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Summers, Ryan; Abd-El-Khalick, Fouad – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2018
The aim of the present study is to enable future studies into students' attitudes toward science, and related constructs, by developing and validating an instrument suitable for cross-sectional designs. Following a thorough review of the literature it was determined that many extant instruments included design aspects that appeared to be limited…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Student Attitudes, Scientific Attitudes, Test Construction
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Harrell-Williams, L. M.; Dowdy, E.; Twyford, J. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2013
The BESS is a relatively new screening system for identifying behavior and emotional risk (BER) in children and adolescents. Psychometric evidence regarding this instrument is important for researchers and practitioners considering the use of the BESS for identifying BER in students. This study seeks to provide and evaluate evidence for the use of…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Screening Tests, Behavior, Psychological Patterns
Veldman, Donald J.; Sheffield, John R. – 1975
Two sociometric techniques were used in Project PRIME (Programmed Re-Entry Into Mainstream Education) to elicit data from peers about the behavior of selected normal and handicapped children in each of the 500 plus classrooms studied. One of these instruments was called Guess Who. The Guess Who instrument consists of 29 questions, such as,…
Descriptors: Behavior, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students