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Jap, Bernard A. J.; Borleffs, Elisabeth; Maassen, Ben A. M. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2017
With its transparent orthography, Standard Indonesian is spoken by over 160 million inhabitants and is the primary language of instruction in education and the government in Indonesia. An assessment battery of reading and reading-related skills was developed as a starting point for the diagnosis of dyslexia in beginner learners. Founded on the…
Descriptors: Indonesian, Dyslexia, Identification, Phonological Awareness
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Wustenberg, Sascha; Greiff, Samuel; Funke, Joachim – Intelligence, 2012
This study investigates the internal structure and construct validity of Complex Problem Solving (CPS), which is measured by a "Multiple-Item-Approach." It is tested, if (a) three facets of CPS--"rule identification" (adequateness of strategies), "rule knowledge" (generated knowledge) and "rule application"…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Construct Validity, Logical Thinking, Grade Point Average
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Chermahini, Soghra Akbari; Hickendorff, Marian; Hommel, Bernhard – Thinking Skills and Creativity, 2012
The Remote Associates Test (RAT) developed by Mednick and Mednick (1967) is known as a valid measure of creative convergent thinking. We developed a 30-item version of the RAT in Dutch with high internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.85) and applied both Classical Test Theory and Item Response Theory (IRT) to provide measures of item…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Test Reliability, Item Response Theory, Construct Validity
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Rushton, J. Philippe; Skuy, Mervyn; Fridjhon, Peter – Intelligence, 2003
Tested the hypothesis that the Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices test has the same construct validity in African university students that it does in non-African university students. Differences in results for 294 engineering students in South Africa show that differences are not attributable to cultural peculiarities of the test, but are a…
Descriptors: College Students, Construct Validity, Cultural Differences, Engineering