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Emmons, Michael R.; Alfonso, Vincent C. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2005
The current review provides a summary and evaluation of the technical characteristics of five preschool screening batteries, including the Brigance Screens, DIAL-3, ESI-R, ESP, and FirstSTEP. These norm-referenced instruments were selected on the basis of their commercial availability, description as a screening instrument, and ability to assess…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Psychometrics, Preschool Education, Toddlers
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Valle, Michael F.; Huebner, E. Scott; Suldo, Shannon M. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2004
Two studies addressed the psychometric properties of the Children's Hope Scale (CHS; Snyder et al., 1997). A sample of 460 high school students was administered the CHS along with measures of life satisfaction, extraversion, neuroticism, social support, and externalizing and internalizing behaviors. The results revealed adequate internal…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Test Validity, Rating Scales, Factor Analysis
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Shek, Daniel T. L.; Tang, Vera M. Y.; Han, X. Y. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2005
Objective: This study examines the quality of evaluation studies using qualitative research methods in the social work literature in terms of a number of criteria commonly adopted in the field of qualitative research. Method: Using qualitative and evaluation as search terms, relevant qualitative evaluation studies from 1990 to 2003 indexed by…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Social Work, Evaluation Research
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Ito, Akihiro – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2004
This study examines the reliability and validity of translation tests as a reading comprehension measure. The following tests were administered to 70 Japanese high school students: (1) open-ended translation (OE-TRAN) test from English to Japanese; (2) multiple-choice translation (MC-TRAN) test; (3) cloze test (CLOZE-T); and (4) short-answer…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Reading Comprehension, Translation, Reading Achievement
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Dancy, Melissa H.; Beichner, Robert – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2006
This study investigates the effect of computer animation on assessment and the conditions under which animation may improve or hinder assessment of conceptual understanding in physics. An instrument was developed by replacing static pictures and descriptions of motion with computer animations on the Force Concept Inventory, a commonly used pencil…
Descriptors: Animation, Computer Graphics, Protocol Analysis, Physics
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Portelli, John P.; Solomon, R. Patrick; Barrett, Sarah; Mujawamariya, Donatille – Teaching Education, 2005
This paper presents and critically analyzes data from a project that sought teacher candidates' responses to the process and content of the Ontario Teacher Qualifying Test (OTQT), a mandatory, standardized, pencil and paper initial teacher qualification test. The aim of the project, guided by a critical democratic perspective, was to critically…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Teacher Competency Testing, Teacher Qualifications, Validity
Varrella, Gary F.; Veronesi, Peter D. – Journal of Elementary Science Education, 2004
This paper represents Part I of a two-part study examining preservice teachers' development of a personalized, research-based Science Teaching Rationale (STR). Researchers have historically documented the application of the "rationale paper" (Clough, 1992; Veronesi, 1998) using qualitative methodologies. Since the rationale paper continues to…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Science, Statistical Analysis, Evaluation Methods
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Katzenmeyer, Conrad; Lawrenz, Frances – New Directions for Evaluation, 2006
This article presents a brief history of the National Science Foundation's involvement in education evaluation, reviews the program evaluations that NSF's Division of Research, Evaluation, and Communication (REC) has conducted in recent years, and describes future directions. The evaluations have reflected the field-driven nature of NSF's…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Program Evaluation, Teaching Methods, Evaluators
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Lee, Jaekyung – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2003
This article examines major threats to the validity of Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) in the context of rural schools. Although rural students and their schools made significant academic progress in the past on national and state assessments, the current goal of AYP turns out to be highly unrealistic for them unless states set far lower…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Educational Improvement, Mathematics Achievement, Rural Education
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Zullig, Keith J. – American Journal of Health Behavior, 2005
Objectives: To evaluate the performance of the US Centers for Disease Control's health-related quality of life (HRQOL) scale among 522 college students. Methods: Chi-square analysis assessed scale construct validity and analysis of variance (ANOVA) with selected tobacco, alcohol, and substance use variables assessed known-groups validity of the…
Descriptors: College Students, Disease Control, Program Evaluation, Quality of Life
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Schuck, Sandy; Kearney, Matthew – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 2006
Digital video and accompanying editing software are increasingly becoming more accessible for researchers in terms of ease of use and cost. The rich, visually appealing and seductive nature of video-based data can convey a strong sense of direct experience with the phenomena studied (Pea, 1999). However, the ease of selection and editing of…
Descriptors: Video Equipment, Research Tools, Ethics, Researchers
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Hula, William; Doyle, Patrick J.; McNeil, Malcolm R.; Mikolic, Joseph M. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2006
The purpose of this research was to examine the validity of the 55-item Revised Token Test (RTT) and to compare traditional and Rasch-based scores in their ability to detect group differences and change over time. The 55-item RTT was administered to 108 left- and right-hemisphere stroke survivors, and the data were submitted to Rasch analysis.…
Descriptors: Test Items, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Individual Differences, Difficulty Level
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Lecavalier, Luc; Aman, Michael G.; Scahill, Lawrence; McDougle, Christopher J.; McCracken, James T.; Vitiello, Benedetto; Tierney, Elaine; Arnold, L. Eugene; Ghuman, Jaswinder K.; Loftin, Rachel L.; Cronin, Pegeen; Koenig, Kathleen; Posey, David J.; Martin, Andres; Hollway, Jill; Lee, Lisa S.; Kau, Alice S. M. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2006
The factor structure, internal consistency, and convergent validity of the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R) algorithm items were examined in a sample of 226 youngsters with pervasive developmental disabilities. Exploratory factor analyses indicated a three-factor solution closely resembling the original algorithm and explaining 38% of…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Measures (Individuals), Measurement Techniques, Autism
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Ridenour, Ty A.; Greenberg, Mark T.; Cook, Elizabeth T. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2006
No self-report measure of attachment is well validated for middle-childhood. This study examined the validity and factor structure of the People in My Life (PIML) measure in 320 urban, fifth and sixth graders. Validity analyses consisted of correlational analyses between PIML subscales and the Child Behavior Checklist, Delinquency Rating Scale for…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Validity, Attachment Behavior, Grade 5
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Solomon, Yvette – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2006
The ability to handle proof is the focus of a number of well-documented complaints regarding students' difficulties in encountering degree-level mathematics. However, in addition to observing that proof is currently marginalised in the UK pre-university mathematics curriculum with a consequent skills deficit for the new undergraduate mathematics…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Mathematics Instruction, Undergraduate Students, Student Experience
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