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A New Tool for Practitioner-Led Evaluation of Teacher Professional Development
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McChesney, Katrina; Aldridge, Jill M. – Teacher Development, 2018
Schools and education systems are being challenged to improve the evaluation of teacher professional development, yet there is a lack of practical tools for doing so. This article describes the development and validation of a new instrument to assess teachers' perceptions of the impact of professional development. This instrument, designed to be…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Program Evaluation, Professional Training, Questionnaires
Construct and Predictive Validity of Social Acceptability: Scores From High School Teacher Ratings on the School Intervention Rating Form
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Harrison, Judith R.; State, Talida M.; Evans, Steven W.; Schamberg, Terah – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2016
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the construct and predictive validity of scores on a measure of social acceptability of class-wide and individual student intervention, the School Intervention Rating Form (SIRF), with high school teachers. Utilizing scores from 158 teachers, exploratory factor analysis revealed a three-factor (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Predictive Validity, Likert Scales, Intervention
The Inclusive Classroom Profile (ICP) Preliminary Findings of Demonstration Study in North Carolina
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Soukakou, E.; Winton, P.; West, T. – FPG Child Development Institute, 2012
The Inclusive Classroom Profile (ICP) was developed in response to a lack of validated instruments designed specifically to measure the quality of inclusive practices, and it is based on research evidence on the effectiveness of specialized instructional strategies for meeting the individual needs of children in inclusive settings (Odom, 2004;…
Descriptors: Profiles, Rating Scales, Inclusion, Field Tests
Validity of the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scales in a Health Promotion Program: An Investigation of Factor Structure.
Casey, Terry – 1992
The Multidimensional Health Locus of Control (MHLC) scales have been used both to evaluate program effects and to assign subjects to treatment modalities. This study explored the construct validity of scores from the MHLC scales when the measure is used with adults who solicit intervention to promote their own health. The MHLC measures health…
Descriptors: Adults, College Faculty, Construct Validity, Factor Structure
Assessing Construct Validity in Community Evaluations: A Multitrait-Multimethod Approach.
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Babcock, Judith L.; And Others – 1992
This study used multiple methods to assess basic community needs and attributes of community atmosphere (cohesion, religious involvement, and recreational activities) in two psychometric studies. Part 1 revised self-report community assessment measures, developed multi-item scales for each construct, and tested reliabilities and factor structures…
Descriptors: Community Needs, Community Organizations, Community Programs, Comparative Testing
Construct Validation of an Arabic Version of the Learning Transfer System Inventory for Use in Jordan
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Khasawneh, Samer; Bates, Reid; Holton, Elwood F., III – International Journal of Training and Development, 2006
The purpose of this study was to translate and validate an Arabic version of the Learning Transfer System Inventory (LTSI) for use in Jordan. The study also investigated the perceptions of transfer system characteristics across selected individual and situational variables. The LTSI was administered to 450 employees of 28 different public and…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Construct Validity, Factor Structure, Factor Analysis