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Stephen Humphry; Paul Montuoro; Carolyn Maxwell – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2024
This article builds upon a proiminent definition of construct validity that focuses on variation in attributes causing variation in measurement outcomes. This article synthesizes the defintion and uses Rasch measurement modeling to explicate a modified conceptualization of construct validity for assessments of developmental attributes. If…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Measurement Techniques, Developmental Stages, Item Analysis
Tu, Thuy Thi Minh – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The study aimed to elicit information from Vietnamese EFL university instructors about their knowledge and skills regarding the principles, theory, and practices of language assessment by means of revision and validation of the Language Assessment Literacy--Revised Vietnam (LAL-RV), which was previously developed by Kremmel and Harding (2020). A…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, College Faculty
Thapelo Ncube Whitfield – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Student Experience surveys are used to measure student attitudes towards their campus as well as to initiate conversations for institutional change. Validity evidence to support the interpretations of these surveys' results, however, is lacking. The first purpose of this study was to compare three Differential Item Functioning (DIF) methods on…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Surveys, Student Experience, Student Attitudes
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Jorgensen, Maribeth F.; Schweinle, William E. – Professional Counselor, 2018
The 68-item Research Identity Scale (RIS) was informed through qualitative exploration of research identity development in master's-level counseling students and practitioners. Classical psychometric analyses revealed the items had strong validity and reliability and a single factor. A one-parameter Rasch analysis and item review was used to…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Counseling Services, Counselor Training, Psychometrics
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Feranchak, Bret; Deiger, Megan – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
Increasingly content area projects and programs at the K-12 level, such as in mathematics, involve a programmatic component or project emphasis on developing "teacher leadership". However, there is no consistent definition or framework for this construct and even fewer validated tools for measuring it. This paper describes our efforts in…
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, Mathematics Instruction, Guidelines, Elementary Secondary Education
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Huggins-Manley, Anne Corinne – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2017
This study defines subpopulation item parameter drift (SIPD) as a change in item parameters over time that is dependent on subpopulations of examinees, and hypothesizes that the presence of SIPD in anchor items is associated with bias and/or lack of invariance in three psychometric outcomes. Results show that SIPD in anchor items is associated…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Test Items, Item Response Theory, Hypothesis Testing
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Sarwar, Samiullah; Bhamani, Shelina – Journal of Education and Educational Development, 2018
Schools label themselves to be English medium considering that by implementing textbooks in English language and adopting English as a medium of instruction is sufficient to be English. In this regard, there is a need for a checklist or self-assessment tool to enable the schools to evaluate themselves to see their positioning as an English medium…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Psychometrics
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Choi, Jae-Sung; Lee, Minhong – Research on Social Work Practice, 2014
Objective: This study examined the validity and reliability of a person-directed care (PDC) measure for nursing homes in Korea. Method: Managerial personnel from 223 nursing homes in 2010 and 239 in 2012 were surveyed. Results: Item analysis and exploratory factor analysis for the first sample generated a 33-item PDC measure with eight factors.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychometrics, Nursing Homes, Item Analysis
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Reckase, Mark D.; McCrory, Raven; Floden, Robert E.; Ferrini-Mundy, Joan; Senk, Sharon L. – Educational Assessment, 2015
Numerous researchers have suggested that there are multiple mathematical knowledge and skill areas needed by teachers in order for them to be effective teachers of mathematics: knowledge of the mathematics that are the goals of instruction, advanced mathematics beyond the instructional material, and mathematical knowledge that is specific to what…
Descriptors: Algebra, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Multidimensional Scaling, Psychometrics
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Towns, Marcy H. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2014
Chemistry faculty members are highly skilled in obtaining, analyzing, and interpreting physical measurements, but often they are less skilled in measuring student learning. This work provides guidance for chemistry faculty from the research literature on multiple-choice item development in chemistry. Areas covered include content, stem, and…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Test Construction, Psychometrics, Test Items
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Konstantinidou, Elisavet; Zisi, Vasiliki; Michalopoulou, Maria – Early Child Development and Care, 2015
The promotion of creativity has been proved a necessity in the education process. The research on creativity in physical education though is very limited worldwide and there is a lack of multilingual evaluation instruments. In the current study, the Creativity Fostering Teacher Index (CFTIndex) was translated and culturally adapted in Greek and…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Creativity
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Tortop, Hasan Said – Educational Research and Reviews, 2013
This study was conducted to develop a new scale for measuring teachers' attitude towards science fair. Teacher Attitude Scale towards Science Fair (TASSF) is an inventory made up of 19 items and five dimensions. The study included such stages as literature review, the preparation of the item pool and the reliability and validity analysis. First of…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Science Fairs
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Ardies, Jan; De Maeyer, Sven; Gijbels, David – Design and Technology Education, 2013
In knowledge based economies technological literacy is gaining interest. Technological literacy correlates with attitude towards technology. When measuring technological literacy as an outcome of education, the attitudinal dimension has to be taken into account. This requires a valid, reliable instrument that should be as concise as possible, in…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Educational Technology, Technological Literacy, Technology Education
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Iacobucci, Dawn – Journal of Marketing Education, 2013
This research investigates the reliability and validity of three major publications' rankings of MBA programs. Each set of rankings showed reasonable consistency over time, both at the level of the overall rankings and for most of the facets from which the rankings are derived. Each set of rankings also showed some levels of convergent and…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Business Administration Education, Reliability, Validity
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Liddle, Ian; Carter, Greg F. A. – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2015
The Stirling Children's Well-being Scale (SCWBS) was developed by the Stirling Council Educational Psychology Service (UK) as a holistic, positively worded measure of emotional and psychological well-being in children aged eight to 15 years. Drawing on current theories of well-being and Positive Psychology, the aim was to provide a means of…
Descriptors: Well Being, Emotional Development, Psychological Needs, Psychological Testing
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