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Development of "The Attitude towards the Theory of Evolution" Scale.
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Mak, Se-Yuen – Chinese University Education Journal, 1988
Reports the development of an instrument for gathering information about the attitudes of Hong Kong secondary school teachers towards evolution. Describes the establishment, through criteria found in the literature, of a logical and systematic procedure for the validation of this Likert-type instrument. Tentatively found that the 15-item scale was…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Evolution, Foreign Countries, Measurement Techniques
Developing a Chinese Version of the Psychoeducational Profile (CPEP) to Assess Autistic Children in Hong Kong.
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Lam, Meggan Ka-ting; Rao, Nirmala – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1993
The Psychoeducational Profile was translated into Chinese, adapted, and administered to 23 autistic children and 40 children with normal development, ages 3-7, in Hong Kong. The scale was found to have criterion-related validity, discriminant validity, and properties of a developmental scale. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Autism, Child Development, Chinese, Evaluation Methods
Psychometric Properties of the Chinese Somatic Scale in Hong Kong Secondary School Students.
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Shek, Daniel T. L.; Mak, Wai Kwong – Chinese University Education Journal, 1989
Describes the chronic and acute subscales (SOMAC and SOMAA) of the Chinese Somatic Scale that was administered to 2150 Hong Kong secondary education students to measure their psychological well being. Results showed that both the SOMAC and SOMAA had acceptable reliability and validity status as compared with similar type tests. (GG)
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Diagnostic Tests, Emotional Disturbances, Foreign Countries