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Teachers' Engagement at Work: An International Validation Study
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Klassen, Robert M.; Aldhafri, Said; Mansfield, Caroline F.; Purwanto, Edy; Siu, Angela F. Y.; Wong, Marina W.; Woods-McConney, Amanda – Journal of Experimental Education, 2012
This study explored the validity of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale in a sample of 853 practicing teachers from Australia, Canada, China (Hong Kong), Indonesia, and Oman. The authors used multigroup confirmatory factor analysis to test the factor structure and measurement invariance across settings, after which they examined the relationships…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis
Examining the Factor Structure of the Teachers' Sense of Efficacy Scale
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Fives, Helenrose; Buehl, Michelle M. – Journal of Experimental Education, 2009
The authors examined the factor structure of the long and short forms of the Teachers' Sense of Efficacy Scale (TSES; M. Tschannen-Moran & A. Woolfolk-Hoy, 2001) for practicing (n = 102) and preservice teachers (n = 270), comparing the responses to both forms of the TSES, and looked for differences in teachers' efficacy with respect to…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Preservice Teachers, Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals)
The Superiority of Factor Scores as Predictors
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Morris, John D.; Guertin, Wilson H. – Journal of Experimental Education, 1977
Common factor scores were compared to unfactored data-level variables as predictors in terms of the correlation of a criterion with the predicted value in multiple regression equations applied to replication (cross-validation) samples. (Editor)
Descriptors: Correlation, Educational Research, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure