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Kandiko Howson, Camille; Buckley, Alex – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2017
Student engagement has become a key feature of UK higher education, but until recently there has been a lack of data to track, benchmark and drive enhancement. In 2015 the first full administration ran in the UK a range of survey items drawn from the US-based National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE). This is the latest example of international…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Test Construction, College Freshmen, College Seniors
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Aldridge, Jill; Fraser, Barry – School Leadership & Management, 2018
The current push for principals' to be accountable for student outcomes has led to a renewed interest in the role of leadership in instructional improvement. This article describes the development and validation of a survey that focused on organisational management features that are likely to bring about improvement in instruction. The development…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Organizational Climate, Educational Environment, Instructional Improvement
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Haroldson, Amber; Yen, Chih-Lun – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2016
The purpose of this pilot study was to examine the validity of a questionnaire developed to assess adult consumer understanding of nutrition marketing terms and the resulting impact on consumer behavior. Participants (n = 40) completed an electronic questionnaire. Efforts to establish validity and reliability suggest that the questionnaire is a…
Descriptors: Consumer Economics, Nutrition, Marketing, Pilot Projects
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Cater, Melissa; Ferstel, Sarah D.; O'Neil, Carol E. – Journal of General Education, 2016
Student participation in undergraduate research (ugr) may be influenced by interest in research, future career and educational plans, perceived value of undergraduate research experiences, or perceived competence in research skills. The purpose of this study was to develop a questionnaire that could be used to validly and reliably assess students'…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Experience, Questionnaires, Test Construction
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Kuo, Che-Yu; Wu, Hsin-Kai; Jen, Tsung-Hau; Hsu, Ying-Shao – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
The potential of computer-based assessments for capturing complex learning outcomes has been discussed; however, relatively little is understood about how to leverage such potential for summative and accountability purposes. The aim of this study is to develop and validate a multimedia-based assessment of scientific inquiry abilities (MASIA) to…
Descriptors: Multimedia Materials, Program Development, Program Validation, Test Construction
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Gold, Bernadette; Holodynski, Manfred – Educational Assessment, 2015
The current study describes the development and construct validation of a situational judgment test for assessing the strategic knowledge of classroom management in elementary schools. Classroom scenarios and accompanying courses of action were constructed, of which 17 experts confirmed the content validity. A pilot study and a cross-validation…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Schools, Construct Validity, Knowledge Base for Teaching
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Sandmann, Lorilee R.; Jordan, Jenny W.; Mull, Casey D.; Valentine, Thomas – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2014
Community engagement professionals and partners serve as, work with, study, and build the capacity of boundary spanners. To augment knowledge about these functions, the Weerts-Sandmann Boundary Spanning Conceptual Framework (2010) has been operationalized through a survey instrument to examine community engagement boundary-spanning behaviors by…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Change Agents, Community Involvement, Employee Attitudes
White, Krista Alaine – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Clinical decision making (CDM) is a cornerstone skill for nurses. Self-confidence and anxiety are two affective influences that impact the learning and adeptness of CDM. Currently, no instruments exist that measure perceived self-confidence and anxiety level of undergraduate nursing students related to CDM. The purpose of this research was to…
Descriptors: Expertise, Nursing Students, Nursing Education, Nurses
Schmidt, Steven W. – Online Submission, 2004
Job training has become an important aspect of an employee's overall job experience. However, it is not often called out specifically on instruments measuring job satisfaction. This technical manual details the processes used in the development and validation of a survey instrument to measure job training satisfaction and overall job…
Descriptors: Job Training, Employment Experience, Job Satisfaction, Test Construction
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Berkay, Paul James; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1995
This report documents the development of a scale to measure hearing adults' beliefs about the capabilities of deaf adults. Test items from a list of misconceptions about deaf people were piloted with groups of 38 and 290 undergraduates. Analysis supports scale reliability and validity. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adults, Attitude Measures, Beliefs, Competence