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Alpaslan, Muhammet Mustafa; Ulubey, Özgür – Online Submission, 2017
Recent years, emotions emerge as important affective constructs that contribute to individuals' behaviors at educational settings. In this study, it was aimed to adapt the Teacher Emotion Scale (TES) developed by Frenzel et al. (2016) into the Turkish culture and to examine its validity and reliability. A total of two hundred and eighty two…
Descriptors: Teacher Behavior, Affective Measures, Behavior Rating Scales, Elementary Secondary Education
Aydin, Selami; Harputlu, Leyla; Güzel, Serhat; Ustuk, Özgehan; Savran Çelik, Seyda; Genç, Deniz – Online Submission, 2016
Foreign language anxiety (FLA), which constitutes a serious problem in the foreign language learning process, has been mainly seen as a research issue regarding adult language learners, while it has been overlooked in children. This is because there is no an appropriate tool to measure FLA among children, whereas there are many studies on the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Anxiety, Rating Scales, Test Reliability
Stonkus, Mark A.; Royal, Kenneth D. – Online Submission, 2015
The purpose of this study was to provide further validation a new measure of mental toughness in sport. The Inventory of Mental Toughness Factors in Sport (IMTF-S) was originally developed and validated using principal component analysis. For the present study, the psychometric properties of the IMTF-S were again evaluated, but by way of the Rasch…
Descriptors: Sport Psychology, Program Validation, Cognitive Ability, Mental Health
Bakirtas, Hülya; Tonga, Deniz – Online Submission, 2016
In the development of the national economies, the economy education in school curricula has an important place, because students may not have received the necessary economic realities and requirements. For that reason, it is necessary to determine the perception of wants and needs of children. In this study, it was aimed to develop a scale for…
Descriptors: Preferences, Student Needs, Student Interests, Test Construction
Potvin, Patrice; Skelling-Desmeules, Yannick; Sy, Ousmane – Online Submission, 2015
This article describes the design of a misconception diagnostic test about fire-related phenomena. It proposes a new test format in which a certainty-measuring tier has been integrated into each of the true/false response choices. This format is argued to be easier for teachers to use than the increasingly popular three-tier format. First, we…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Fire Science Education, Diagnostic Tests, Misconceptions
McDonald, Betty – Online Submission, 2013
A focus group of 18 faculty members at Campus O of a higher educational institution and another focus group of 16 faculty members at Campus S of the same institution comprised the sample, representative of close to 100% of their respective populations. Independently, both groups were engaged in interactive Problem-Based Learning sessions. They…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Measures (Individuals), Focus Groups
Samur, Ayse Ozturk; Soydan, Sema – Online Submission, 2013
The aim of this study is to adapt SIPPY (social interaction practices for the preschool years) scale into Turkish. The SIPPY is a tool designed to assess teachers' judgments of the acceptability and feasibility, as well as their current use of literature-supported strategies for promoting the development of young children's social competence in…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Interpersonal Relationship, Measures (Individuals), Interpersonal Competence
Anderson, Stephen A. – Online Submission, 2010
This paper summarizes an action research project to develop a math screening instrument that would be effective (valid and reliable) and efficient (time for administration). An instrument was developed after review of the mathematics assessment and mathematics disabilities literature. The instrument was administered to kindergarten, first, and…
Descriptors: Action Research, Achievement Tests, Kindergarten, Grade 2
Hassad, Rossi A. – Online Submission, 2009
This study examined the teaching practices of 227 college instructors of introductory statistics (from the health and behavioral sciences). Using primarily multidimensional scaling (MDS) techniques, a two-dimensional, 10-item teaching practice scale, TISS (Teaching of Introductory Statistics Scale), was developed and validated. The two dimensions…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Measures (Individuals), Multidimensional Scaling, Psychometrics
Wilkerson, Judy R.; Lang, W. Steve – Online Submission, 2008
U.S. teacher educators are faced with serious challenges to demonstrate the quality of the graduates they prepare. These challenges are expressed in the country's fixation on accountability and testing. We are witnessing the growth of standardized tests and alternative routes to certification as panaceas intended to solve the teacher shortage…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, State Programs, Teacher Shortage, Program Validation
Hassad, Rossi; Coxon, APM – Online Submission, 2007
Despite more than a decade of reform efforts, students continue to experience difficulty understanding and applying statistical concepts. The predominant focus of reform has been on content, pedagogy, technology and assessment, with little attention to instructor characteristics. However, there is strong theoretical and empirical evidence that…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Psychometrics, Behavioral Sciences, Health Education
Chung, Gregory K. W. K.; Dionne, Gary B.; Kaiser, William J. – Online Submission, 2006
Our research question was whether we could develop a feasible technique, using Bayesian networks, to diagnose gaps in student knowledge. Thirty-four college-age participants completed tasks designed to measure conceptual knowledge, procedural knowledge, and problem-solving skills related to circuit analysis. A Bayesian network was used to model…
Descriptors: Discovery Processes, Feasibility Studies, Bayesian Statistics, Prediction
Vogelaar, Robert J. – Online Submission, 2005
In this project a product to aid educational leaders in the process of communicating in crisis situations is presented. The product was created and received a formative evaluation using an educational research and development methodology. Ultimately, an administrative training course that utilized an Image Repair Situational Theory was developed.…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Educational Research, Formative Evaluation, Focus Groups