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Canbulat, Ayse Nur Kutluca – Educational Research and Reviews, 2017
This work uses exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses to study Verbal Skills Development Teacher Self-Efficacy Scale (VSDTS), Reading Skills Development Teacher Self-Efficacy Scale (RSDTS) and Writing Skills Development Teacher Self-Efficacy Scale (WSDTS) developed to identify classroom teacher candidates' perceptions of teacher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Self Efficacy
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Nyström, Siv; Åhsberg, Elizabeth – Research on Social Work Practice, 2016
Objective: This study examines whether the psychometric properties of the short version of the Evidence-Based Practice Process Assessment Scale (EBPPAS) remain satisfactory when translated and transferred to the context of Swedish welfare services. Method: The Swedish version of EBPPAS was tested on a sample of community-based professionals in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychometrics, Evidence Based Practice, Likert Scales
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Turner, Michelle; Holdsworth, Sarah; Scott-Young, Christina M. – Higher Education Research and Development, 2017
While measures of resilience have been applied in university settings, progress has been hindered by the lack of a consistent measure of resilience. Additionally, results from these measures cannot be easily translated into practical curriculum-based initiatives which support resilience development. Resilience is linked to student mental health…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Academic Persistence, Resilience (Psychology)
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Awofala, Adeneye O. A.; Fatade, Alfred O. – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2015
Introduction: Investigation into the factor structure of Domains of Creativity Scale has been on for sometimes now. The purpose of this study was to test the validity of the Kaufman Domains of Creativity Scale on Nigerian preservice science, technology, and mathematics teachers. Method: Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were performed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Creativity, Creativity Tests, Rating Scales
Brown, Alec Judd – ProQuest LLC, 2012
National assessment data indicate that the large majority of students in America perform below expected proficiency levels in the area of writing. Given the importance of writing skills, this is a significant problem. Curriculum-based measurement, when used for progress monitoring and intervention planning, has been shown to lead to improved…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Factor Structure, Factor Analysis, Curriculum Based Assessment
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Salehi, Mohammad – English Language Teaching, 2011
To investigate the construct validly of a section of a high stakes test, an exploratory factor analysis using principal components analysis was employed. The rotation used was varimax with the suppression level of 0.30. Eleven factors were extracted out of 35 reading comprehension items. The fact that these factors emerged speak to the construct…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Factor Structure
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Kim, Sooyeon; Kyllonen, Patrick C. – ETS Research Report Series, 2006
The Standardized Letter of Recommendation (SLR), a 28-item form, was created by ETS to supplement the qualitative rating of graduate school applicants' nonacademic qualities with a quantitative approach. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the following psychometric properties of the SLR using the Rasch rating-scale model: dimensionality,…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Rating Scales, Data Analysis, Models