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Hasan, Md. Kamrul; Seraj, Prodhan Mahbub Ibna; Shehzad, Muhammad Waleed – International Journal of Learning and Change, 2022
An in-depth investigation of vocabulary depth knowledge by lexical researchers plays a prominent role in language learning and teaching. The objectives of the present study were to investigate the extent of relationship and prediction of the three constitutes of vocabulary depth knowledge (i.e., analytic relations, morphological knowledge, and…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Reading Comprehension, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Siemon, Dianne; Callingham, Rosemary; Day, Lorraine – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2021
The capacity to recognise, represent, and reason about relationships between different quantities, that is, to think multiplicatively, has long been recognised as critical to success in school mathematics in the middle years and beyond. Building on recent research that found a strong link between multiplicative thinking and algebraic, geometrical,…
Descriptors: Multiplication, Thinking Skills, Mathematics Achievement, Correlation
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Samawi, Fadi S.; Alramamna, Asri A.; Alkhatib, Bilal A.; Alghafary, Nedal A. – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2021
Background: Academic procrastination had been reported widely to be in association with unwanted behaviours among university students. However, this association was not studied extensively in higher educational institutions. Aim: This research aimed to measure the level of academic procrastination among college students and the unwanted behaviours…
Descriptors: Time Management, Teacher Behavior, College Faculty, Student Attitudes
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Alasim, Khalid – Deafness & Education International, 2020
The reading comprehension levels of students who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) are low compared to those of their hearing peers. One possible reason for this low reading levels is related to the students' prior knowledge. This study investigated the potential factors that might affected DHH students' prior knowledge, including their degree of…
Descriptors: Deafness, Prior Learning, Reading Comprehension, Hearing Impairments
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Maxwell, Bruce; Boon, Helen; Tanchuk, Nicolas; Rauwerda, Bryan – Journal of Moral Education, 2021
This article documents the adaptation, piloting and validation of a measure of teachers' ethical sensitivity. To create the test, we modified a measure from dentistry drawing on literature in teacher professional ethics and drew on the expertise of professional ethics scholars and practitioners. Based on the results of Rasch analysis combined with…
Descriptors: Ethics, Moral Values, Scores, Teacher Education Programs
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Pitts, Christine; Anderson, Ross C.; Sinclair, Michele – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
The purpose of the current study is to estimate reliability, internal consistency, and construct validity of the Measure of Instruction for Creative Engagement (MICE) instrument. The MICE instrument used an iterative process of evidence collection and scoring through teacher observations to determine instructional domain ratings and overall…
Descriptors: Art, Art Education, Creativity, Middle Schools
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Gehsmann, Kristin; Spichtig, Alexandra; Tousley, Elias – Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice, 2017
Assessments of developmental spelling, also called spelling inventories, are commonly used to understand students' orthographic knowledge (i.e., knowledge of how written words work) and to determine their stages of spelling and reading development. The information generated by these assessments is used to inform teachers' grouping practices and…
Descriptors: Spelling, Computer Assisted Testing, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Teaching Methods
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Siwatu, Kamau Oginga; Putman, S. Michael; Starker-Glass, Tehia V.; Lewis, Chance W. – Urban Education, 2017
This article reports on the development and initial validation of the Culturally Responsive Classroom Management Self-Efficacy Scale. Data from 380 preservice and inservice teachers were used to examine the psychometric properties of the instrument. Exploratory factor analysis results suggested a one-factor structure consisting of 35 items and the…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Self Efficacy, Test Construction, Test Validity
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Staples, Shelley; Biber, Douglas; Reppen, Randi – Modern Language Journal, 2018
One of the central considerations in the validity argument for the TOEFL iBT is the relationship between the language on the exam and the language required for university courses. Corpus linguistics has recently been shown to be an effective way to explore this relationship, which can also be considered as an aspect of authenticity. Applying…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Computer Assisted Testing, English (Second Language), Language Tests
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Cheng, M.-T.; She, H.-C.; Annetta, L. A. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2015
Many studies have shown the positive impact of serious educational games (SEGs) on learning outcomes. However, there still exists insufficient research that delves into the impact of immersive experience in the process of gaming on SEG-based science learning. The dual purpose of this study was to further explore this impact. One purpose was to…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Educational Games, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology
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Blazar, David; Braslow, David; Charalambous, Charalambos Y.; Hill, Heather C. – Educational Assessment, 2017
New systems that seek to evaluate teachers with regard to their classroom quality often rely on observation instruments that capture general instructional pedagogies. However, decades of research suggest that content-specific dimensions of instruction also are important to differentiate teachers and improve student outcomes. We explore the degree…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Observation, Factor Analysis
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Palacio, Marcela; Gaviria, Sandra; Brown, James Dean – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2016
Frustrations with traditional testing led a group of teachers at the English for adults program at Universidad EAFIT (Colombia) to design tests aligned with the institutional teaching philosophy and classroom practices. This article reports on a study of an item-by-item evaluation of a series of English exams for validity and reliability in an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Suprapto, Nadi; Ku, Chih-Hsiung – International Education Studies, 2016
The purpose of this study was to investigate Indonesian university students' preferences to science communication skills. Data collected from 251 students who were majoring in science education program. The Learning Preferences to Science Communication (LPSC) questionnaire was developed with Indonesian language and validated through an exploratory…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communication Skills, Majors (Students), Science Education
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Lakin, Joni M.; Wallace, Carolyn S. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2015
Inquiry-based teaching promotes students' engagement in problem-solving and investigation as they learn science concepts. Current practice in science teacher education promotes the use of inquiry in the teaching of science. However, the literature suggests that many science teachers hold incomplete or incorrect conceptions of inquiry.…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Science Teachers, Faculty Development, Inquiry
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Lee, Ming; Wimmers, Paul F. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2016
Although problem-based learning (PBL) has been widely used in medical schools, few studies have attended to the assessment of PBL processes using validated instruments. This study examined reliability and validity for an instrument assessing PBL performance in four domains: Problem Solving, Use of Information, Group Process, and Professionalism.…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Medical Education, Physicians
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