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Keely Dyan Cline; Rochelle L. Hiatt; Elizabeth Dimmitt – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2024
To date, no measure of perceptions reflecting the view of childhood as a social construction exists within the fields of developmental psychology or education. The aim of this small-scale study was to develop items to assess beliefs about children along a spectrum -- at one end of the spectrum conceptualizing children as human "beings"…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, College Freshmen, Preservice Teachers
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Grigg, Kaine; Manderson, Lenore – Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist, 2015
Existing Australian measures of racist attitudes focus on single groups or have not been validated across the lifespan. To redress this, the present research aimed to develop and validate a measure of racial, ethnic, cultural and religious acceptance--the Australian Racism, Acceptance, and Cultural-Ethnocentrism Scale (RACES)--for use with…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Racial Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Ethnocentrism
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2019
This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2019, organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.). Modern psychology offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Cognitive Psychology
Mayton, Daniel M., II – 1986
Measures of adults' attitudes toward nuclear war are briefly discussed, and Mayton's Modified World Affairs Questionnaire (MWAQ) is described. The 23-item MWAQ was developed from Novak and Lerner's World Affairs Questionnaire, a nuclear war attitude measure by Mayton and Delamater, and related interview items by Jeffries. When the MWAQ was…
Descriptors: Adults, Attitude Measures, Correlation, Factor Structure
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Bean, Rita M.; Lane, Suzanne – Remedial and Special Education (RASE), 1990
The study of curriculum-based measurement (CBM), involving 57 adults in a basic literacy program, found that narrative rather than expository passages exhibited higher reliability. Level of difficulty did not affect reliability. Validity data showed inconsistency between CBM and standardized test scores. The measures were sensitive to student…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adults, Evaluation Methods
Dolenz, Beverly – 1993
The Career Beliefs Inventory (CBI) is a counseling tool with the purpose of identifying beliefs as they relate to occupational choice and the pursuit of a career. The inventory can be administered individually or to a group ranging in age from grade 8 to adult. The CBI is a 96-item paper-and-pencil test written at an eighth-grade reading level.…
Descriptors: Adults, Beliefs, Career Choice, Career Counseling