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Kate E. Walton – ACT, Inc., 2024
There is a tradeoff between scale length and psychometric concerns. The two are, in fact, directly linked. Generally, when scales are shortened, reliability is reduced, and when scales are lengthened, reliability is improved, provided the items added to the scale are comparable psychometrically (AERA et al., 2014). Scale reliability, in turn,…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Error of Measurement, Rating Scales, Reliability
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Davis, Marcia H.; Wang, Wenhao; Kingston, Neal M.; Hock, Michael; Tonks, Stephen M.; Tiemann, Gail – Journal of Research in Reading, 2020
Background: The importance of reading motivation has led to the development of a large number of self-report reading motivation measures; however, there is still a need for a usable measure of adolescent reading motivation that captures a large number of theoretically and empirically distinct constructs. Methods: The current paper details the…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Measures (Individuals), Computer Assisted Testing, Reading Interests
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Ariani, Dorothea Wahyu – Cogent Education, 2022
During this COVID-19 pandemic, the community, especially students, experienced anxiety due to the uncertainty that occurred. To cover it up, self-handicapping is the most common option. People in the eastern culture, such as Indonesia, prefer to achieve social achievement (SAch) goals than academic achievement (AAch) goals in motivation. This…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, COVID-19, Pandemics, Anxiety
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Bobilya, Andrew J.; Faircloth, W. Brad; Lindley, Betsy R.; Holman, Tom; McAvoy, Leo H. – Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership, 2021
This study examined differences in participants' perceptions of their Character Development, Leadership, and Environmental Service prior to and immediately following participation in a North Carolina Outward Bound School (NCOBS) course using the NCOBS Course Impression Survey (NCOBCIS). The three-fold purpose of this study was to confirm the…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Outdoor Education, Leadership, Scores
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Gülcan, Murat Gürkan – Educational Research and Reviews, 2014
People form organizations by getting together in order to realize the goals that they might not manage to realize alone. Organizations differ from one another by various distinctive characteristics. However, their success is related to the level of goal fulfillment. People working more effectively and efficiently within the organization may create…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teamwork, Educational Administration, School Culture
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Nasser, Ramzi; McInerney, Dennis – Educational Psychology, 2016
This study investigated the relation between motivational goals and university intentions, school valuing and school achievement. The premise of this study is that motivational goals play a key role in academic values and achievement. Confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to establish the construct validity of the motivational measures drawn…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, High School Students, Student Attitudes
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Antelo, Absael; Prilipko, Evgenia V.; Sheridan-Pereira, Margaret – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2010
Followership, being an understudied concept, raises fundamental questions: How did followership develop? Why do people submit into becoming followers? The developmental trajectory for the development of individual attributes is as yet, uncharted. Current study provides an overview of assessed attributes of followers, as proposed by Antelo (2010).…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Motivation, Job Performance, Productivity