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Mara Morelli; Matilde Brunetti; Antonio Chirumbolo; Pietro Spataro; Fiorenzo Laghi; Emiddia Longobardi – European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2024
Executive functions (EFs) are a set of high-level cognitive processes that enable children to perform a goal-directed behaviour. During the preschool years, EFs undergo significant developmental changes. Therefore, it is crucial to have reliable measures that accurately evaluate preschoolers' EFs in preschool-aged children. The present study aimed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Cognitive Measurement, Executive Function
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Chidubem Deborah Adamu – Research in Social Sciences and Technology, 2024
The Fourth Industrial Revolution Chemistry Teachers Effectiveness Scale (4IRCTES) was evaluated in secondary schools in Southwest Nigeria to determine its item discrimination, item parameters, and model-data fit. This study utilised a descriptive survey research design and included 4,986 Chemistry teachers in the southwestern region of Nigeria,…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Science Teachers, Chemistry, Foreign Countries
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Abdullah Alamer; Florian Schuberth; Jörg Henseler – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2024
Researchers in second language (L2) and education domain use different statistical methods to assess their constructs of interest. Many L2 constructs emerge from elements/parts, i.e., the elements "define" and "form" the construct and not the other way around. These constructs are referred to as emergent variables (also called…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Second Language Learning, Language Research
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Lyndsay N. Jenkins; Stephanie S. Fredrick; Jay'ana King – International Journal of Bullying Prevention, 2024
The five-step bystander intervention model (i.e., Notice, Interpret, Accept Responsibility, Know What to Do, Act) has been utilized to study intervention in traditional bullying, but not bullying bystander behavior in online contexts. Additionally, differences in how students of color and White students are involved in bystander behavior in…
Descriptors: Bullying, Computer Mediated Communication, Factor Structure, Audiences
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Lyniesha Ward; Fridah Rotich; Jeffrey R. Raker; Regis Komperda; Sachin Nedungadi; Maia Popova – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2025
This paper describes the design and evaluation of the Organic chemistry Representational Competence Assessment (ORCA). Grounded in Kozma and Russell's representational competence framework, the ORCA measures the learner's ability to "interpret," "translate," and "use" six commonly used representations of molecular…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Science Tests, Test Construction, Student Evaluation
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Sofya S. Belova; Anatoliy V. Kharkhurin – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2025
This study aimed to adapt the Plurilingual and Pluricultural Competence scale (PPC) to the Russian-speaking population and to assess its psychometric properties. Five hundred and sixty-four undergraduate students from Western, Central, and Caucasian regions of Russia and Kazakhstan participated in the study. Internal consistency, factorial,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Language Tests, Likert Scales
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Ane Wibe Saether; Silje Sommer Hukkelberg; Ane Naerde – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2025
The Social Skills Improvement System-Rating Scales (SSIS-RS) and the Social Skills Improvement System Social and Emotional Learning Edition (SSIS SEL) are rating scales used to assess social behavior in children and adolescents. While the SSIS-RS is well-regarded and used worldwide, the SSIS SEL is establishing foothold. In the current study, we…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Social Behavior, Interpersonal Competence, Test Validity
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Huo, Shuting; Zhang, Xiao – Reading Psychology, 2022
The present study validated the Preschool Reading Attitude Scale (PRAS) using a longitudinal sample of young Chinese children in Hong Kong (N = 197; age: mean [SD] = 52.38 [3.32] months at the first wave of assessment). Children were asked to rate their own attitudes toward reading in a Likert format with pictorial aids, and received individual…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Reading Attitudes, Test Validity
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McVey, Alana J.; Schiltz, Hillary K.; Coffman, Marika; Antezana, Ligia; Magnus, Brooke – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
Emotion dysregulation is common among autistic people, yet few measures have received psychometric evaluation in this population. We examined the factor structure, reliability, and validity of a commonly-used measure of emotion dysregulation, the "Difficulties with Emotion Regulation Scale" ("DERS"), in a sample of 156 autistic…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Emotional Response, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Halat, Züleyha; Daglioglu, Hacer Elif; Ince-Araci, Fazilet Gül – International Online Journal of Primary Education, 2022
In this study, it is aimed to improve the "Creativity-Supporting Home Environment Scale" for the purpose of determining the level of creativity in the home environment of parents with children aged 3-6 years old. Research study groups were composed of 500 parents across various provinces of Turkey. The scale items written in the context…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Test Reliability, Creativity, Family Environment
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Nakamura, Keita – Language Testing in Asia, 2022
Background: This study investigated the scoring and criterion-related validity of the TEAP, a newly developed Test of English for Academic Purposes. In this study, scoring validity was examined by investigating the factor structure, while criterion-related validity was examined by first investigating the longitudinal change of test takers'…
Descriptors: Test Validity, English for Academic Purposes, Language Tests, Scoring
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Lechner, Clemens M.; Knopf, Thomas; Napolitano, Christopher M.; Rammstedt, Beatrice; Roberts, Brent W.; Soto, Christopher J.; Spengler, Marion – Journal of Intelligence, 2022
Social, emotional, and behavioral (SEB) skills comprise a broad set of abilities that are essential for building and maintaining relationships, regulating emotions, selecting and pursuing goals, or exploring novel stimuli. Toward an improved SEB skill assessment, Soto and colleagues recently introduced the Behavioral, Emotional, and Social Skills…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Personality Traits, Measures (Individuals), Psychometrics
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Basting, Evan J.; Naser, Shereen; Goncy, Elizabeth A. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2022
The BASC-3 Behavioral and Emotional Screening System Student Form (BESS SF) is the latest iteration of a widely used instrument for identifying students at behavioral and emotional risk. Measurement invariance across race/ethnicity and gender for the latest BESS SF has not yet been established. Using a sample of 737 U.S. urban fourth- to…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Factor Analysis, Screening Tests, Emotional Disturbances
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Farnese, Maria Luisa; Spagnoli, Paola; Livi, Stefano – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2022
Background: Socialization practices support undergraduates' transitional processes when beginning their academic careers and afterwards. Anyhow, the absence of specific socialization measures for academic contexts does not allow Universities to assess it. Aims: The present study aimed to contribute to the socialization literature by proposing a…
Descriptors: Socialization, Undergraduate Students, Test Construction, Factor Structure
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Tindle, Richard; Castillo, Paola; Doring, Natalie; Grant, Leigh; Willis, Royce – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2022
Background: University students are four times more likely to experience elevated levels of psychological distress compared to their peers. The psychosocial needs of university students are associated with high psychological distress, stressful life events, and academic performance. Our study focuses on developing a measure to help universities…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Student Needs, College Students
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