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Rueger, Sandra Y.; Cipra, Alli; Choe, Hyungjoon; Steggerda, Jake C.; Kirby, Andrea E.; Stone, Lauren B. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2021
Measurement limitations have hindered research on learned helplessness (LH) and mastery orientation (MO) in the classroom. We reduced the 24-item Student Behavior Checklist to a 6-item scale and tested the abbreviated measure for evidence of reliability and validity in a sample of 5th and 6th graders (N = 299). We then replicated findings in an…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Check Lists, Helplessness, Orientation
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Sabatini, J.; O'Reilly, T.; Halderman, L.; Bruce, K. – Grantee Submission, 2014
Existing reading comprehension assessments have been criticized by researchers, educators, and policy makers, especially regarding their coverage, utility, and authenticity. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate a new assessment of reading comprehension that was designed to broaden the construct of reading. In light of these issues, we…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Vignettes, Reading Tests, Elementary School Students
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Arens, A. Katrin; Yeung, Alexander Seeshing; Craven, Rhonda G.; Hasselhorn, Marcus – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2013
This study aims to develop a short German version of the Self Description Questionnaire (SDQ I-GS) in order to present a robust economical instrument for measuring German preadolescents' multidimensional self-concept. A full German version of the SDQ I (SDQ I-G) that maintained the original structure and thus length of the English original SDQ I…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Test Construction, Test Length