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Ana Paula Porto Noronha; Leandro S. Almeida; Caroline T. Reppold – International Journal of Testing, 2024
"Grit" is a stable and measurable trait. It refers to the individual's ability to maintain efforts and interest in projects that take time to complete and are useful in educational contexts. In this study we investigated the validity of a short version of the Grit |International Assessment Scale, Portuguese Version (EAGrit-LP) based on…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Psychological Evaluation, Higher Education, Psychometrics
Cummings, Miriam Howland; Zong, Chen; Haug, Carolyn A.; Leech, Nancy L. – Studies in Higher Education, 2023
Occupational embeddedness is defined as what keeps people in their current occupation and is believed to have three dimensions: Fit (perceived compatibility), Links (ties to others), and Sacrifice (material or psychological losses upon career change). Occupational embeddedness is highly relevant for academic faculty in higher education, who have a…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Faculty, Job Satisfaction, Likert Scales
Nice, Matthew L.; Joseph, Matthew; Kolbert, Jered B.; Hilts, Derron N.; Crothers, Laura M.; Kratsa, Kristi – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2021
The present work describes the development of a new measure of school counselors' perceived self-efficacy regarding their knowledge of information and processes necessary to effectively guide their students through the college transition process. Researchers developed the School Counselor Efficacy for College Knowledge Questionnaire and examined…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, School Counselors, Test Construction, Self Efficacy
Zhoc, Karen C. H.; Webster, Beverley J.; King, Ronnel B.; Li, Johnson C. H.; Chung, Tony S. H. – Research in Higher Education, 2019
This study describes the development and validation of the Higher Education Student Engagement Scale (HESES). The psychometric evaluations of the scale included: (i) factor structure, (ii) internal consistency, and (iii) criterion validity. The HESES was developed based on our proposed five-factor model of student engagement, which was evolved…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Learner Engagement, Measures (Individuals), Test Construction
Tadesse, Tefera; Manathunga, Catherine E.; Gillies, Robyn M. – Higher Education Research and Development, 2018
This paper is positioned to make a sound contribution to knowledge of higher education (HE) quality through its study of student engagement in a large university in Ethiopia. We establish that the assessment of student engagement is a valid facet in determining HE quality, contributing holistically alongside quality assurance and university…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learner Engagement, Measures (Individuals), Test Construction
Grammatikopoulos, Vasilis; Linardakis, M.; Gregoriadis, A.; Oikonomidis, V. – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2015
The aim of the current study was to provide a valid and reliable instrument for the evaluation of the teaching effectiveness in the Greek higher education system. Other objectives of the study were (a) the examination of the dimensionality and the higher-order structure of the Greek version of Students' Evaluation of Educational Quality (SEEQ)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Higher Education, Teacher Effectiveness
Carlisle, Shauna K.; Gourd, Karen; Rajkhan, Safaa; Nitta, Keith – Journal of Service-Learning in Higher Education, 2017
Community-based learning (CBL) integrates problem-based service-learning, volunteerism, and experiential learning across a variety of disciplines. The Community-Based Learning Impact Scale is an instrument developed to measure the impact on a liberal arts university campus. Scale items were generated from focus groups, literature, and existing…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Problem Based Learning, Service Learning, Volunteers
Cumming, Jennifer; Woodcock, Charlotte; Cooley, Sam J.; Holland, Mark J. G.; Burns, Victoria E. – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2015
The aim of the present study was to develop and provide psychometric evidence in support of the groupwork skills questionnaire (GSQ) for measuring task and interpersonal groupwork skills. A 46-item version of the GSQ was initially completed by 672 university students. The number of items was reduced to 15 following exploratory factor analyses, and…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Test Construction, Test Validity, Skills
Ritchie, Laura; Williamon, Aaron – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2013
This research explores self-regulated learning behaviors as used by 174 students in higher music education during learning and practice, with the aim of demonstrating the interaction between processes, skills, and beliefs. A three-factor structure was identified within a newly adapted, ten-item Musical Self-regulated Learning Questionnaire,…
Descriptors: Music Education, Higher Education, Learning Strategies, Student Behavior
Robitschek, Christine; Ashton, Matthew W.; Spering, Cynthia C.; Geiger, Nathaniel; Byers, Danielle; Schotts, G. Christian; Thoen, Megan A. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2012
The original Personal Growth Initiative Scale (PGIS; Robitschek, 1998) was unidimensional, despite theory identifying multiple components (e.g., cognition and behavior) of personal growth initiative (PGI). The present research developed a multidimensional measure of the complex process of PGI, while retaining the brief and psychometrically sound…
Descriptors: Evidence, Undergraduate Students, Intervals, Test Validity
Ozkok, Alev; Walker, Scott L.; Buyukozturk, Sener – Learning Environments Research, 2009
The primary aim of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of a Turkish version of the Distance Education Learning Environment Survey (DELES) in post-secondary distance education. The second aim was to investigate empirically the conceptualisation of the distance education learning environment as a singular latent construct, within…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Test Validity, Factor Structure, Educational Environment
Stahl, Elmar; Bromme, Rainer – Learning and Instruction, 2007
This article presents a semantic differential called Connotative Aspects of Epistemological Beliefs (CAEB) developed to assess university students' epistemological beliefs with adjective pairs such as dynamic-static and objective-subjective. After discussing the theoretical background, data are reported from two validation studies. The aim of the…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Semantic Differential, Natural Sciences, Epistemology

Thompson, Bruce; Borrello, Gloria M. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1986
Factor adequacy and other results based on data from college students (N=359) provided positive evidence regarding the construct validity of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). Second order factor analysis supported the appropriateness of the MBTI item weighting procedures. (Author/ABB)
Descriptors: College Students, Factor Structure, Higher Education, Test Validity
Plake, Barbara S.; And Others – 1981
The concurrent validity of the Achievement Anxiety Test (AAT) and its factor structure are investigated to provide empirical evidence about the quality of AAT. State and trait anxiety were measured by State and Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), mathematics anxiety was assessed by a 24-item revised version of the 98-item Mathematics Anxiety Rating…
Descriptors: Correlation, Factor Structure, Higher Education, Orthogonal Rotation

Himle, David P.; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1985
Administered the Rational Behavior Inventory (RBI) to 510 undergraduates and performed factor analytic procedures. Comparison with the original factors showed nine of the original 11 factor patterns were approximated reasonably. (JAC)
Descriptors: College Students, Factor Structure, Higher Education, Rational Emotive Therapy