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Direct linkFrank Quansah; Edmond K. Agormedah; Francis Ankomah; Medina Srem-Sai; Regina M. Nugba; John E. Hagan Jr.; Thomas Schack – Psychology in the Schools, 2024
Teachers' Sense of Efficacy Scale (TSES), since its development, has gained much popularity because of its adequate psychometric properties. Yet, scholarly information on the soundness of this instrument in the African context has not been documented. Besides, the previous validation studies on the TSES have yielded mixed results with different…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Efficacy, Teacher Attitudes, Test Validity
Jiayi Wang; Michael T. Kalkbrenner; Riley Schaner – Psychology in the Schools, 2025
Teaching is a stressful profession with a high turnover rate. Schools and related institutions need to take more action to support teachers and keep teacher stress at a manageable level. The continued research and practical effort require measures to examine teachers' stress in a briefer and accurate manner. The Teacher Stress Scale is a recently…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Preschool Teachers, Stress Variables
Hatch, Burt; Kadlaskar, Girija; Miller, Meghan – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
Abstract Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism are neurodevelopmental disorders that emerge in childhood. There is increasing recognition that ADHD and autism frequently co-occur. Yet, questions remain among clinicians regarding the best ways to evaluate and treat co-occurring autism and ADHD. This review outlines issues…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Clinical Diagnosis, Drug Therapy, Autism Spectrum Disorders
Zhang, Juan; Wang, Chuang; Lambert, Richard; Wu, Chenggang; Wen, Hongbo – Psychology in the Schools, 2017
The Classroom Appraisal of Resources and Demands (CARD) was designed to evaluate teacher stress based on subjective evaluations of classroom demands and resources. However, the CARD has been mostly utilized in western countries. The aim of the current study was to provide aspects of the validity of responses to a Chinese version of the CARD that…
Descriptors: Chinese, Classroom Techniques, Goodness of Fit, Construct Validity
Mason, Benjamin A.; Gunersel, Adalet Baris; Ney, Emilie A. – Psychology in the Schools, 2014
Behavior rating scales are indirect measures of emotional and social functioning used for assessment purposes. Rater bias is systematic error that may compromise the validity of behavior rating scale scores. Teacher bias in ratings of behavior has been investigated in multiple studies, but not yet assessed in a research synthesis that focuses on…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Teacher Attitudes, Social Bias, Ethnicity
Cleary, Timothy J.; Dembitzer, Leah; Kettler, Ryan J. – Psychology in the Schools, 2015
Using a sample of 348 middle school students, we gathered evidence regarding the internal consistency of scores, as well as the internal factor structure and convergent validity evidence for inferences from a self-report questionnaire called the Self-Regulation Strategy Inventory-Self Report. Confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the fit…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Scores, Factor Structure, Questionnaires
Fiorello, Catherine A.; Thurman, S. Kenneth; Zavertnik, Jennifer; Sher, Robert; Coleman, Schehera – Psychology in the Schools, 2009
The broad cognitive abilities defined by the Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) theory have been shown to predict school achievement. However, the ecological validity of these constructs has not been studied in classroom settings. This study compares ratings by a sample of teachers (n = 53) and school psychologists (n = 86) of the importance of the CHC…
Descriptors: School Psychologists, Academic Achievement, Cognitive Ability, Counselor Attitudes
Panter, Janet E.; Bracken, Bruce A. – Psychology in the Schools, 2009
The Bracken School Readiness Assessment (BSRA) was administered to all kindergarten students enrolled in two rural elementary schools in the fall of 2004. Eight months later, the reading portion of the Metropolitan Readiness Tests, 6th Edition (MRT-6) was administered. Teachers were asked to indicate whether they had concerns about each student's…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Reading Readiness Tests, Kindergarten, Grade 1
Peer reviewedLederman, Edward; Blair, John Raymond – Psychology in the Schools, 1972
Results of the study indicate that despite the presumably greater opportunity the mother has to observe the child, more valid information in regard to his developmental status is obtained from the child's teacher. (Author)
Descriptors: Child Development, Measurement, Parent Attitudes, Prediction
Williams, Thomas O., Jr.; Eaves, Ronald C. – Psychology in the Schools, 2005
The Pervasive Developmental Disorders Rating Scale (PDDRS; Eaves, 2003) is a rating scale that is used in the screening process for pervasive developmental disorders (PDD). The PDDRS contains three scales: Arousal, Affect, and Cognition. In this study, the construct validity of the PDDRS was examined with teacher ratings from a sample of 168…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Rating Scales, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Factor Analysis
Peer reviewedBell, John A. – Psychology in the Schools, 1977
A 60-item short form of the Mnnesota Teacher Attitude Inventory (MTAI) was compared to the present 150-item form to determine whether the same constructs were common to both sets of items. Five factors were found to be highly consistent for each group and with the results reported in the literature. (Author)
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Factor Analysis
Peer reviewedStone, Brenda G. – Psychology in the Schools, 1980
Attempted to clarify the dynamics between creativity and misbehavior in the classroom by determining the extent to which creativity test scores predict identification of students by teachers and/or peers as misbehavers. Results generally failed to support that high creativity scores predict teacher identification of students as behavior problems.…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Classroom Environment, Creativity, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedKing, Dennis R.; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1980
Students selected as emotionally handicapped reported themselves to be tense, frustrated, and driven. They had irrational worries, and were sensitively aware of being criticized. Selected students lacked superego strength and emotional stability. Clear differences between primary and intermediate teachers' perceptions of emotionally handicapping…
Descriptors: Disability Identification, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
