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Peer reviewedBeitel, Patricia A.; Mead, Barbara J. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1980
Examined the short form and eight subtests of the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency with a sample of preschoolers to assess its potential for discriminating among ages and between sexes and to see whether the short form accounted for a major portion of the variability of the complete battery. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Perceptual Motor Coordination, Performance Tests, Sex Differences
Peer reviewedBardo, John W.; Yeager, Samuel J. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1982
Responses to various fixed test-response formats were examined for "reliability" due to systematic error; Cronbach's alphas up to .67 were obtained. Of formats tested, four-point Likert Scales were least affected while forms of lines and faces were most problematic. Possible modification in alpha to account for systematic bias is…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Measures (Individuals), Psychometrics, Response Style (Tests)
Peer reviewedScott, Owen; Hsu, Yi-Ming – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1982
Based on data from classes of 23 instructors in two institutions, it was concluded that specific items on an appraisal-of-instruction inventory probably do not influence students' global appraisals of instruction. If true, this conclusion has important implications for use of such inventories in appraising the effectiveness of college instruction.…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Course Evaluation, Higher Education, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance
