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The "What Is Happening in This Class" Questionnaire: A Qualitative Examination in Elementary Classrooms
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Charalampous, Kyriakos; Kokkinos, Constantinos M. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2017
The classroom psychosocial climate (CPSC) is a multidimensional construct, the indicators of which are being operationalized through the subscales of CPSC measuring instruments, such as the What Is Happening in This Class? (WIHIC) questionnaire. As opposed to studies with secondary students, elementary student studies have produced inconsistent…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Attitude Measures, Test Construction
Instructor Strategic Ambiguity: Delineation of the Construct and Development of a Measure
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Klyukovski, Andrei A.; Medlock-Klyukovski, Amanda L. – Communication Education, 2016
This article presents research to delineate the construct of instructor strategic ambiguity (ISA) and develop a measure. The first study analyzed instructor uses of ambiguity, identified 18 strategies, and classified them into four categories. The second study developed an Instructor Strategic Ambiguity Measure (ISAM) for the college classroom.…
Descriptors: Ambiguity (Context), Teaching Styles, Educational Strategies, Cluster Grouping
American College Students' Attitudes toward Institutional Accountability Testing: Developing Measures
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Zilberberg, Anna; Anderson, Robin D.; Finney, Sara J.; Marsh, Kimberly R. – Educational Assessment, 2013
In the United States, government mandates for educational accountability have prompted an increase in testing in K-12 and higher education settings, resulting in a generation of millennial students who have undergone repeated assessment over the course of their educational careers. The cumulative effects of testing may range from increasingly…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Accountability, Attitude Measures
Development of the Indicators of Successful Inclusion Scale (ISIS): Addressing Ecological Concerns
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Brandes, Joyce A.; McWhirter, Paula T.; Haring, Kathryn A.; Crowson, Michael H.; Millsap, Clay A. – Teacher Development, 2012
The Indicators of Successful Inclusion Scale (ISIS) was developed to measure pre-service and practicing educators' beliefs regarding factors that contribute to educating students with disabilities in general education classrooms. The measure was designed to assess teachers' beliefs and attitudes related to inclusive education and to consider their…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Inclusion, Measures (Individuals), Ecological Factors
Analyzing the OECD Indicators Model.
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Walberg, Herbert J.; Zhang, Guoxiong – Comparative Education, 1998
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's indicators project identified 635 educational indicators in 13 categories in 3 blocks: contexts, processes, and results. Analysis of the educational features of 28 high-income countries demonstrates relationships between the three blocks of indicators and suggests that about 50 indicators…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Construct Validity, Developed Nations, Educational Indicators
Maine's Balance of Representation: Information and Results
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Maine Department of Education, 2003
This document, a companion to the "LAS Guide Principles and Criteria for the Adoption of Local Assessment Systems," [ED484135] presents results that are intended to provide Maine's school administrative units with an option for selecting sample performance indicators to be assessed through the Local Assessment System to meet the…
Descriptors: State Standards, Standard Setting, State Programs, Classification