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Douglas, K. A.; Yale, M. S.; Bennett, D. E.; Haugan, M. P.; Bryan, L. A. – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2014
The Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey (CLASS) is a widely used instrument designed to measure student attitudes toward physics and learning physics. Previous research revealed a fairly complex factor structure. In this study, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted on data from an undergraduate introductory…
Descriptors: Scientific Attitudes, Educational Attitudes, Science Education, Student Attitudes
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Perry, Justin C.; Liu, Xiongyi; Griffin, Grant C. – Journal of Career Development, 2011
This study examined the construct validity of the Career Locus of Control Scale (CLCS) among diverse urban youth within the United States (N = 308). Confirmatory factor analyses verified two of the three models as acceptable fits. Two new models were also explored. Model 5 (Internality, Luck, and Non-Control), which was one of the new models, was…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Educational Attitudes, Construct Validity, Measures (Individuals)
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Kim, Kyung-Ran; Buchanan, T. K. – Early Child Development and Care, 2009
This study examined the psychometric properties of a revised measurement, the "Teacher Beliefs and Practices Survey" (TBPS), devised for teachers of three- to five-year-old children. This measure was designed to reflect the concepts of developmentally appropriate practices (DAP) as presented in the revised 1997 National Association for…
Descriptors: Educational Attitudes, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Guidelines, Psychometrics