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Özkale, Ufuk; Kanadli, Sedat – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2021
This study classifies the verbal feedback of science teachers into praise statements, effort-based feedback statements, negative feedback statements, and ability-based statements, which are also regarded as feedback strategies. The study aims to investigate the feedback strategies used by science teachers in the classroom setting using descriptive…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Science Teachers, Classroom Environment, Positive Reinforcement
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Yin, Hongbiao; Wang, Wenyan – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2016
Viewing student engagement as a multidimensional construct, this study explored the motivation and engagement of undergraduate students in China. A sample of 1131 students from 10 full-time universities in Beijing participated in a survey. The results showed that the Motivation and Engagement Scale for university/college students is a promising…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Motivation, Learner Engagement, Foreign Countries
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Coelho, Francisco Antonio, Jr.; Ferreira, Rodrigo Rezende; Paschoal, Tatiane; Faiad, Cristiane; Meneses, Paulo Murce – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2015
The purpose of this study was twofold: to assess evidences of construct validity of the Brazilian Scale of Tutors Competences in the field of Open and Distance Learning and to examine if variables such as professional experience, perception of the student´s learning performance and prior experience influence the development of technical and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Construct Validity, Tutors, Factor Analysis
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Tosun, Bahadir Cahit – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2016
The current study is a quantitative research that aims to throw light on the place of students' views on contextual vocabulary teaching in conformity with Constructivism (CVTC) in the field of foreign language teaching. Hence, the study investigates whether any significant correlation exists between the fourth year university students' attitudes…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Vocabulary Development, Vocabulary Skills, Statistical Analysis
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Haskan Avci, Özlem – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2014
Problem Statement: The rise of premarital studies raises questions about the effectiveness of educational programs developed to prepare young couples for marriage and family life. Purpose of Study: The purpose of this study is to describe and introduce the Dyadic Relationship Scale (DRS) for use with university students. The author developed the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Attitude Measures, Psychometrics, Marriage
Serafini, Ellen Johnson – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study examined the second language (L2) development of adult learners of Spanish at three levels of proficiency during and after a semester of instruction. A fundamental goal was to identify cognitive and psychosocial individual differences (IDs) that can explain between-learner variation over time in order to expand our understanding of the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Spanish, Language Aptitude, Language Processing
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Jensen, Arthur R. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1986
Addresses the theoretically important question of whether g is merely an artifact of the method of constructing psychometric tests and the mathematical operations of factor analysis or whether it has an authentic claim to represent some natural phenomenon that exists independently of psychometrics and factor analysis. (Author/ABB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Construct Validity, Factor Analysis, Individual Differences
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Green, Jasmine; Martin, Andrew J.; Marsh, Herbert W. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2007
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the domain specificity of multidimensional motivation and engagement (adaptive cognitions, adaptive behaviors, impeding/maladaptive cognitions, maladaptive behaviors) in mathematics, English and science high school subjects, with an additional focus on three key educational correlates (educational…
Descriptors: High Schools, Academic Aspiration, Factor Analysis, Construct Validity
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Farrell, Beverly A.; Kotrlik, Joe W. – Journal of Vocational Education Research, 2003
Underpinned on the theories of individual differences and the information processing paradigm, the author hypothesized five different strategical information processing styles (SIPS): visuo-spatial, analytical, social, categorical, and verbal. An instrument was developed containing specific measurable descriptors for each of the five constructs.…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Cognitive Style, Undergraduate Students, Individual Differences