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How Not to Evaluate a Psychological Measure: Rebuttal to Criticism of the Defining Issues Test of Moral Judgment Development by Curzer and Colleagues
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Thoma, Stephen J.; Bebeau, Muriel J.; Narvaez, Darcia – Theory and Research in Education, 2016
In a 2014 paper in "Theory and Research in Education," Howard Curzer and colleagues critique the Defining Issues Test of moral judgment development according to eight criteria that are described as difficulties any measure of educational outcomes must address. This article highlights how Curzer et al. do not consult existing empirical…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Moral Development, Moral Values, Values
Do Ethics Classes Teach Ethics?
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Curzer, Howard J.; Sattler, Sabrina; DuPree, Devin G.; Smith-Genthôs, K. Rachelle – Theory and Research in Education, 2014
The ethics assessment industry is currently dominated by the second version of the Defining Issues Test (DIT2). In this article, we describe an alternative assessment instrument called the Sphere-Specific Moral Reasoning and Theory Survey (SMARTS), which measures the respondent's level of moral development in several respects. We describe eight…
Descriptors: Ethics, Ethical Instruction, Moral Values, Moral Development