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Sorgente, Angela; Tagliabue, Semira; Andrade, Claudia; Oliveira, José Egidio; Duan, Wenjie; Lanz, Margherita – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2021
This study tested factorial structure, reliability as well as gender, age, and cultural measurement invariance of the Brief Inventory of Thriving (BIT). Data were collected from 981 Italian, Portuguese, and Chinese emerging adults. Results showed that BIT scores were reliable, mono-dimensional, and suitable to assess thriving across different…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Age Differences, Cultural Differences, Error of Measurement
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Hu, Xinyang; Jiang, Yanxia; Bi, Hualin – International Journal of STEM Education, 2022
Background: In many countries and regions, such as the United States, Europe and China, a trend has emerged in which students' enthusiasm for STEM is declining. This decline may be related to students' lack of science self-efficacy. An accurate examination of students' science self-efficacy can provide a research foundation for how to cultivate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, STEM Education, Self Efficacy, Test Construction
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Shang, Weiwei; Yu, Tianzuo; Wang, Ji; Sun, Di; Su, Jiming – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2022
China's education system faces a loss of teachers and a decline in education quality, and the new fertility policy means that the demand for teachers will increase. Against this background, the motivations and perceptions of pre-service teachers (N= 2618) were investigated. The Factors Influencing Teaching Choice instrument was used, and its…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Career Choice, Teaching (Occupation), Teacher Motivation
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Chen, Xinjie; He, Jinbo; Fan, Xitao – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2020
This study examined the cross-cultural validity of the Ego-Resilience Scale (ER89) in the Chinese cultural context. The ER89 was translated and culturally adapted into Chinese by following the psychometric validation procedures, in an adolescent sample (N = 943) of 13- to 18-year-olds. A series of psychometric analyses were conducted, including…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Concept Measures, Resilience (Psychology), Adolescents
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Xu, Meidan; Williams, John P.; Gu, Jianjun – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2020
Pupils' attitudes towards technology have been widely discussed for over three decades, but the equally important topic of teachers' attitudes towards technology has not gained similar attention. To address this gap, the technology teachers' attitude towards technology (TTATT) scale was developed and validated by pilot testing with 140 Chinese…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technology Education, Teacher Attitudes, High School Teachers
Chi, Shaohui – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The Performance Expectations described in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) pose significant challenges for assessment design. Multiple models of assessments, including paper-and-pencil and hands-on based performance assessments, can be utilized to assess student competency while applying scientific and engineering practices, in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Testing, Science Education, Academic Standards
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Ren, Lixin; Fan, Jieqiong – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2019
Popular parenting literature has often emphasized the importance of establishing predictable routines during early childhood. Using a sample of 688 Chinese preschool-aged children, the current study examined how child routines were related to parent-child relationships and self-regulation. This study first examined the psychometric properties of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Parent Child Relationship, Self Control
Fernandes, Amanda Careena – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Assessment is an integral part of learning as it is used to gather information about a test-taker. Those in the field of academia, such as educational policy makers, instructors, and administrators are able to use information gathered from tests to further instruction and learning decisions (Baker, 2006; Drianna, 2007; Kasper & Ross, 2013;…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Test Bias, Sex Fairness, English (Second Language)
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Wang, Cixin; Yang, Chunyan; Jiang, Xu; Furlong, Michael – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2018
The Social Emotional Health Survey-Primary (SEHS-P) was originally developed to assess U.S. elementary students' positive psychological traits: gratitude, zest, optimism, and persistence, and the higher-order latent construct of covitality. The present study evaluated the validity of a Chinese version of SEHS-P with a sample of 653 Chinese…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Student Surveys, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure
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Zhao, Yanhua; Zhu, Xiangru; Zhao, Guoxiang – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2016
This study examined the validity of a Chinese version of the Social Achievement Goal Orientation Scale (C-SAGOS), a measure testing the trichotomous framework of achievement goal orientations in a social domain. A total of 208 college students (51% female) aged 18 to 23 participated in the study. Factor analyses showed that the three-factor model…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Interpersonal Competence, Program Validation, Rating Scales
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Zhang, Xiaozhou; Tze, Virginia M. C.; Buhr, Erin; Klassen, Robert M.; Daniels, Lia M. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2016
The current study provided evidence for the factor structure of the Academic Expectation Stress Inventory (AESI) in a sample of 213 Mainland Chinese and 184 South Korean high school students. We examined cross-national invariance of the AESI using multiple-group confirmatory factor analysis across two Asian cultural samples. Results suggested a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Adolescents, Measures (Individuals)
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Hou, Zhi-Jin; Leung, S. Alvin; Li, Xixi; Li, Xu; Xu, Hui – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2012
The Career Adapt-Abilities Scale (CAAS)--China Form consists of four subscales, with six items each to measure Concern, Control, Curiosity, and Confidence as psychosocial resources for managing occupational transitions, developmental tasks, and work traumas. This study investigated the construction and validation of its Chinese Form. Results…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Adjustment, Measures (Individuals), Psychometrics
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Liu, Qingtang; Zhang, Si; Wang, Qiyun – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2015
Technology, pedagogy, and content knowledge (TPACK) has been considered as a promising theoretical framework to guide teacher educators in designing and developing in-service K12 teacher education programs. However, it seems unclear whether in-service teachers have different TPACK perceptions when entering the education programs. This study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Technological Literacy, Preschool Teachers
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Deng, Feng; Chai, Ching Sing; Tsai, Chin-Chung; Lin, Tzung-Jin – Science & Education, 2014
Research on students' views on nature of science (VNOS) in Asian countries such as China is notably lacking. This study aimed to develop and validate an instrument to measure South China high school students' VNOS. Based on the previously acquired qualitative data, the instrument included seven VNOS dimensions which reflect the crucial aspects of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Scientific Principles, Test Construction
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Yin, Hongbiao; Lu, Genshu; Wang, Wenyan – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2014
The quality of teaching in higher education is a topic which has generated heated debate in China, though there has been a remarkable paucity of empirical research into the characteristics of teaching and learning in Chinese universities. This study examined Chinese university students' course experience and its influence on their approaches to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Experience, Learning Strategies, Educational Quality
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