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Carey, John; Brigman, Greg; Webb, Linda; Villares, Elizabeth; Harrington, Karen – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2014
This article describes the development of the Student Engagement in School Success Skills instrument including item development and exploratory factor analysis. The instrument was developed to measure student use of the skills and strategies identified as most critical for long-term school success that are typically taught by school counselors.
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Academic Ability, Psychometrics, Test Construction
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Gormally, Cara; Brickman, Peggy; Lutz, Mary – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2012
Life sciences faculty agree that developing scientific literacy is an integral part of undergraduate education and report that they teach these skills. However, few measures of scientific literacy are available to assess students' proficiency in using scientific literacy skills to solve scenarios in and beyond the undergraduate biology classroom.…
Descriptors: Testing, Biology, Undergraduate Study, Educational Change
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Schloman, Barbara F.; Gedeon, Julie A. – Knowledge Quest, 2007
This article describes Tool for Real-time Assessment of Information Literacy Skills (TRAILS), a freely available, online tool designed to measure the information literacy skills of high school students. It is based on information literacy competencies for ninth-graders found in the "Ohio Academic Content Standards" (Ohio Department of Education…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Information Literacy, Information Skills, Skill Analysis
Fagen, Stanley A.; Long, Nichloas J. – Instructor, 1976
What determines an individual's capacity to control his own behavior? Article provided eight skill-clusters for emphasis in teaching children self-control. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Check Lists, Discipline Policy, Program Descriptions, Self Control
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Michener, J. Lloyd; And Others – Journal of Medical Education, 1986
A study of the preceived acquisition of clinical skills by second-year medical students in six required clerkships is reported. The students completed self-assessments of their clinical skills when taking the family medicine clerkship. The principal contributions of the family medicine clerkship were in the management of common problems.…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Clinical Experience, Family Practice (Medicine), Higher Education