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Ellis, Christina; Skidmore, Susan Troncoso; Combs, Julie P. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2017
Purpose: Teachers' satisfaction with their jobs has reached the lowest point in 25 years. One contributing factor is when teachers experience information-poor hiring processes and do not obtain an accurate preview of their positions, their person-organization (P-O) fit, and person-job (P-J) fit. Sparked by a renewed focus on the variables that can…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Job Satisfaction, Personality Theories, Teacher Selection
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Bicer, Ali; Capraro, Robert M.; Capraro, Mary M. – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2017
Previous research identified a strong correlation between mathematics and science performance albeit for small samples of students. Even though there was a high correlation between mathematics and science performance, researchers examining students' STEM achievement investigated mathematics and science achievement separately. The present study…
Descriptors: High School Students, Grade 11, STEM Education, Evaluation Methods
Shogren, Karrie A.; Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Little, Todd D.; Forber-Pratt, Anjali J.; Palmer, Susan B.; Seo, Hyojeong – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2017
The purpose of this article is to describe preliminary psychometric characteristics of a student self-report measure of self-determination, the "Self-Determination Inventory: Student Report" version (SDI-SR), designed for youth with and without disabilities. We administered the draft assessment to 311 youth and examined item functioning…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Test Reliability, Scores, Psychometrics
Hanks, Jeffrey Mark – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to model, through structural equation modeling techniques, the relationships among superintendent practices of collaborative goal-setting, establishment of nonnegotiable goals for achievement and instruction, board alignment with and support of district goals, monitoring goals for achievement and instruction, use of…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Academic Achievement, Factor Structure, Factor Analysis