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Corley, James Earl; Massie, F. Stanford, Jr.; Medrano, Martha; Estrada, Carlos A. – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016
Cultural competent care is the ability to deliver effective medical care to people from different cultures. The lack of methodological rigor and paucity of psychometric properties information of the instruments limits the generalizability of cultural competency educational interventions. We examined cultural attitudes of first year medical…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Beliefs, Health Behavior, Medical Students
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Arslan, Rumiye; Nalinci, Gülbin Zeren – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2014
The aim of this study is to develop a scale determining the visual literacy levels of university students. After reviewing the relevant literature a 75 item draft scale was prepared. The scale was applied to 3rd and 4th year students of Education Faculty of Amasya University. Non-functional items have been excluded from the scale as a result of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Visual Literacy, Test Construction, College Students
Renshaw, Rebecca L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The goal of this study was to create an evaluation tool that would be the new standard for evaluating clinical competencies of interns in the field of orientation and mobility (O&M). Using results from previous research in this area, specific competency skills were identified and the O&M Clinical Competency Evaluation Matrix (CCEM) was…
Descriptors: Orientation, Visually Impaired Mobility, Internship Programs, Clinical Experience
Caban, Alisia Rose – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The development, maintenance, and integration of multicultural competence into all aspects of psychologists' work is critical to ethical practice in an increasingly diverse society. Measurement of multicultural competency is critical to investigating the development of multicultural competence and the effectiveness of multicultural competency…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis
Cochran, Graham Ralph – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The literature on competency-based human resource (HR) management provides a strong case for moving from a jobs-based to a competency-based approach to human resources. There is agreement in the literature (Dubois, Rothwell, Stern, & Kemp, 2004; Lucia & Lepsinger, 1999) on the benefits of using competencies throughout HR systems and impact…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Action Research, Extension Agents, Content Validity
Njora, Hungi; Darmawan, I Gusti Ngurah; Keeves, John P. – International Education Journal, 2004
This article addresses an important problem that faces educators in assessing students' competence levels in learned tasks. Data from 165 students from Massachusetts and Minnesota in the United States are used to examine the validity of five assessment modes (multiple choice test, scenario, portfolio, self-assessment and supervisor rating) in…
Descriptors: Generalizability Theory, Human Services, Academic Achievement, Item Response Theory