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Barbara Means; Julie Neisler – Online Learning, 2023
Learner engagement is well-established as critical for learning online. Professional development for online instructors emphasizes techniques for engaging students, and learning technology products tout features intended to promote engagement (e.g., adaptive content, video, gamification). But the influence of particular instructor practices and of…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Electronic Learning, Teaching Methods, Educational Practices
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Mohammed, Saif Husam; Kinyó, László – Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning, 2022
This study's primary aim is to validate a research instrument in Iraqi Kurdistan middle and secondary schools to explore learners' perspectives concerning social constructivist learning environments and e-learning outcomes. The research instrument was updated and devised based on Aldridge, Fraser, Taylor, and Chen's (Aldridge et al., International…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Constructivism (Learning), Outcomes of Education, Secondary School Students
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Ruan, Jiening; Nie, Youyan; Hong, Ji; Monobe, Gumiko; Zheng, Guomin; Kambara, Hitomi; You, Sula – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2015
The purpose of this study is to validate the widely adopted Teachers' Sense of Efficacy Scale (TSES) for the East Asian context. The researchers seek to find out whether TSES holds validity and reliability and is appropriate for use to measure teacher efficacy in China, Korea, and Japan. 489 teachers from the three countries participated in the…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Asians, Self Efficacy, Goodness of Fit
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Yu, Taeho; Richardson, Jennifer C. – Online Learning, 2015
The purpose of this study was to develop an effective instrument to measure student readiness in online learning with reliable predictors of online learning success factors such as learning outcomes and learner satisfaction. The validity and reliability of the Student Online Learning Readiness (SOLR) instrument were tested using exploratory factor…
Descriptors: Learning Readiness, Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Factor Analysis
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Geldhof, G. John; Gestsdottir, Steinunn; Stefansson, Kristjan; Johnson, Sara K.; Bowers, Edmond P.; Lerner, Richard M. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2015
Intentional self-regulation (ISR) undergoes significant development across the life span. However, our understanding of ISR's development and function remains incomplete, in part because the field's conceptualization and measurement of ISR vary greatly. A key sample case involves how Baltes and colleagues' Selection, Optimization,…
Descriptors: Measurement Techniques, Likert Scales, Construct Validity, Reliability
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Ballantine, Joan; Guo, Xin; Larres, Patricia – Studies in Higher Education, 2015
This research provides new insights into the measurement of students' authorial identity and its potential for minimising the incidence of unintentional plagiarism by providing evidence about the psychometric properties of the Student Authorship Questionnaire (SAQ). Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses (EFA and CFA) are employed to…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Questionnaires, Generalization, Authors
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Brown, Allison R.; Finney, Sara J.; France, Megan K. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2011
The Hong Psychological Reactance Scale (HPRS) purports to measure reactance: a motivational state experienced when a behavioral freedom is threatened with elimination. To date, five studies have examined the psychometric properties of the HPRS, but reached different conclusions regarding its factor structure. The current study further investigated…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Motivation, Psychometrics, Factor Structure
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Niclasen, Janni; Skovgaard, Anne Mette; Andersen, Anne-Marie Nybo; Somhovd, Mikael Julius; Obel, Carsten – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2013
The aim of this study was to examine the factor structure of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) using a Structural Confirmatory Factor Analytic approach. The Danish translation of the SDQ was distributed to 71,840 parents and teachers of 5-7 and 10-12-year-old boys and girls from four large scale cohorts. Three theoretical models…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis, Models
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Erford, Bradley T.; Lowe, Samantha; Chang, Catherine Y. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2011
The Self-Evaluation Scale--Teacher version, used to assess teacher perceived self-esteem of students, was analyzed. A unidimensional model emerged from exploratory factor analysis, with cautious acceptance of data fit. Reliability and external aspects of validity were supported by the Self-Evaluation Scale--Teacher data.
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis, Self Evaluation (Individuals)
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Duffy, Ryan D.; Diemer, Matthew A.; Jadidian, Alex – Counseling Psychologist, 2012
The present study sought to develop and validate an instrument to measure work volition, defined as the perceived capacity to make occupational choices despite constraints, among college students. In Study 1, an exploratory factor analysis was conducted with a large and diverse sample of college students, finding a reliable scale with two factors,…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, College Students, Self Efficacy, Factor Analysis
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Siu, Angela F. Y. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2010
This study examines the reliability and validity of a Chinese-translated version of the Gifted Rating Scales-Preschool/Kindergarten Form (GRS-P) and explores the effect of gender and age on each of the subscales. Data were collected from 250 kindergarten children, with age ranging from 4 years, 0 months to 6 years, 11 months. Results indicated…
Descriptors: Gifted, Validity, Reliability, Factor Structure
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Echeverri, Margarita; Brookover, Cecile; Kennedy, Kathleen – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2011
While most of the more frequently used self-report measures of cultural competence in health professionals are targeted to practicing physicians and mental health providers from the majority-white population, no measures have been specifically developed for minority pharmacy students. With the objective to find a suitable tool to be used for…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Race, Racial Discrimination, Physicians
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Jopp, Daniela S.; Hertzog, Christopher – Psychological Assessment, 2010
Everyday leisure activities in adulthood and old age have been investigated with respect to constructs such as successful aging, an engaged lifestyle, and prevention of age-related cognitive decline. They also relate to mental health and have clinical value, as they can inform diagnosis and interventions. In the present study, the authors enhanced…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Content Validity, Leisure Time, Measures (Individuals)
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Barnard, Lucy; Burley, Hansel; Olivarez, Arturo; Crooks, Steven – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2008
Introduction: In this study, we examined the psychometric properties of an instrument intended to measure vulnerability to stereotype threat. Method: We revised the instrument through assessing score reliability and then examined a domain specific model using confirmatory factor analyses. After examining the responses of the total sample…
Descriptors: Stereotypes, Reliability, Factor Structure, Psychometrics
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Hoekstra, Rosa A.; Bartels, Meike; Cath, Danielle C.; Boomsma, Dorret I. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2008
The factor structure of the Dutch translation of the Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ; a continuous, quantitative measure of autistic traits) was evaluated with confirmatory factor analyses in a large general population and student sample. The criterion validity of the AQ was examined in three matched patient groups (autism spectrum conditions (ASC),…
Descriptors: Autism, Models, Factor Structure, Reliability
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