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Isitan, Sonnur; Saçkes, Mesut; Justice, Laura M.; Logan, Jessica A. R. – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2018
This study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of an instrument designed to measure parental practices to support young children's learning and literacy at home (ELLS) and explore the predictive validity of the instrument by examining the associations between the ELLS subscales (basic concepts, phonological awareness, conceptual…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Test Validity, Test Reliability, Young Children
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Muslu Kaygisiz, Gülfem; Gürkan, Burcu; Akbas, Ufuk – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2018
In this study, it is aimed to adapt the Scientific Reasoning Scale (SRS) into Turkish. The translated form has been provided to the students enrolled at different levels together with a form in which they were requested to present what they have understood and the reason of their responses. It was seen that the explanations of students to one item…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Process Skills, Science Tests, Psychometrics
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Sengul Avsar, Asiye; Tavsancil, Ezel – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2017
This study analysed polytomous items' psychometric properties according to nonparametric item response theory (NIRT) models. Thus, simulated datasets--three different test lengths (10, 20 and 30 items), three sample distributions (normal, right and left skewed) and three samples sizes (100, 250 and 500)--were generated by conducting 20…
Descriptors: Test Items, Psychometrics, Nonparametric Statistics, Item Response Theory
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Yilmaz, Nilufer Demiral; Velipasaoglu, Serpil; Sahin, Hatice; Basusta, Bilge Uzun; Midik, Ozlem; Coskun, Ozlem; Budakoglu, Isil Irem; Mamakli, Sumer; Tengiz, Funda Ifakat; Durak, Halil Ibrahim; Ozan, Sema – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2015
Although several scales are used to measure general and clinical learning climates, there are no scales that assess the preclinical learning climate. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to develop an effective measurement tool in order to assess the preclinical learning climate. In this cross-sectional study, data were collected from 3,540…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Medical Schools, Educational Environment, Medical Students
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Sari, Burcu; Aktan Acar, Ebru – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2013
This study has two main aims. The first aim of the study is to develop a scale for determining early childhood period phonological awareness skills, and to put forward the validity-reliability of this scale. The second aim is to determine the norm values of this scale developed for the Marmara Region. For this reason, the research has been carried…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Phonological Awareness, Measures (Individuals), Psychometrics
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Uslu, Baris – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2015
The purpose of this research is to develop a scale for measuring the level of academics' intellectual leadership, test the scale by examining the influence of their personal and institutional characteristics, and then investigate the relationship of academic intellectual leadership (AIL) to communication, climate, and managerial flexibility…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Measures (Individuals), Leadership, Universities
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Dilmac, Bulent; Aricak, Osman Tolga; Cesur, Sevim – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2014
The purpose of the present study is to examine the initial psychometric properties of the Values Scale for adults. While developing the first stage of the Values Scale, open-ended data on the values held by 216 university students were obtained. During the second stage, the validity and reliability studies of the 60-item Values Scale obtained by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Values, Test Reliability, Test Validity
Sucuoglu, Bülbin; Bakkaloglu, Hatice; Iscen Karasu, Fadime; Demir, Seyda; Akalin, Selma – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2014
The purpose of this study is to develop the Inclusion Knowledge Test (IKT) for assessing preschool teachers' knowledge of inclusive practices and to examine its psychometric characteristics. To achieve this purpose, the researchers wrote short stories (vignettes) focusing on the various aspects of inclusive practices, such as assessing the…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Knowledge Level, Inclusion, Psychometrics
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Senocak, Erdal; Samarapungavan, Ala; Aksoy, Pinar; Tosun, Cemal – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2013
The aim of this study was to develop a valid and reliable instrument to measure Turkish kindergarten students' understandings of some science concepts and scientific inquiry processes which are grounded in the Turkish Preschool Curriculum. The sample of the study was 371 kindergarten students, 12 Subject Area Experts (SAE), and 7 Turkish Language…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Scientific Concepts, Inquiry
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Erkan Atik, Zeynep; Cok, Figen; Esen Coban, Aysel; Dogan, Turkan; Guney Karaman, Neslihan – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2014
In this study, the authors have aimed to adapt the Friendship Qualities Scale (FQS) in order to determine friendship relation levels among adolescents. A total of 603 high school students from Ankara Turkey, were selected using convenient sampling to participate in this study. During the course of this study, the FQS was first translated into…
Descriptors: Friendship, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Adolescents
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Kaya, Zehra; Kaya, Osman Nafiz; Emre, Irfan – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2013
The purpose of this study was to adapt "Survey of Pre-service Teachers' Knowledge of Teaching and Technology" in order to assess pre-service primary teachers' Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) to Turkish. 407 pre-service primary teachers (227 female and 180 male) in their final semester in Education Faculties in Turkey…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Preservice Teachers, Student Surveys
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Kaya, Idris; Hamamci, Zeynep – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2011
The aim of this study was to develop the scale to assess irrational beliefs of parents and test its psychometric properties. The research sample was comprised of parents whose children were attending primary schools. The results from the factor analysis were used to determine two factors in the scale: Expectations and Perfectionism. To examine the…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis, Psychometrics
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Feyzioglu, Burak; Demirdag, Baris; Akyildiz, Murat; Altun, Eralp – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2012
Science process skills are claimed to enable an individual to improve their own life visions and give a scientific view/literacy as a standard of their understanding about the nature of science. The main purpose of this study was to develop a test for measuring a valid, reliable and practical test for Science Process Skills (SPS) in secondary…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries, Science Process Skills, Investigations
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Oguz, Aytunga – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2012
The purpose of this study was to develop a scale in order to measure prospective teachers' attitudes towards the Curriculum Development and Instruction course. The study group was composed of 286 prospective teachers. The process of developing the Attitude Scale involved a literature scan, taking student opinions through essays, creating an item…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Program Attitudes, Student Teacher Attitudes, Attitude Measures
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Aypay, Ayse – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2011
The purpose of this study is to develop an "Elementary School Student Burnout Scale for Grades 6-8". The study group included 691 students out of 10 schools in Eskisehir. Both Exploratory Factor Analysis and Confirmatory Factor Analysis were conducted on the data (Burnout stem from school activities, burnout stem from family, feeling of…
Descriptors: School Activities, Burnout, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis
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