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Hampton, Virginia R.; Fantuzzo, John W. – School Psychology Review, 2003
The purpose of this study was to determine whether the Penn Interactive Peer Play Scale (PIPPS), a teacher-rating instrument of interactive play behaviors for early childhood, was valid for urban, low-income children in kindergarten. The PIPPS demonstrated construct validity, and yielded three dimensions of interactive peer play: Play Interaction,…
Descriptors: Play, Low Income, Academic Achievement, Construct Validity
Kyriakides, Leonidas – Journal of Classroom Interaction, 2005
This paper presents results of a study attempting to identify the extent to which teacher effectiveness research and research into teacher interpersonal behavior can help us collect valid and reliable evaluative data from students about their teacher behavior. The major findings of teacher effectiveness research are outlined and the process that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Achievement Gains, Teacher Evaluation
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Gresham, Frank M.; Cook, Clayton R.; Crews, S. Dean; Kern, Lee – Behavioral Disorders, 2004
This article provides an analysis of the current knowledge base of social skills training (SST) with students with, or at risk for, Emotional and Behavioral Disorders (EBD). This knowledge base is evaluated with respect to issues regarding construct, internal, external, and social validity of the SST literature. Research syntheses investigating…
Descriptors: Intervention, Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction, Behavior Patterns
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Bayer, Jordana K.; Sanson, Ann V.; Hemphill, Sheryl A. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2006
Internalizing disorders are a public health issue affecting up to 20% of school-age children, yet few receive assistance. Internalizing difficulties can emerge in the preschool years, with stability from this time onward. To inform prevention programs, knowledge is needed about early internalizing indicators in community samples. This study…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Prevention, Young Children, Public Health
Bolton, Cynthia; And Others – 1996
The relationship construct between physicians and patients was explored in the context of medical education and evaluation focusing on the clinical performance of third-year medical students. The Relationship Instrument, a performance-based assessment, was constructed to measure interpersonal and communication skills of the physician interacting…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Clinical Diagnosis, Clinical Experience, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Buhendwa, Frank M. – 1996
Current research suggests that teacher development evolves in stages, and that teacher concerns as professionals are central to teacher development. The concerns theory suggests that teacher growth involves a gradual change from concerns about self, to concerns about the task at hand, to concerns about the connections and implications of self,…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Check Lists, Construct Validity, Education Majors
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MacDougall, Mary Ann; And Others – 1992
This paper discusses the development of a Cultural Anxiety Scale (CAS) for Chinese students studying in the United States. One hundred items were developed using the anxiety research literature, a survey of research on stress and anxiety among college students, and Chinese cross-cultural studies. Face, construct, and content validity analysis were…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Chinese, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Chauvin, Sheila W.; Ellett, Chad D. – 1993
The construct validity of the Attitudes of Professional Autonomy (APA) as a proxy measure of professional orientation was studied. The sample consisted of all teachers in 94 schools in 6 districts in Louisiana, closely representing the statewide distribution of all schools by level and socioeconomic status. Usable data were received from 1,921…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Factor Analysis
Martin, Nancy K.; Baldwin, Beatrice – 1993
Confirmatory factor analysis was used to examine the construct validity of a new instrument measuring perceptions toward classroom management: the Inventory of Classroom Management Style (ICMS). Classroom management was defined as a multifaceted process that includes three broad dimensions: (1) what teachers believe about students as persons; (2)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Measures, Beliefs, Classroom Techniques
Tombokan-Runtukahu, Juliana; Nitko, Anthony J. – 1991
Whether the construct of adaptive behavior, which has been developed and operationalized in western countries, could be successfully operationalized in a non-western country, Indonesia, was studied. Focus was on delineating procedures for cross-cultural adaptation and operationalization of the construct; creating an operationalization of the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Children, Comparative Testing, Construct Validity
Marshall, James E. – 1991
Science process skills are described as a set of broadly transferable abilities, appropriate to all of the science disciplines and reflective of the true behavior of scientists. While science process skills have gained wide acceptance as an integral part of the science curricula, the development of valid and reliable instruments to assess those…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Educational Assessment, Formative Evaluation, Grade 7
Byrne, Barbara M. – 1987
The construct validity of four self-concept (SC) traits (general SC, academic SC, English SC, mathematics SC), as measured by three different scales (Likert, semantic differential, Guttman) for low- (n=252) and high-track (n=588) Canadian high school students, was assessed using both the Campbell-Fiske criteria, and a comparison of hierarchically…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Construct Validity, Correlation, Factor Analysis
Marsh, Herbert W.; Hocevar, Dennis – 1986
The advantages of applying confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to multitrait-multimethod (MTMM) data are widely recognized. However, because CFA as traditionally applied to MTMM data incorporates single indicators of each scale (i.e., each trait/method combination), important weaknesses are the failure to: (1) correct appropriately for measurement…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Construct Validity, Correlation, Error of Measurement
Gable, Robert K.; And Others – 1986
The development of the Parent Attitudes toward School Effectiveness (PATSE) questionnaire was conducted in two phases. The pilot test form contained 47 items reflecting parents' attitudes toward 6 categories: (1) school and community relationships; (2) clear school mission; (3) high expectations; (4) safe and orderly environment; (5) instructional…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Construct Validity, Content Validity, Elementary Secondary Education
Green, Donald Ross; Yen, Wendy M. – 1984
Basic skills tests in which measurement of growth is defined in the context of national norms are discussed. An integral part of the construction of norms is the production of a trait or ability score which is normed. Test publishers define a multidimensional trait by including items which measure it. The trait as a construct is a distinct…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Construct Validity
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