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Furlong, Michael J.; Dowdy, Erin; Nylund-Gibson, Karen; Wagle, Rhea; Carter, Delwin; Hinton, Tameisha – Grantee Submission, 2021
Robust evidence links students' positive mental health with academic achievement and provides a compelling rationale for developing and refining strength-based assessments. The Social Emotional Health Survey--Secondary (SEHS-S) assesses adolescents' social and emotional skills and positive psychological dispositions. Previous studies provide…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Emotional Intelligence, Personality, Adolescents
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Park, Mihwa; Flores, Raymond – International Journal of Science Education, 2021
The purpose of this study was to develop a questionnaire to measure elementary preservice teachers' emotions about teaching science and mathematics. To achieve this goal, a questionnaire, Teacher Emotion for teaching Science and Mathematics (TESaM), was designed and pilot and field tested with a sample of preservice elementary teachers in the…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Affective Measures, Test Construction, Test Validity
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Katt, James; Miller, Ann Neville; Brown, Tim – Communication Education, 2017
This study investigated the reliability and validity of Myers and colleagues' Classroom Citizenship Behavior scale, as well as the relationship between student personality traits (extraversion, neuroticism, agreeableness, conscientiousness, openness, and communication apprehension) and CCBs. Two hundred and thirteen students completed…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Student Behavior, Citizenship, Behavior Rating Scales
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Mercier, Kevin; Silverman, Stephen – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2014
Purpose: The purpose of this investigation was to develop an instrument that has scores that are valid and reliable for measuring students' attitudes toward fitness testing. Method: The method involved the following steps: (a) an elicitation study, (b) item development, (c) a pilot study, and (d) a validation study. The pilot study included 427…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Measurement Techniques, Program Validation
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Deci, Edward L.; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1981
This article describes the development and validation of an instrument to assess adults' orientations toward control versus autonomy in their interactions with children. The responses from 68 teachers had a good range and were internally consistent and temporally stable. Further, the measure was shown to be externally valid. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Adults, Affective Measures, Questionnaires
Langham-Johnson, Shirley – 1981
The study investigated statistically significant correlations between levels of test anxiety and socioeconomic status among college sophomores and juniors. The Anxiety Scale (Alpert and Haber) was administered to students in an educational psychology course. Administrations were conducted at a neutral time, 45 days prior to the final exam, and…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Anxiety, Correlation, Higher Education
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Veldman, Donald J.
A 62-item form of the sentence-completion technique requiring one-word responses was administered to 1718 undergraduates in teacher education. The data were punched on cards and lists of different responses were compiled. Responses indicating evasion, hostility, anxiety and depression were identified for each stem to form a scoring "dictionary." A…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, College Students, Correlation, Data Processing
Hattie, John A.; And Others – 1986
Measures of both preferred and actual classroom and school environment were administered to 1,675 secondary school students in New South Wales (Australia). Shortened versions of the My Class Inventory, Classroom Environment Scale, and Individualized Classroom Environment Questionnaire, as well as the Quality of School Life questionnaire were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Measures, Age Differences, Analysis of Variance
Henerson, Marlene E.; And Others – 1978
Most of the information in this booklet is useful for both formative and summative evaluations. The booklet offers information to help the evaluator develop skills in designing and using instruments to measure affective objectives or attitudes. The chapters cover: (1) an introduction to the measurement of attitudes and attitude change; (2)…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Affective Objectives, Attitude Measures, Classroom Observation Techniques
Borich, Gary D.; Madden, Susan K. – 1976
During the course of investigations on such topics as the instructional styles, interaction patterns and personality characteristics of teachers, the organizational structure of schools, the technology of instruction, and the affective and cognitive growth of students, researchers have developed hundreds of psychological and educational…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Aptitude Tests, Attitude Measures, Check Lists