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Kang, Jingoo; Keinonen, Tuula; Simon, Shirley; Rannikmäe, Miia; Soobard, Regina; Direito, Inês – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2019
Context-based learning (CBL) approaches have been recommended and expanded in science education to make science more relevant to students by connecting science content with students' daily life. Subsequently, in order to implement CBL at school, a group of scenarios has been produced by several stakeholders. However, there is a lack of resources…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Context Effect, Problem Based Learning, Science Education
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Kavgaoglu, Derya; Alci, Bülent – Educational Research and Reviews, 2016
The goal of this research which was carried out in reputable dedicated call centres within the Turkish telecommunication sector aims is to evaluate competence-based curriculums designed by means of internal funding through Stufflebeam's context, input, process, product (CIPP) model. In the research, a general scanning pattern in the scope of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evaluation Methods, Models, Curriculum Evaluation
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Yin, Hongbiao; Lu, Genshu; Wang, Wenyan – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2014
The quality of teaching in higher education is a topic which has generated heated debate in China, though there has been a remarkable paucity of empirical research into the characteristics of teaching and learning in Chinese universities. This study examined Chinese university students' course experience and its influence on their approaches to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Experience, Learning Strategies, Educational Quality
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Sandell, Rolf; Kimber, Birgitta; Andersson, Marie; Elg, Mattias; Fharm, Linus; Gustafsson, Niklas; Soderbaum, Wendela – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2012
This is a psychometric analysis of an instrument to assess the socio-emotional development of school students, How I Feel (HIF), developed as a situational judgment test, with scoring based on expert judgments. The HIF test was administered in grades 4-9, 1999-2005. Internal consistency, retest reliability, and year-to-year stability were…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Emotional Development, Psychometrics, Construct Validity
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Johansson, Stefan; Myrberg, Eva; Rosen, Monica – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2012
The purpose of the present study was to examine validity aspects of teachers' judgements of pupils' reading skills. Data come from Sweden's participation in the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2001, for Grades 3 and 4. For pupils at the same achievement levels, as measured by PIRLS 2001 test, teachers' judgements of…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Reading Skills, Foreign Countries, Grade 3
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Marsh, Herbert W.; Nagengast, Benjamin; Morin, Alexandre J. S.; Parada, Roberto H.; Craven, Rhonda G.; Hamilton, Linda R. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2011
Existing research posits multiple dimensions of bullying and victimization but has not identified well-differentiated facets of these constructs that meet standards of good measurement: goodness of fit, measurement invariance, lack of differential item functioning, and well-differentiated factors that are not so highly correlated as to detract…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Test Bias, Bullying, Structural Equation Models
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Jackson, Allen W.; Morrow, James R., Jr.; Bowles, Heather R.; FitzGerald, Shannon J.; Blair, Steven N. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2007
Valid measurement of physical activity is important for studying the risks for morbidity and mortality. The purpose of this study was to examine evidence of construct validity of two similar single-response items assessing physical activity via self-report. Both items are based on the stages of change model. The sample was 687 participants (men =…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Construct Validity, Guidelines
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Hunt, Melissa; Hopko, Derek R.; Bare, Robert; Lejuez, C. W.; Robinson, E. V. – Assessment, 2005
To continue research assessing the validity of the Balloon Analog Risk Task (BART) as a measure of risk taking, the BART was administered to a nonforensic sample of individuals with varying levels of psychopathic characteristics. Construct validity of the BART was evaluated by measuring risk-taking behavior in relation to self-reported…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Construct Validity, Mental Disorders, Individual Characteristics