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Direct linkRoss, Samantha Mae; Case, Layne; Leung, Willie – Quest, 2016
The introduction of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health has placed emphasis on framing health behavior as a multidimensional construct. In relation to childhood physical activity, this encompasses dimensions of functional performance, activity attendance, and subjective perceptions of involvement and enjoyment…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Physical Activities, Child Health, Classification
Yudkevich, Maria; Altbach, Philip G.; Rumbley, Laura E. – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2015
Global university rankings are often thought of as games, defined by roles and rules that universities must play in order to confirm their legitimacy and gain visibility as actors in the global academic market. While some countries are well represented at the top of rankings charts, others are just joining the race and testing out different…
Descriptors: Universities, Classification, Higher Education, Comparative Analysis
Kuh, George D. – College and University, 2011
For better or worse, rankings shape public conceptions of collegiate quality. This paper reviews the history of rankings, analyzes what they represent, explores recent efforts to employ indicators in addition to institutional resources and reputation on which the most popular rankings are based, and evaluates the extent to which rankings serve…
Descriptors: Institutional Evaluation, Educational Indicators, Classification, Educational History
Swail, Watson Scott – College and University, 2011
College rankings create much talk and discussion in the higher education arena. This love/hate relationship has not necessarily resulted in better rankings, but rather, more rankings. This paper looks at some of the measures and pitfalls of the current rankings systems, and proposes areas for improvement through a better focus on teaching and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Measurement Objectives, Measurement Techniques, Classification
Aftanas, Marion S. – 1985
The term measurement has been used in a number of different sub-areas of psychology without an explicit recognition of the commonalities and potential differences in measurement characteristics. Analysis of these measurement situations reveals that the one common factor is that a mechanism or discriminative process, that is a standard system of…
Descriptors: Ability, Achievement Tests, Attitude Measures, Classification
Delfau, Isabelle – 1990
The exploratory and secondary phases of the "Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) project to develop a set of international indicators based on comparable educational data is described in this report. Voluntary networks in 24 OECD member countries are developing a cohesive conceptual framework based on a review of…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Classification, Educational Assessment, Educational Indicators
