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Byungmo Ku – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2024
The purposes of the present study were a) to evaluate the construct validity of a questionnaire measuring parental physical activity (PA) orientation, and b) to examine the association between constructs of parental PA orientation and parental explicit PA modelling in parents of young children with disabilities. One hundred and thirty-five…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Construct Validity, Questionnaires, Parents
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Cunha, Ana Isabel; Major, Sofia; Alves, Marta Pereira; Coroado, Mafalda – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2022
The purpose of this study was to explore the psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the Child Routines Questionnaire: Preschool (CRQ:P), a parent-report measure developed to assess daily routines specific to preschool-age children. Participants included 208 parents of preschool children (M[subscript age] = 3.97 years old; SD = 0.95;…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychometrics, Preschool Children, Family Environment
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Sordo, Silvia Álava; Garrido-Hernansaiz, Helena; Cantero-García, María; Sánchez-Iglesias, Iván; González-Moreno, Jesús; Santacreu, José – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2021
Introduction: There are different tests that assess attention and can help to make a differential diagnosis between ADHD and Learning Disabilities (LD), but there appears to be little research on the convergent and predictive validity of these tests. The aim of this study was to analyze the convergent validity of the EMAV, Caras, d2, AGL, CPT-II…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Learning Disabilities, Clinical Diagnosis
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Kartal, Gulten – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2021
The main purpose of this study is to establish a valid and reliable Turkish version of the Transactional Presence Scale. The study also aims to determine whether learners' personality structures, age, sex, previous experiences of distance education and perceptions of transactional presence are significant predictors of their perceived learning.…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Test Reliability, Attitude Measures, Student Attitudes
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Jeon, Lieny; Wells, Michael B. – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2018
Background: Teacher turnover is a major issue for early childhood organizations and it is critical to understand reasons for leaving their current teaching position at the organizational level to create more stable early care and education environments. Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the psychometric properties of the 16-item Early…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Early Childhood Education, Psychometrics, Teacher Attitudes
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Kaat, Aaron J.; Lecavalier, Luc – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and anxiety frequently co-occur. Research on the phenomenology and treatment of anxiety in ASD is expanding, but is hampered by the lack of instruments validated for this population. This study evaluated the self- and parent-reported Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale and the Multidimensional Anxiety Scale in…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Anxiety, Youth
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Yu, Guoxing; He, Lianzhen; Rea-Dickins, Pauline; Kiely, Richard; Lu, Yanbin; Zhang, Jing; Zhang, Yan; Xu, Shasha; Fang, Lin – ETS Research Report Series, 2017
Language test preparation has often been studied within the consequential validity framework in relation to ethics, equity, fairness, and washback of assessment. The use of independent and integrated speaking tasks in the "TOEFL iBT"® test represents a significant development and innovation in assessing speaking ability in academic…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Oral Language
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Hess, Christine Reiner; Landa, Rebecca J. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2012
Parents' concerns about their children's development were examined prospectively at 14, 24, and 36 months for 89 younger siblings of a child with autism. Parent reported concern was high at all ages (40-75%) and was higher at 24 and 36 months in children with ASD than non-ASD outcomes (p less than 0.05). Communication concerns were reported most…
Descriptors: Siblings, Autism, Standardized Tests, Test Validity
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Sandmann, Lorilee R.; Jordan, Jenny W.; Mull, Casey D.; Valentine, Thomas – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2014
Community engagement professionals and partners serve as, work with, study, and build the capacity of boundary spanners. To augment knowledge about these functions, the Weerts-Sandmann Boundary Spanning Conceptual Framework (2010) has been operationalized through a survey instrument to examine community engagement boundary-spanning behaviors by…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Change Agents, Community Involvement, Employee Attitudes
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Dunaway, Krystall E.; Morrow, Jennifer A.; Porter, Bryan E. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2012
No self-report measure of cultural competence currently exists in program evaluation. Adapting items from cultural competence measures in fields such as counseling and nursing, the researchers developed the Cultural Competence of Program Evaluators (CCPE) self-report scale. The goals of this study were to validate the CCPE and to assess…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Measures (Individuals), Cultural Awareness, Program Evaluation
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Reardon, Robert F.; Traverse, Maria A.; Feakes, Debra A.; Gibbs, Karen A.; Rohde, Rodney E. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2010
The primary goals of this project were to develop a reliable instrument to measure the chemistry course perceptions (CCP) of undergraduate chemistry students and to determine the predictors of CCP of undergraduate students as they enter their first college chemistry class. In a pilot study, 250 undergraduate students were solicited with 57…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Self Efficacy, Chemistry, Measures (Individuals)
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Hong, Zuway-R.; Lin, Huann-shyang – International Journal of Science Education, 2011
The purposes of this study were to validate an instrument of attitudes toward science and to investigate grade level, type of school, and gender differences in Taiwan's students' personality traits and attitudes toward science as well as predictors of attitudes toward science. Nine hundred and twenty-two elementary students and 1,954 secondary…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Student Attitudes, Science Interests, Foreign Countries
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Willems, A. P. A. M.; Embregts, P. J. C. M.; Stams, G. J. J. M.; Moonen, X. M. H. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2010
Background: Interpersonal staff behaviour is one of the instigating factors associated with challenging behaviour in clients with intellectual disabilities (ID). There are several studies focusing on the influence of intrapersonal staff characteristics--such as beliefs, attributions and emotional reactions--on staff behaviour. Little is known,…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Mental Retardation, Construct Validity, Test Validity
Meagher, Jennifer L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Over the past several years, educational leaders and researchers have tried to find the causes for high school dropout. Studies have shown that both demographic and student factors have contributed to placing a student at risk for dropping out of high school. Most of the studies, however, have been conducted in urban or suburban settings.…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Student Attitudes, Dropouts, Test Validity
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D'Alessio, Maria; Laghi, Fiorenzo; Baiocco, Roberto – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2008
A new self-report measure of children's attitudes toward TV advertising is described. The self-report scale was administered to 300 8- to-10-year-old children, and their parents completed a questionnaire evaluating socioeconomic status, educational level, and peer influence. Results of a factor analysis supported three identifiable factors…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Advertising, Factor Analysis, Peer Influence
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