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Allen, Jennifer L.; Lerman, Rebecca – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2018
This study describes the development and evaluation of a new measure, the Teacher Responses to Anxiety in Children (TRAC) questionnaire in 74 primary school teachers. TRAC presents 9 hypothetical scenarios in which a child displays generalized anxiety/worry, social anxiety or separation anxiety symptoms. Teachers rate each scenario on six…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Questionnaires, Test Construction
Huscroft-D'Angelo, Jacqueline; Duppong Hurley, Kristin; Lambert, Matthew; Trout, Alexandra – Grantee Submission, 2018
Parent empowerment involves the ability of caregivers to meet the needs of their family while maintaining feelings of control and is particularly important for families of children at-risk. It is necessary to establish reliable and valid tools to measure parent empowerment. The purpose of this study was to examine the internal factor structure,…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Test Validity, Measures (Individuals), Likert Scales
Lyon, Aaron R.; Cook, Clayton R.; Brown, Eric C.; Locke, Jill; Davis, Chayna; Ehrhart, Mark; Aarons, Gregory A. – Grantee Submission, 2018
Background: A substantial literature has established the role of the inner organizational setting on the implementation of evidence-based practices in community contexts, but very little of this research has been extended to the education sector, one of the most common settings for the delivery of mental and behavioral health services to children…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Psychometrics, Evaluation Methods, Institutional Environment
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Karim, Shahzad; Haq, Naushaba – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2014
The present study focused on assessing the speaking test of IELTS. The assessment discussed both positive aspects and weaknesses in IELTS speaking module. The researchers had also suggested some possible measures for the improvement in IELTS speaking test and increasing its validity and reliability. The researchers had analysed and assessed IELTS…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Tests, Speech Tests
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Eshach, Haim – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2014
This article describes the development and field test of the Sound Concept Inventory Instrument (SCII), designed to measure middle school students' concepts of sound. The instrument was designed based on known students' difficulties in understanding sound and the history of science related to sound and focuses on two main aspects of sound: sound…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Auditory Discrimination, Test Reliability, Test Validity
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Pope, J. Paige; Hall, Craig R. – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2014
This study was designed to examine select psychometric properties of the Coach Identity Prominence Scale (CIPS), including the reliability, factorial validity, convergent validity, discriminant validity, and predictive validity. Coaches (N = 338) who averaged 37 (SD = 12.27) years of age, had a mean of 13 (SD = 9.90) years of coaching experience,…
Descriptors: Athletic Coaches, Self Concept Measures, Test Validity, Test Reliability
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Cicchetti, Domenic V.; Lord, Catherine; Koenig, Kathy; Klin, Ami; Volkmar, Fred R. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2014
In an earlier investigation, the authors assessed the reliability of the ADI-R when multiple clinicians evaluated a single case, here a female 3 year old toddler suspected of having an autism spectrum disorder (Cicchetti et al. in "J Autism Dev Disord" 38:764-770, 2008). Applying the clinical criteria of Cicchetti and Sparrow ("Am J…
Descriptors: Autism, Females, Toddlers, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Katherine Hunter Chenier – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Curriculum-based measurement (CBM) is an assessment technique that has become increasingly popular in schools, gaining importance with the recent national emphasis on school and teacher accountability for student achievement. CBM is used to monitor student performance to provide an indicator of which students are at-risk of not achieving grade…
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, Writing Evaluation, Scoring, Test Reliability
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DeLuca, Christopher; LaPointe-McEwan, Danielle; Luhanga, Ulemu – Educational Assessment, 2016
Teacher assessment literacy has become a central priority across many educational systems in North America and elsewhere in response to growing accountability demands. Although many scholars have aimed to measure teacher assessment literacy, recent research has identified that current assessment literacy instruments do not fully reflect current…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Self Efficacy
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Lin, Shu-Hui; Huang, Yun-Chen – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2016
The purpose of this study was to validate a Chinese version of the Gratitude Resentment and Appreciation Test (GRAT) with Taiwanese students. In Study 1, a total of 2511 Taiwanese students participated and completed the translated GRAT. Exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis and reliability analysis were undertaken to assess the…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Chinese, Factor Structure, Tests
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Han, Jiying; Yin, Hongbiao; Wang, Wenlan – Educational Psychology, 2016
This study explored the effect of tertiary teachers' goal orientations for teaching on their commitment, with a particular focus on the mediating role of teacher engagement. The results of a survey of 597 Chinese tertiary teachers indicated that teacher commitment was positively predicted by ability approach, mastery and relational goals, but was…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, College Faculty, Teacher Participation, Role
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Hamid, M. Obaidul – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2016
Globalized English proficiency tests such as the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) are increasingly playing the role of gatekeepers in a globalizing world. Although the use of the IELTS as a "policy tool" for making decisions in the areas of study, work and migration impacts on test-takers' lives and life chances, not…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Tests, Language Proficiency
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Akgul, Savas; Kahveci, Nihat Gurel – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2016
Statement of Problem: Although there is a rapidly increasing interest in creativity in specific domains such as science and math, there are not enough valid and reliable scales to assess students' creativity in these domains. If mathematical creativity potential can be measured, then the curriculum can be adapted to address the needs of creative…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Mathematics Instruction, Creativity, Middle School Students
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Gann, Linda; Bonner, Emily P.; Moseley, Christine – School Science and Mathematics, 2016
Given the increasing number of English Language Learners (ELLs) in secondary mathematics classrooms, it is imperative that mathematics teacher educators develop measures for determining how and why secondary mathematics teachers (SMTs) understand and respond instructionally to these students. This paper reports on the initial development and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, English Language Learners, Secondary School Mathematics
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Abubakar, Amina; van de Vijver, Fons; Alonso-Arbiol, Itziar; He, Jia; Adams, Byron; Aldhafri, Said; Aydinli-Karakulak, Arzu; Arasa, Josephine; Boer, Diana; Celenk, Ozgur; Dimitrova, Radosveta; Ferreira, Maria Cristina; Fischer, Ronald; Mbebeb, Fomba Emmanuel; Frías, María Teresa; Fresno, Andrés; Gillath, Omri; Harb, Charles; Handani, Penny; Hapunda, Given; Kamble, Shanmukh; Kosic, Marianna; Looh, Joseph Lah; Mazrui, Lubna; Mendia, Rafael Emilio; Murugami, Margaret; Mason-Li, Mei; Pandia, Weny Savitry; Perdomo, Cristina; Schachner, Maja; Sim, Samantha; Spencer, Rosario; Suryani, Angela; Tair, Ergyul – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2016
There is hardly any cross-cultural research on the measurement invariance of the Brief Multidimensional Students' Life Satisfaction Scales (BMSLSS). The current article evaluates the measurement invariance of the BMSLSS across cultural contexts. This cross-sectional study sampled 7,739 adolescents and emerging adults in 23 countries. A multi-group…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Attitude Measures, Adolescents, Young Adults
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