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Xu, Jianzhong – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2010
The purpose of this study is to test the validity of scores on the Homework Purpose Scale using 681 rural and 306 urban high school students. First, confirmatory factor analysis was conducted on the rural sample. The results reveal that the Homework Purpose Scale comprises three separate yet related factors, including Learning-Oriented Reasons,…
Descriptors: Homework, Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis
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Woolley, Sandra L.; Benjamin, Woan-Jue J.; Woolley, Anita Williams – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2004
The development and validation of the Teacher Beliefs Survey (TBS) is described. The TBS, an instrument for assessing the beliefs of teachers related to constructivist and traditional approaches to teaching and learning, contains 21 items in three hypothetical constructs. Elementary teachers, preservice (n = 61) and in-service (n = 137),…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Test Construction, Elementary School Teachers, Preservice Teachers
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Kersting, Nicole – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2008
Responding to the scarcity of suitable measures of teacher knowledge, this article reports on a novel assessment approach to measuring teacher knowledge of teaching mathematics. The new approach uses teachers' ability to analyze teaching as a proxy for their teaching knowledge. Video clips of classroom instruction, which respondents were asked to…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Test Validity, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Holmes, David S. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1971
Descriptors: Expectation, Grades (Scholastic), Probability, Stimulation
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Barton, Richard M.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1994
The factorial validity and reliability of the newly developed Teacher Effectiveness Survey was examined in a sample of 390 principals. Results indicate that the instrument consists of three subscales (Instruction, Leadership, and Interpersonal/Professional), each measuring a different facet of a teacher's abilities. (SLD)
Descriptors: Ability, College Graduates, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure