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Sanhokwe, Hamfrey; Chinyamurindi, Willie; Muzurura, Joe – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2023
Purpose: This study aims to answer pertinent questions related to the quality of the organisational learning capability measurement model. Design/methodology/approach: A time-separated design informed data collection. The organisational learning capability was exposed to classical higher-order and bifactor confirmatory factor analyses. Multigroup…
Descriptors: Organizational Learning, Measurement, Models, Foreign Countries
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Dierendonck, Christophe; Milmeister, Paul; Kerger, Sylvie; Poncelet, Débora – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2020
Few studies have used exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and exploratory bifactor factor analysis (EBFA) to define a baseline factor structure model checking the construct-relevant psychometric multidimensionality of student engagement. This study was conducted on a sample of 3,374 students in France, Wallonia-Brussels Federation, and Luxembourg by…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Behavior Problems, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students
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Arnesen, Anne; Braeken, Johan; Baker, Scott; Meek-Hansen, Wilhelm; Ogden, Terje; Melby-Lervåg, Monica – Reading Research Quarterly, 2017
This study investigated an adaptation of the Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) measure of the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills into a European context for the Norwegian language, which has a more transparent orthography than English. Second-order latent growth curve modeling was used to examine the longitudinal measurement invariance of…
Descriptors: Oral Reading, Reading Fluency, Elementary School Students, Longitudinal Studies
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Gorard, Stephen – British Educational Research Journal, 2010
This paper considers the model of school effectiveness (SE) currently dominant in research, policy and practice in England (although the concerns it raises are international). It shows, principally through consideration of initial and propagated error, that SE results cannot be relied upon. By considering the residual difference between the…
Descriptors: School Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Scores, Educational Policy
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Kluge, Annette – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2008
The use of microworlds (MWs), or complex dynamic systems, in educational testing and personnel selection is hampered by systematic measurement errors because these new and innovative item formats are not adequately controlled for their difficulty. This empirical study introduces a way to operationalize an MW's difficulty and demonstrates the…
Descriptors: Personnel Selection, Self Efficacy, Educational Testing, Computer Uses in Education