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Predicting Different Grades in Different Ways for Selective Admission: Disentangling the First-Year Grade Point Average
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Steenman, Sebastiaan C.; Bakker, Wieger E.; van Tartwijk, Jan W. F. – Studies in Higher Education, 2016
The first-year grade point average (FYGPA) is the predominant measure of student success in most studies on university admission. Previous cognitive achievements measured with high school grades or standardized tests have been found to be the strongest predictors of FYGPA. For this reason, standardized tests measuring cognitive achievement are…
Descriptors: Selective Admission, Grade Point Average, College Freshmen, Grade Prediction
Psychometric Properties of the Five Facets Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ) in a Meditating and a Non-Meditating Sample
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de Bruin, Esther I.; Topper, Maurice; Muskens, Jan G. A. M.; Bogels, Susan M.; Kamphuis, Jan H. – Assessment, 2012
The factor structure, internal consistency, construct validity, and predictive validity of the Dutch version of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ-NL) were studied in a sample of meditators (n = 288) and nonmeditators (n = 451). A five-factor structure was demonstrated in both samples, and the FFMQ-NL and its subscales were shown to…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Predictive Validity, Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals)
Teaching Neurophysiology, Neuropharmacology, and Experimental Design Using Animal Models of Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders
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Morsink, Maarten C.; Dukers, Danny F. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2009
Animal models have been widely used for studying the physiology and pharmacology of psychiatric and neurological diseases. The concepts of face, construct, and predictive validity are used as indicators to estimate the extent to which the animal model mimics the disease. Currently, we used these three concepts to design a theoretical assignment to…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Animals, Undergraduate Students, Research Design
Validation of the Treatment Motivation Scales for Forensic Outpatient Treatment (TMS-F)
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Drieschner, Klaus H.; Boomsma, Anne – Assessment, 2008
The validity of the Treatment Motivation Scales for outpatient offender treatment (TMS-F), a self-report questionnaire with scales for the motivation of patients to engage in the treatment and six cognitive and emotional determinants of this motivation, is evaluated in two studies. In Study 1 (N = 620), the "construct validity" of the…
Descriptors: Multitrait Multimethod Techniques, Construct Validity, Predictive Validity, Motivation
Screening for Pragmatic Language Impairment: The Potential of the Children's Communication Checklist
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Ketelaars, Mieke P.; Cuperus, Juliane M.; van Daal, John; Jansonius, Kino; Verhoeven, Ludo – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
The present study examines the validity of the Dutch Children's Communication Checklist (CCC) for children in kindergarten in a community sample, in order to assess the feasibility of using it as a screening instrument in the general population. Teachers completed the CCC for a representative sample of 1396 children at kindergarten level, taken…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Emotional Problems, Language Impairments, Construct Validity