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Valentina Ronqui Leites; Daniel Trías Seferian; Juan Antonio Huertas Martínez – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2024
Self-regulation has a positive impact on learning and academic achievement, but due to its nature, it is difficult to assess it in a valid and reliable manner. This study aims to explore the validity of three self-regulation assessment methods in text comprehension tasks (questionnaire, think-aloud and traces) as well as to identify the variables…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 6, Reading Comprehension, Electronic Books
Martha L. Esptein; Hamza Malik; Kun Wang; Chandra H. Orrill – Grantee Submission, 2023
It is essential for items in assessments of mathematics' teacher knowledge to evoke the desired response processes -- to be interpreted and responded to by teachers as intended by item developers. In this study, we sought to unpack evidence that middle school mathematics teachers were not consistently interacting as intended with constructed…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Mathematics Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Protocol Analysis
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Martha L. Epstein; Hamza Malik; Kun Wang; Chandra H. Orrill – Investigations in Mathematics Learning, 2023
It is essential for items in assessments of mathematics' teacher knowledge to evoke the desired response processes -- to be interpreted and responded to by teachers as intended by item developers. In this study, we sought to unpack evidence that middle school mathematics teachers were not consistently interacting as intended with constructed…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Mathematics Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Protocol Analysis
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Severino, Lori; Tecce DeCarlo, Mary Jean; Sondergeld, Toni; Izzetoglu, Meltem; Ammar, Alia – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2018
A student's reading skill is essential to learning. Assessing reading skills, specifically comprehension, is difficult. In the middle grades, students read to learn; and their teachers need a quick, easy assessment that provides immediate data on reading comprehension skill. This study explores the holistic validation approach of one eighth-grade…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Reading Instruction, Middle School Students
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Jüttner, Melanie; Neuhaus, Birgit Jana – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2013
The topic of "teacher professionalism" is one of the most crucial ones in quality education research. It has a potential to generate results that could inform and hence enhance the practice in classrooms. Thus, research in this field needs reliable instruments to measure the professional knowledge of our teachers to be able to generate…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Instruction, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Knowledge Base for Teaching
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Morell, Linda – Middle Grades Research Journal, 2008
This study used a national validity project to investigate specific research questions regarding the intersections among aspects of validity, educational measurement, and cognitive theory. Validity evidence was collected through traditional paper and pencil tests, surveys, think-alouds, and exit interviews of fifth and sixth grade students, as…
Descriptors: Protocol Analysis, Science Tests, Measurement, Grade 6