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Catalina Patricia Morales-Murillo; Manuel Pacheco-Molero; Irene León-Estrada; Rosa Fernández-Valero; Mónica Gutiérrez Ortega; R. A. McWilliam – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
This study analyzed the fit of data collected with the Measure of Engagement, Independence, and Social Relationships for 3- to 5-year-olds (MEISR 3-to-5-years-old) to a proposed theoretical model based on the cross-walk of MEISR 3-to-5-years-old items and codes from 7 chapters of the Activities and Participation component of the International…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Intervention, Preschool Children
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Miranda, Constanza; Goñi, Julian; Pickenpack, Astrid; Sotomayor, Trinidad – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2022
K-12 Engineering Education has placed a lot of attention on students' attitudes or predispositions towards science and technology. However, most assessment methods are focused on STEM as a whole or only on technology. In this article, we will discuss the instrument called Technology and Engineering Attitude Scale (TEAS) which focuses on attitudes…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Engineering Education, Test Validity, Foreign Countries
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Huijboom, Fred; Van Meeuwen, Pierre; Rusman, Ellen; Vermeulen, Marjan – Professional Development in Education, 2021
For investigating a comprehensive PLC framework, instruments are needed that capture the multi-layered PLC characteristics and that take into account the complex influencing educational context. Such instruments are currently lacking. This study aims at describing the development and validation of two qualitative classification instruments usable…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Professional Development, Teacher Collaboration, Classification
Flanagan, Agnes; Cormier, Damien C. – Communique, 2019
One of the areas subsumed under the data-based decision making and accountability practice identified in the National Association of School Psychologists' (NASP) "Model for Integrated School Psychological Services" is to collect information on psychological and educational variables to make decisions at a number of levels of service…
Descriptors: Test Bias, School Psychologists, Measurement, Data Collection
Stephen Hackler – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Though extensively documented, the exact mechanism responsible for pattern formation on insect bristles and scales is not completely understood. Using both scanning and transmission electron microscopy, we assemble a rough time series of pattern formation on butterfly wing scales. We also perform a numerical simulation of the Swift-Hohenberg…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Entomology, Scientific Concepts, Physics
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Mihyun Son; Minsu Ha – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
Digital literacy is essential for scientific literacy in a digital world. Although the NGSS Practices include many activities that require digital literacy, most studies have examined digital literacy from a generic perspective rather than a curricular context. This study aimed to develop a self-report tool to measure elements of digital literacy…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Measures (Individuals), Digital Literacy, Scientific Literacy
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Delahunty, Thomas; Seery, Niall; Lynch, Raymond – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2018
Currently, there is significant interest being directed towards the development of STEM education to meet economic and societal demands. While economic concerns can be a powerful driving force in advancing the STEM agenda, care must be taken that such economic imperative does not promote research approaches that overemphasize pragmatic application…
Descriptors: Brain, Diagnostic Tests, STEM Education, Cognitive Processes
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Cillessen, Antonius H. N.; Marks, Peter E. L. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2017
Although peer nomination measures have been used by researchers for nearly a century, common methodological practices and rules of thumb (e.g., which variables to measure; use of limited vs. unlimited nomination methods) have continued to develop in recent decades. At the same time, other key aspects of the basic nomination procedure (e.g.,…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Research Methodology, Decision Making, Data Collection
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Mandy, William; Clarke, Kiri; McKenner, Michele; Strydom, Andre; Crabtree, Jason; Lai, Meng-Chuan; Allison, Carrie; Baron-Cohen, Simon; Skuse, David – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
We developed a brief, informant-report interview for assessing autism spectrum conditions (ASC) in adults, called the Developmental, Dimensional and Diagnostic Interview-Adult Version (3Di-Adult); and completed a preliminary evaluation. Informant reports were collected for participants with ASC (n = 39), a non-clinical comparison group (n = 29)…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Adults, Diagnostic Tests
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Huber, Stephan Gerhard; Helm, Christoph – Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 2020
The crisis caused by the COVID-19 virus has far-reaching effects in the field of education, as schools were closed in March 2020 in many countries around the world. In this article, we present and discuss the School Barometer, a fast survey (in terms of reaction time, time to answer and dissemination time) that was conducted in Germany, Austria…
Descriptors: Disease Control, School Closing, Educational Policy, Surveys
Pearson, 2018
The overall design and framework of the GED Program is centered around providing measurements and tools documenting and promoting student achievement. More information about the test itself and the underlying documentation and validity framework may be found in the GED test Technical Manual on the GED Testing Service website. The philosophy…
Descriptors: High School Equivalency Programs, General Education, Credentials, Student Characteristics
Center for IDEA Early Childhood Data Systems (DaSy), 2019
The long-term goal of the State Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP) and other federal and state early intervention and early childhood education initiatives is improved child and family outcomes. States play a critical role in supporting practitioners in the use of evidence-based practices to improve child and family outcomes. When practitioners…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Early Intervention, Early Childhood Education, Data Collection
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Nadelson, Louis; Jorcyk, Cheryl; Yang, Dazhi; Jarratt Smith, Mary; Matson, Sam; Cornell, Ken; Husting, Virginia – School Science and Mathematics, 2014
Trust in science and scientists can greatly influence consideration of scientific developments and activities. Yet, trust is a nebulous construct based on emotions, knowledge, beliefs, and relationships. As we explored the literature regarding trust in science and scientists we discovered that no instruments were available to assess the construct,…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Test Construction, College Faculty, Undergraduate Students
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Tuncer, Murat – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2017
The main aim of this study is to determine whether a significant difference exits among data collection with printed materials and with smart phones. The research was conducted with 282 teacher candidates who take pedagogical formation training. Three data collection tools were used throughout the study. As the results of the current research, no…
Descriptors: Test Reliability, Test Validity, Research Methodology, Handheld Devices
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Murawska, Jaclyn M.; Walker, David A. – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2017
In this commentary, we offer a set of visual tools that can assist education researchers, especially those in the field of mathematics, in developing cohesiveness from a mixed methods perspective, commencing at a study's research questions and literature review, through its data collection and analysis, and finally to its results. This expounds…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Research Methodology, Visual Aids, Research Tools
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