evaluation of the same instructor. Patterns were noted. A…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Behavior, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Student Attitudes