Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 1 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 2 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 6 |
Descriptor
Source
| Educational and Psychological… | 1 |
| International Electronic… | 1 |
| Journal of Career Assessment | 1 |
| Journal of Cognitive… | 1 |
| Journal of Educational… | 1 |
| World Journal of Education | 1 |
Author
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 6 |
| Reports - Research | 6 |
Education Level
| Secondary Education | 6 |
| High Schools | 3 |
| Elementary Education | 2 |
| Junior High Schools | 2 |
| Middle Schools | 2 |
| Grade 10 | 1 |
| Grade 7 | 1 |
Audience
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| Raven Progressive Matrices | 6 |
| Childrens Manifest Anxiety… | 1 |
| Digit Span Test | 1 |
| Fennema Sherman Mathematics… | 1 |
| Metropolitan Achievement Tests | 1 |
| Wide Range Achievement Test | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Direct linkDatta, Sumona; Dutta Roy, Debdulal – Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology, 2021
Measurement of mental rotation presents a serious challenge to cognitive researchers owing to the lack of a single comprehensive measure that can be applied across the developing age groups. Objective of the present study was to develop and validate a new measure of mental rotation for preadolescent and adolescent age groups. Items were…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Visualization, Preadolescents, Adolescents
Creed, Peter A.; Conlon, Elizabeth G.; Dhaliwal, Kamal – Journal of Career Assessment, 2013
We used two studies to evaluate, modify, and provide initial validation for a revised Academic Hardiness scale. First, 16 experts rated scale items for content validity and identified two problematic questions. Second, confirmatory factor analyses with 300 Grade 10 students (46% boys, age range 14-17) identified a 17-item version to be the best…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Test Validity, Content Validity, Factor Analysis
Sideridis, Georgios D. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2016
The purpose of the present studies was to test the hypothesis that the psychometric characteristics of ability scales may be significantly distorted if one accounts for emotional factors during test taking. Specifically, the present studies evaluate the effects of anxiety and motivation on the item difficulties of the Rasch model. In Study 1, the…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Test Validity, Measures (Individuals), Hierarchical Linear Modeling
Download full textSolheim, Oddny Judith; Uppstad, Per Henning – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2011
The present paper addresses the continuous need for methodological reflection on how to validate inferences made on the basis of test scores. Validation is a process that requires many lines of evidence. In this article we discuss the potential of eye tracking methodology in process-oriented reading test validation. Methodological considerations…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 7, Elementary School Students, Reading Tests
Scheu, Ian Edward; Lawrence, Thomas – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2013
This article details the construction of a computer program to test cognitive processing differences in adolescents engaged in a standard presentation of tests versus a fantasy-based game presentation. The article will discuss the challenges of creating a replication of traditional psychological tests into a new medium which holds comparable…
Descriptors: Psychological Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Games, Adolescents
Adediwura, Alaba Adeyemi – World Journal of Education, 2011
The present study was aimed at developing an attitude scale and then use it to reveal the attitude of mathematical gifted students' attitude towards mathematics. In the first phase of the study, an attitude-scale (AS) towards mathematics were designed using the psychometric approach. The AS was composed of seventeen items aimed to measure four…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Student Attitudes, Factor Analysis, Test Construction
