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Liu, Bowen; Kennedy, Patrick C.; Seipel, Ben; Carlson, Sarah E.; Biancarosa, Gina; Davison, Mark L. – Grantee Submission, 2019
This paper describes an on-going project to develop a formative, inferential reading comprehension assessment of causal story comprehension. It has three features to enhance classroom use: equated scale scores for progress monitoring within and across grades, a scale score to distinguish among low-scoring students based on patterns of mistakes,…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Reading Comprehension, Story Reading, Test Construction
Griesbach, Jan – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The purpose of this quantitative, repeated measure, ex-post facto study was to investigate the trajectory of principals' ability to develop and maintain the knowledge to accurately rate teaching practices in eight of ten observable components on the "Framework for Teaching" (Danielson, 2013). Principals' scores on initial proficiency…
Descriptors: Principals, Reliability, Teacher Evaluation, Scores
Bejarano, Carolina M.; Snow, Kelli; Lane, Hannah; Calvert, Hannah; Hoppe, Kate; Alfonsin, Nicole; Turner, Lindsey; Carlson, Jordan A. – Grantee Submission, 2019
Purpose: This study presents a novel methodology/process for assessing inclusion of theoretically-based implementation factors within available adoption-ready health promotion programs. Methods: Classroom-based physical activity (CBPA) programs were used as an example to describe the process. Our team selected an implementation science framework…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Program Evaluation, Health Promotion, Physical Activity Level
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Dragoset, Lisa; Baxter, Cassandra; Dotter, Dallas; Walsh, Elias – Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, 2019
The purpose of this report is to investigate the feasibility of constructing a school-level measure of students' academic growth from kindergarten to grade 3, and to assess the validity and precision of that measure. The study measured schoolwide student growth for reading and math using student growth percentiles based on Maryland's 2014/15…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Academic Achievement, Primary Education, Student Evaluation
Brumley, Benjamin Pratt – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Children from low-income households are at risk for entering school behind their more economically advantaged peers across major domains of school readiness. The Head Start program represents the federal government's response to these achievement gaps by mandating the use of scientifically based assessments and curricula to provide children with…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Learning Processes, Preschool Children, Measures (Individuals)
Bosik, Sara Wynne – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This study assesses the utility of the U.S. version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) teacher form as a screener for mental health and behavior concerns. The SDQ was administered to a community sample of 391 culturally and linguistically diverse students in grades K-6. Internal reliability was assessed using Cronbach's alpha.…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Questionnaires, Screening Tests, Child Behavior
Moffa, Kathryn; Wagle, Rhea; Dowdy, Erin; Palikara, Olympia; Castro-Kemp, Susana; Dougherty, Danielle; Furlong, Michael J. – Grantee Submission, 2019
The Me and My School Questionnaire (M&MS) is a brief self-report measure of elementary school students' (ages 8-12) social, emotional, and behavioral challenges. As there is a need for brief self-report screening measures for students in elementary, or primary, school, this study examined the factor structure and measurement invariance of the…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Mental Health, Test Validity, Elementary School Students
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Areej Al Muhtasib – Journal of Education and Learning, 2019
The study aimed to identify the effect of the interactive drills using the dry laboratory on the acquisition of scientific concepts and laboratory skills in science among the ninth-grade female students in Palestine in light of their thinking styles. The study used quizzes of experimental method. The sample consisted of 68 female students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cognitive Style, Scientific Concepts, Laboratory Experiments
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Maryani, Ika; Prasetyo, Zuhdan Kun; Wilujeng, Insih; Purwanti, Siwi; Fitrianawati, Meita – Journal of Turkish Science Education, 2021
Higher-order thinking skills (HOTs) are very crucial thinking skills needed by teachers to train students to develop 21st-century learning. This study aimed to develop Multiple Choice and Essay Questions to measure the HOTs of the prospective teachers of the elementary school education department. This study used a 4-D model by Thiagarajan which…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Multiple Choice Tests, Essay Tests, Preservice Teachers
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Yan, Weili; Siegert, Richard J.; Zhou, Hao; Zou, Xiaobing; Wu, Lijie; Luo, Xuerong; Li, Tingyu; Huang, Yi; Guan, Hongyan; Chen, Xiang; Mao, Meng; Xia, Kun; Zhang, Lan; Li, Erzhen; Li, Chunpei; Zhang, Xudong; Zhou, Yuanfeng; Shih, Andy; Fombonne, Eric; Zheng, Yi; Han, Jisheng; Sun, Zhongsheng; Jiang, Yong-hui; Wang, Yi – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
The recent adaptation of a Chinese parent version of the Autism Spectrum Rating Scale showed the Modified Chinese Autism Spectrum Rating Scale to be reliable and valid for use in China. The aim of this study was to test the Modified Chinese Autism Spectrum Rating Scale for fit to the Rasch model. We analysed data from a previous study of the…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Parent Attitudes, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Barbosa, Edwin Y. – English Language Teaching, 2021
The purpose of this study was to propose a neurodidactic model for the development of primary communication skills in 1st year students of English as a Foreign Language at the University of Pamplona. Conceptually, the variables were supported upon relevant educational theories, language acquisition theoretical constructs and recent…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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van der Lans, Rikkert M.; Maulana, Ridwan; Helms-Lorenz, Michelle; Fernández-García, Carmen-María; Chun, Seyeoung; de Jager, Thelma; Irnidayanti, Yulia; Inda-Caro, Mercedes; Lee, Okhwa; Coetzee, Thys; Fadhilah, Nurul; Jeon, Meae; Moorer, Peter – SAGE Open, 2021
This study examines measurement invariance of student perceptions of teaching quality collected in five countries: Indonesia (n students = 6,331), the Netherlands (n students = 6,738), South Africa (n students = 3,422), South Korea (n students = 6,997) and Spain (n students = 4,676). The administered questionnaire was the My Teacher Questionnaire…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Teacher Effectiveness
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Darga, Hatice; Ataman, Aysegül – Participatory Educational Research, 2021
The purpose of the study was two-fold: The first purpose of the research was to conduct the "adaptation study of Brigance K & 1 screen II to Turkish," while the second was to "investigate the effect of the enrichment program applied to gifted children and their classmates in the 1st grade of primary education on their…
Descriptors: Enrichment Activities, Gifted, Talent Identification, Young Children
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Kartal, Gulten – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2021
The main purpose of this study is to establish a valid and reliable Turkish version of the Transactional Presence Scale. The study also aims to determine whether learners' personality structures, age, sex, previous experiences of distance education and perceptions of transactional presence are significant predictors of their perceived learning.…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Test Reliability, Attitude Measures, Student Attitudes
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Chongo, Samri; Osman, Kamisah; Nayan, Nazrul Anuar – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2021
Computational thinking (CT) is one of the systematic tools in problem solving and widely accepted as an important skill in the 21st century. This study aimed to identify the effectiveness of the Chemistry Computational Thinking (CT-CHEM) Module on achievement in chemistry. This study also employed a quasi-experimental design with the participation…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Thinking Skills, Achievement Tests
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