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Richard, Veronique; Aubertin, Patrice; Yang, Yan Yun; Kriellaars, Dean – Creativity Research Journal, 2020
Few assessment tools have been designed to assess motor creativity, and the existing tools have limitations. To bridge this gap, the current study aimed at designing a new movement creativity assessment tool that considers the unique features underlying the expression of creativity through movement. A modified Delphi technique was used to collect…
Descriptors: Play, Creativity, Delphi Technique, Factor Analysis
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Raspa, Melissa; Bann, Carla M.; Gwaltney, Angela; Benke, Timothy A.; Fu, Cary; Glaze, Daniel G.; Haas, Richard; Heydemann, Peter; Jones, Mary; Kaufmann, Walter E.; Lieberman, David; Marsh, Eric; Peters, Sarika; Ryther, Robin; Standridge, Shannon; Skinner, Steven A.; Percy, Alan K.; Neul, Jeffrey L. – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2020
Rett syndrome (RTT) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that primarily affects females. Recent work indicates the potential for disease modifying therapies. However, there remains a need to develop outcome measures for use in clinical trials. Using data from a natural history study (n = 1,075), we examined the factor structure, internal consistency,…
Descriptors: Genetic Disorders, Psychometrics, Psychomotor Skills, Physical Disabilities
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Lee, Ju Seong; Drajati, Nur Arifah – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2020
This study introduces a new scale of willingness to communicate in a second language (L2 WTC) in digital and non-digital EFL contexts. The psychometric testing of the revised L2 WTC (L2 WTC-R) was undertaken with 114 Indonesian EFL students by means of exploratory factor analysis (EFA). The results yielded an 11-item scale composed of three…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Sarid, Miriam; Meltzer, Yael; Raveh, Michal – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2020
Postsecondary entrance examination scores are generally low predictors of college achievement (grade point average [GPA]) for students with learning disabilities (LD). The difficulties with meeting academic requirements have raised the awareness of the needs of students with LD for support services. The present study examined the adequacy of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Admission Criteria
Eric A. Hanushek; Paul E. Peterson; Laura M. Talpey; Ludger Woessmann – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2020
Rising inequality in the United States has raised concerns about potentially widening gaps in educational achievement by socio-economic status (SES). Using assessments from LTT-NAEP, Main-NAEP, TIMSS, and PISA that are psychometrically linked over time, we trace trends in achievement for U.S. student cohorts born between 1954 and 2001. Achievement…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Mathematics Tests, International Assessment, Foreign Countries
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Tasdelen-Karçkay, Arzu; Bakalim, Orkide – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2017
The first purpose of this study was to develop a scale of work-life balance for Turkish working women and men. The second purpose was to investigate the mediating effect of work-life balance between work-family conflict, family-work conflict, and life satisfaction. In Study 1 (N = 274), a work-life balance scale was developed and initial validity…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Work Relationship, Conflict, Life Satisfaction
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Chiavaroli, Neville – Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2017
Despite the majority of MCQ writing guides discouraging the use of negatively-worded multiple choice questions (NWQs), they continue to be regularly used both in locally produced examinations and commercially available questions. There are several reasons why the use of NWQs may prove resistant to sound pedagogical advice. Nevertheless, systematic…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Test Construction, Test Items, Validity
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Machingambi, Zadzisai – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
The principal focus of this study was to undertake a multilevel assessment of the predictive validity of teacher made tests in the Zimbabwean primary education sector. A correlational research design was adopted for the study, mainly to allow for statistical treatment of data and subsequent classical hypotheses testing using the spearman's rho.…
Descriptors: Predictive Validity, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Developed Materials, Correlation
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Scharaschkin, Alex – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2017
This issue's featured article, "Assessment and Learning: Fields Apart" (Baird, Andrich, Hopfenbeck, and Stobart 2017) raises issues that are of basic importance for the disciplines of assessment and teaching and learning theory. In this commentary, Alex Scharaschkin restricts his remarks to a few areas. He considers the idea of a…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Learning Theories, Test Theory, Psychometrics
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Rojahn, Johannes; Rick-Betancourt, Brittney; Barnard-Brak, Lucy; Moore, Linda – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2017
Background: The Adult Scale of Hostility and Aggression (A-SHARP) rating scale assesses the frequency/severity (problem scale) and the reactive-proactive motivation (provocation scale) of aggressive behaviors in adults with intellectual disabilities (ID). Items are assigned to five subscales (Verbal Aggression, Physical Aggression, Hostile Affect,…
Descriptors: Adults, Rating Scales, Aggression, Intellectual Disability
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Yildiz, Suleyman Murat; Kara, Ali – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2017
Purpose: Although the existing internal marketing (IM) scales include various scale items to measure employee motivation, they fall short of incorporating the needs and expectations of service sector employees. Hence, the purpose of this study is to present a practical instrument designed to measure the IM construct in the higher education sector.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Marketing, Measures (Individuals), Statistical Analysis
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Guenole, Nigel; Chernyshenko, Oleksandr S.; Weekly, Jeff – International Journal of Testing, 2017
Situational judgment tests (SJTs) are widely agreed to be a measurement technique. It is also widely agreed that SJTs are a questionable methodological choice for measurement of psychological constructs, such as behavioral competencies, due to a lack of evidence supporting appropriate factor structures and high internal consistencies.…
Descriptors: Situational Tests, Psychological Evaluation, Test Construction, Industrial Psychology
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Yuan, Wei; Zhang, Li-fang; Li, Bing – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2017
Introduction: The present research pioneered the effort in assessing adolescents' coping with visual impairment through adapting the Brief COPE in an eastern context. The first study preliminarily explored the applicability of the Brief COPE to Chinese adolescent students with visual impairments. Based on the results, the Brief COPE was modified…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Visual Impairments, Coping, Measures (Individuals)
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Naumann, Alexander; Hartig, Johannes; Hochweber, Jan – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2017
Valid inferences on teaching drawn from students' test scores require that tests are sensitive to the instruction students received in class. Accordingly, measures of the test items' instructional sensitivity provide empirical support for validity claims about inferences on instruction. In the present study, we first introduce the concepts of…
Descriptors: Test Items, Item Response Theory, Instructional Effectiveness, Psychometrics
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Wong, P. K. S.; Wong, D. F. K.; Zhuang, X. Y.; Liu, Y. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2017
Background: The construct of self-determination has received considerable attention in the international field of intellectual disabilities (ID). Recently, there has been a rapid development of this construct in Chinese societies including Hong Kong. However, there is no locally validated instrument to measure self-determination in people with ID.…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Self Determination, Intellectual Disability, Foreign Countries
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