This study uses a rigorous research process to explore the psychometric properties of the Gifted Rating Scale-School Form (GRS-S) within the Qatari educational context. We employed stratified cluster sampling of 326 students (aged 6-13 years, M = 10.9) from 25 public schools in Doha. Data was collected in the second semester of the 2023-2024…

Purpose: The PEDI-CAT (ASD) is used to assess functioning of children and youth on the autism spectrum; however, current psychometric evidence is limited. This study aimed to explore the reliability, validity and acceptability of the PEDI-CAT (ASD) using a large Australian sample. Methods: Caregivers of 134 children and youth on the spectrum…

Adolescence, a crucial period preceded by childhood and followed by adulthood, involves significant growth and developmental changes leading to various psychological challenges and aggressive tendencies. Several scales have been developed to measure aggression, but 12-item short form aggression questionnaire has been widely used for assessing…

Feedback literacy is gaining recognition as a key concept for understanding how engage with and learn from feedback in higher education. This study presents validity evidence for a refined version of the Student Feedback Literacy Instrument (SFLI), designed to measure the construct across two dimensions--feedback attitudes and feedback…

Existing measurements tend to focus on the measurement of how cognitive aspects of life skills development can influence students' school-to-work transition. Less attention has been paid to the noncognitive aspects of it. Specifically, "career planning" has often been ignored as a contemporary life skill. The purpose of this study was to…

There is growing interest in climate change education, however there are very limited tools in elementary and secondary level to measure students' understanding. Departing from this need, this study aimed to adapt the Climate Change Stages of Change Questionnaire into Turkish and examine its validity and reliability. The adaptation process stated…

The aim of this study is to develop a valid and reliable measurement tool to measuring teachers' leader-member exchange behaviors. The study group of the research consists of 396 teachers working in secondary schools in the central districts of Eskisehir, Odunpazari and Tepebasi, in the 2018-2019 academic year. The construct validity of the scale…

This study aims to develop a valid and reliable achievement test in accordance with the content framework of the 9th-grade Biology Course Curriculum published within the scope of the Turkish Century Maarif Model on the subject of "Organic Matter". The screening method was used for this purpose. The sample of the study consists of 258…

Background/purpose: Phubbing has emerged as a psychological and behavioral concern that threatens the quality of interpersonal relationships and psychological well-being, particularly among adolescents and adults, so the current research aimed to investigate the psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the Generic Scale of Phubbing…

Computational thinking (CT) is a thinking skill developed and integrated into curricula worldwide in recent years. However, limited assessment is one of the challenges in integrating CT skills into the educational curriculum of developing countries such as Indonesia. This study aimed to develop and validate a CT assessment instrument tailored for…

Turkish-Sign-Language (TSL) is a natural visuospatial language that the Deaf and hard of hearing use to communicate both with each other and with hearing people. It is important to determine the self-efficacy of individuals learning TSL in order to enhance their effective use of the TSL when their learning process. In this study, we aimed to…

The primary objectives of this study were to translate and assess the psychometric properties of the Principal Instructional Leadership Scale (PILS) within an Iranian population. The translation and cross-cultural adaptation process involved five stages: forward translation, translation synthesis, backward translation, expert committee review, and…

This study aimed to develop and validate the Teachers' Attitudes Towards Inclusive Education (TATIE) scale among pre-service teachers in Iraqi Kurdistan. The TATIE scale was adapted and translated into Kurdish. A sample of 455 pre-service teachers participated in the study. Data were collected via a structured survey. Construct validity was…

The growing integration of service-learning into academic content reflects higher education institutions' efforts to provide an environment that strengthens teaching, learning, and service to the community. This research article documents the development and testing of an instrument that measures service-learning experiences among higher education…

Purpose: Developmental assessment is part of a comprehensive autism evaluation. During in-person evaluations, developmental assessment is completed via direct testing by an examiner. In telehealth evaluations, developmental assessment relies on caregiver-report instruments. This study examined correspondence between caregiver report and direct…