Context: Education of athletic training students should include the acquisition of soft skills. Evaluation of soft skills is important but challenging. Multisource performance reviews can provide students with feedback from different viewpoints, which can be used to promote self-awareness and encourage reflection. Objective: To develop and…

Emotion modulation is achieved through various strategies. We further validated a measure of emotion regulation (ER), the Negative Emotion Regulation Inventory (NERI), designed by Zimmermann and Iwanski (2014) to assess emotions and ER strategies in situations intended to induce sadness, fear, or anger. U.S. children 9-14 years old (n = 105)…

Purpose: The purpose was to analyze perceptions of knowledge management capacity in extension networks using an exploratory factor analysis approach. Design/methodology/approach: The knowledge management content domain was analyzed for content validity, response process validity, internal structure validity, and consequential validity. A pilot…

The purpose of the study was to construct a Leadership Mindset Scale (LMS) and to assess its reliability and construct validity. Participants were 100 employees in a variety of leadership and non-leadership positions at various organizations in three states. An item and factor analysis on the 13 LMS items led to a scale with 11 items (Cronbach…

The aim of this article was to adapt and validate a specific instrument to measure the attitudes of Early Childhood Education students towards different disabilities, assessing the three components of attitudes. Firstly, a direct translation of the desired instruments was carried out and, after the modifications suggested by the experts, a total…

Two-year public colleges educate more than 50% of all U.S. undergraduates, yet graduation rates (29%) fall far below their 4-year counterparts (63%). It is critical for students of 2-year public institutions that their faculty have the appropriate knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) to effectively guide students toward graduation. This study…

This study aims to develop a valid and reliable achievement test to measure the achievement of eighth-grade students in the "Seasons and Climate" unit of the science course. The research was carried out using a survey model. The study group consists of 298 eighth-grade students studying in various cities in Turkey in the 2020-2021…

This study aims to develop a scale to determine preservice science teachers' perceptions of flipped learning. The present study uses the survey design, a quantitative research method. For content validity, the authors created an item pool of 144 items based on the literature. After being checked by experts, the item pool dropped to 49 items for…

The principal objectives of the present study were threefold--to examine the possible significant group differences in job satisfaction based on age and academic rank; to examine the extent to which university academics were satisfied with their job; and more importantly, to further validate the Minnesota Job Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ) among…

As survey research in second language acquisition grows in popularity, the adherence to best practices associated with questionnaire quality is critical for a better understanding of factors that influence second language (L2) development. To ensure that a self-report scale targets the construct of interest and does it consistently and accurately,…

This study aims to adapt the revised Metacognitive Awareness of Reading Strategies Inventory (MARSI- R) into Turkish. MARSI-R is a self-report instrument designed to assess students' metacognitive awareness of reading strategies and perceived strategy use when reading school-related materials. 525 students (65% female, 35% male, Mage = 13 years…

The COVID-19 epidemic has precipitated a rapid and widespread adoption of online education, leading to its normalization in contemporary society. Online education is evident across several educational levels. However, assessing the efficacy and effectiveness of these training programs can only be achieved by implementing a suitable evaluation…

The objective of this study was to develop a measure that possesses both reliability and validity in order to evaluate innovative thinking within the realm of education. To achieve this, the instrument's validity and reliability were evaluated through quantitative methods in two distinct phases. A team of educational experts conducted the process…

This study aims to develop a test to measure sixth grade students' success in 'Circulatory System'. For this purpose, a draft test containing 22 questions was prepared by the researchers. And then, the draft test was submitted to expert opinion and examined in terms of language and content. Following expert opinions, the 22 multiple-choice…

Purpose: A crucial issue in educational management refers to helping teachers reach their full potential and manage their talents. Although managing talent is advised as an essential resource for organizational transformation to maximize performance and to promote a school's knowledge capital increase, Teachers' talent management (TTM) is not an…