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Traynor, Anne; Raykov, Tenko – Comparative Education Review, 2013
In international achievement studies, questionnaires typically ask about the presence of particular household assets in students' homes. Responses to the assets questions are used to compute a total score, which is intended to represent household wealth in models of test performance. This study uses item analysis and confirmatory factor analysis…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Academic Achievement, Validity, Psychometrics
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Fox, Shaul; Dinur, Yossi – Personnel Psychology, 1988
Evaluated validity of self-assessment among 357 men being screened for military course. Following tests, class exercises, and field simulations, obtained ratings from commanders, peers, and subjects themselves on dimensions related to success in training course. Told only experimental group their reports would be compared to those from other…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Males, Military Personnel
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Nevo, David; Shohamy, Elana – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1986
This study tested the validity and applicability of the Standards for Evaluation of Education Programs, Projects and Materials (Joint Committee, 1981) by applying them to four alternative methods of testing oral proficiency in English as a Foreign Language. (BS)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, High Schools
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Fresko, Barbara; Kfir, Drora – Higher Education in Europe, 1985
The process of constructing and validating a questionnaire for use in course evaluation in a teacher education program in Israel is described. (MSE)
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Woo, Jeong-Ho, Ed.; Lew, Hee-Chan, Ed.; Park, Kyo-Sik Park, Ed.; Seo, Dong-Yeop, Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2007
This second volume of the 31st annual proceedings of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education conference presents research reports for author surnames beginning Alc- through Hal-. Reports include: (1) How Do Your Students Think about Proof? A DVD Resource for Mathematicians (Lara Alcock); (2) Teachers' Conceptions of…
Descriptors: Secondary School Mathematics, Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Education, Teacher Effectiveness