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Predictors of Mainland Chinese Students' Well-Being
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Skrzypiec, Grace; Askell-Williams, Helen; Zhao, Xueqin; Du, Wenping; Cao, Fei; Xing, Lihong – Psychology in the Schools, 2018
There has been substantial research in the United States, Europe, and Australia about factors influencing students' well-being. However, such research has been relatively rare in Mainland China. We administered four predictor scales (School Satisfaction, Self-Concept, Relationships, and Resilience) and three outcome scales (Flourishing, Mental…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Foreign Countries, Well Being, Elementary School Students
Evaluation of History Interest Inventory--Development and Evaluation of a History Interest Inventory for Chinese K-12 Students
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Dan, Yongjun; Wei, Tianlan; Zhao, Wenjun – Journal of International Social Studies, 2013
The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate a History Interest Inventory (HII) to measure Chinese K-12 students' history interest. In this study, data were drawn from two independent samples of a city in Eastern China, and exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were conducted to reduce instrument size…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, Interest Research, Interest Inventories
Applying the Achievement Orientation Model to the Job Satisfaction of Teachers of the Gifted
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Siegle, Del; McCoach, D. Betsy; Shea, Kelly – Roeper Review, 2014
Factors associated with motivation and satisfaction aid in understanding the processes that enhance achievement and productivity. Siegle and McCoach (2005) proposed a motivational model for understanding student achievement and underachievement that included self-perceptions in three areas (meaningfulness [goal valuation], self-efficacy, and…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Academically Gifted, Talent, Predictive Measurement
The Ability of Early Reading Measures Administered in First Grade to Predict Fourth Grade Reading Comprehension for Puerto Rican Students in English Immersion
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Peller, Sarah – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The present study examined the relationship between children's early literacy-related abilities and their reading achievement in late elementary school in the context of a Puerto Rican community in Massachusetts. The researcher examined four years of student achievement test data from the public elementary schools of Holyoke, Massachusetts. The…
Descriptors: Puerto Ricans, Reading Tests, Grade 1, Grade 4
Psychometric Properties of Characteristics of Teacher Professional Development Instrument
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Soine, Karen M. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This primary purpose of the study was to expand the work of Garet, Porter, Desimone, Birman, and Yoon (2001) by creating and psychometrically testing an instrument designed to measure teachers' perceptions of characteristics of professional development. Elementary teachers (n = 406) from five school districts in Washington State participating in a…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Construct Validity, Predictive Validity, Factor Analysis
Inequality and the Home Learning Environment: Predictions about Seven-Year-Olds' Language and Literacy
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Hartas, Dimitra – British Educational Research Journal, 2012
Using a UK representative sample from the Millennium Cohort Study, the present study examined the unique and cumulative contribution of children's characteristics and attitudes to school, home learning environment and family's socio-economic background to children's language and literacy at the end of Key Stage 1 (age seven-years-old).…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cohort Analysis, Longitudinal Studies, Student Attitudes