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Peer reviewedPrentice, Joan L.; And Others – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1989
This literature review examines the potential of selective recall for assessing level of moral reasoning. Rest's Defining Issues Test was administered to five individuals to test the applicability of certain principles of selective recall in assessing moral reasoning. (IAH)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Measures (Individuals), Moral Development
Peer reviewedRest, James; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1997
The Defining Issues Test (DIT) of moral judgment, a stage preference approach, is compared with the Moral Judgment Test (MJT) widely used in Europe. The MJT is a stage consistency test. Construct validity is defined in terms of seven types of studies, which support use of the stage preference approach. (SLD)
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Comparative Analysis, Ethics, Moral Values
Direct linkBunch, Wilton H. – Journal of Moral Education, 2005
Gains in moral judgement, as measured by the Defining Issues Test (DIT), correlate strongly with advancing education. Curricula that are strongly biblically based may not promote, and students with a strong fundamentalist orientation may not demonstrate, such moral growth. Students at an interdenominational, but very conservative seminary,…
Descriptors: Ethics, Moral Development, Moral Values, Student Attitudes
Derryberry, W. Pitt; Thoma, Stephen J. – Journal of Moral Education, 2005
Applying Snyder and Feldman's 1984 consolidation-transition model to moral judgement development has enabled further understanding of how moral judgement translates to moral functioning. In this study, 178 college students were identified as being in consolidated versus transitional phases of moral judgement development using Rest's Defining…
Descriptors: Ethics, Moral Development, Moral Values, Value Judgment
