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Stages of Moral Judgment Development: Applying Item Response Theory to Defining Issues Test Data
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van den Enden, Thijs; Boom, Jan; Brugman, Daniel; Thoma, Stephen – Journal of Moral Education, 2019
The Defining Issues Test (DIT) has been the dominant measure of moral development. The DIT has its roots in Kohlberg's original stage theory of moral judgment development and asks respondents to rank a set of stage typed statements in order of importance on six stories. However, the question to what extent the DIT-data match the underlying stage…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Moral Development, Moral Values, Values
Pulling Back the Curtain on Moral Reasoning and Ethical Leadership Development for K-12 School Leaders
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Gurley, D. Keith; Dagley, Amy – Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 2021
Using the Defining Issues Test of moral reasoning, researchers gathered pre- and posttest data from educational leadership students (N = 52) and confidence levels in enacting ethical school leadership, before and after completing a master's degree program in educational leadership. On a 95-point scale, pretest, postconventional moral reasoning…
Descriptors: Moral Issues, Moral Development, Moral Values, Measures (Individuals)