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Sara Conde-Vélez; Manuel Delgado-García; Francisco Javier García-Prieto – Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2024
In Early Childhood Education (ECE) stage there are different models of classroom organization and different teaching methodologies. The scientific literature highlights from no planning models to more organized styles. The relationship analysis between these two assumptions is a key. To investigate this starting point, it is proposed an…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Teaching Methods, Interaction, Early Childhood Education
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Udi Alter; Carmen Dang; Zachary J. Kunicki; Alyssa Counsell – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2024
The biggest difference in statistical training from previous decades is the increased use of software. However, little research examines how software impacts learning statistics. Assessing the value of software to statistical learning demands appropriate, valid, and reliable measures. The present study expands the arsenal of tools by reporting on…
Descriptors: Statistics Education, Student Attitudes, Course Descriptions, Social Sciences
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Mustafa Sat; Zafer Kadirhan – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
The significance of teachers' self-efficacy in coding education within K-12 settings has grown substantially. However, the literature lacks subject-specific measurement tools tailored to assess teachers' self-efficacy in coding instruction. This study adopted a mixed methods approach to develop a reliable and valid instrument for measuring…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Teacher Attitudes, Student Motivation, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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Zhenyu Zhou; Oksana Mkrtichian – European Journal of Education, 2025
Academic stress, an endemic phenomenon in higher education, presents a multifaceted challenge, manifesting as cognitive overload, affective dysregulation and physiological destabilisation. It leads to recurrent feedback loops that reinforce anxiety and frustration, intensifying maladaptive stress responses. This study examines the extent to which…
Descriptors: Singing, Music, Anxiety, Rating Scales
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Sara Sadat Hosseini; Hassan Soleimani; Fatemeh Hemmati; Jafar Afshinfar – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2025
From the complex dynamic systems theory perspective, evaluating CALL pedagogy involves miscellaneous variables. It seems the ecosystem of the CALL environment necessitates an array of extralinguistic (Ecolinguistically situated) issues to be considered in any appraisal of the CALL milieu. To this end, this paper aims to develop and validate a…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Factor Analysis
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Vongkulluksn, Vanessa W.; Lu, Lin; Nelson, Michael J.; Xie, Kui – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2022
Quantitative studies on technology integration often examined general quantity of classroom technology use or teacher-reported accounts of integration practices. There is a current need for a measurement tool that links students' technology use and cognitive engagement, which will allow researchers to better illustrate how technology is woven into…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Educational Technology, Learner Engagement, Psychometrics
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Voitle, Frauke; Heuckmann, Benedikt; Kampa, Nele; Kremer, Kerstin – International Journal of Science Education, 2022
The school context, like other influences, affects the development of students' epistemic beliefs (EBs), with theoretical conceptualizations suggesting a distinction between EBs related to professional and school science. However, empirical studies rarely address this distinction, and instruments separately assessing these EBs are not available.…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Student Attitudes, Scientific Attitudes, Student Evaluation
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Turner, Ronna C.; Keiffer, Elizabeth A.; Salamo, Gregory J. – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2018
This study provides psychometric data for the Scholastic Inquiry Observation instrument and 6 years of research data from an inquiry-based professional training program. The rating instrument provides a resource for measuring 16 inquiry-related learning activities based on level of inquiry implementation and level of active student engagement.…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Teaching Methods, Psychometrics, Faculty Development
Lambert, Richard G. – Center for Educational Measurement and Evaluation, 2018
This report contains reliability and validity evidence for the North Carolina Kindergarten Entry Assessment system (KEA) using a statewide sample of kindergarten children. The KEA was designed as a formative, developmental, authentic, and criterion referenced classroom resource for teachers. As a formative assessment, the KEA focuses on the…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, School Readiness, Kindergarten, Formative Evaluation
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You, Hye Sun – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2016
Growing evidence from recent curriculum documents and previous research suggests that reform-oriented science teaching practices promote students' conceptual understanding, levels of achievement, and motivation to learn, especially when students are actively engaged in constructing their ideas through scientific inquiries. However, it is difficult…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Science Instruction, Psychometrics, Teaching Methods
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Wind, Stefanie A.; Tsai, Chia-Lin; Grajeda, Sara B.; Bergin, Christi – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2018
Teacher evaluation systems commonly rely on observation of teaching practice (OTP) by school principals. However, the value of OTP as evidence of teacher effectiveness depends on its psychometric quality. In this study, we address a key aspect of the psychometric quality of principals' OTP ratings. Specifically, we investigate the degree to which…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Teacher Evaluation, Principals, Rating Scales
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Jong, Cindy; Hodges, Thomas E.; Royal, Kenneth D.; Welder, Rachael M. – Educational Research Quarterly, 2015
This article reports on the development of the Mathematics Experiences and Conceptions Surveys (MECS), a pair of comprehensive instruments designed to measure elementary preservice teachers' dispositions, attitudes, and beliefs about mathematics teaching and learning. In addition to conceptions, MECS aims to capture elementary preservice teachers'…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Rating Scales, Item Response Theory, Mathematics Instruction
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Sockalingam, Nachamma; Rotgans, Jerome; Schmidt, Henk – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2012
This study evaluated the construct validity and reliability of a newly devised 32-item problem quality rating scale intended to measure the quality of problems in problem-based learning. The rating scale measured the following five characteristics of problems: the extent to which the problem (1) leads to learning objectives, (2) is familiar, (3)…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Problem Based Learning, Rating Scales, Factor Analysis
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Rosenkranz, Patrick; Fielden, Amy; Tzemou, Effy – Psychology Teaching Review, 2014
Research methods teaching in psychology is pivotal in preparing students for the transition from student as learner to independent practitioner. We took an action research approach to re-design, implement and evaluate a module guiding students through a programmatic and pragmatic research cycle. These revisions allow students to experience how…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Psychology, Research Methodology, Action Research
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Lane-Getaz, Sharon J. – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2013
This mixed-methods study reports psychometric properties of the 34-item Reasoning about P-values and Statistical Significance (RPASS) scale. RPASS is being designed as a research tool to assess effects of teaching methods on students' inferential reasoning. During development (Phase I), two graphical scenarios and 12 items were added to the scale,…
Descriptors: College Students, Mixed Methods Research, Psychometrics, Rating Scales
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