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Maryellen Brunson McClain; Megan E. Golson; Cassity R. Haverkamp; Bryn Harris; Erica Ficklin; Sarah E. Schwartz; Camille J. Wynn – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
Social communication and interaction (SC/I) skill quality may be influenced by cultural values, norms, and expectations. Because difficulties in SC/I is a core criterion for identifying autism and is a frequent construct of interest in autism research, a measure designed to capture cross-cultural differences in the perspectives of SC/I skills is…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction, Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Daniel Asamoah; Masitah Shahrill; Siti Norhedayah Abdul Latif – Cogent Education, 2023
Classroom assessment is a cornerstone for effective teaching and learning. However, there are variabilities in teachers' approaches to assessment due to recent educational policies, and classroom teaching and learning conditions. This study adopted a mixed method design through a sequential explanatory approach to examine teachers' approaches to…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Secondary School Teachers, Foreign Countries, Evaluation Methods
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Duran Yilmaz, Ayse; Ömeroglu, Esra – Southeast Asia Early Childhood, 2023
This study aimed to create and validate a scale for early childhood educators that reflects the cultural sensitivity of educators in classrooms. We collected data from 403 early childhood educators in Adiyaman, Turkey. Experts' assessments were consulted for content validity, and EFA and CFA were done for the reliability and validity of the scale.…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Measures (Individuals), Test Construction, Test Validity
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Ashley J. Harrison; Matthew Madison; Nilofer Naqvi; Karrah Bowman; Jonathan Campbell – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2025
The Autism Stigma and Knowledge Questionnaire (ASK-Q) was developed and validated to assess autism knowledge across cultural contexts. Given the wide international use of the measure, the current study aimed to re-examine the measurement properties of the ASK-Q. Using a large, international database (n = 5064), psychometric analyses examined both…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Social Bias, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Questionnaires
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Potvin, Patrice; Ayotte-Beaudet, Jean-Philippe; Hasni, Abdelkrim; Smith, Jonathan; Giamellaro, Michael; Lin, Tzung-Jin; Tsai, Chin-Chung – Research in Science Education, 2023
This article reports an international initiative to develop and validate a "situational interest questionnaire" in three cultural/linguistic contexts: Canada (French), USA (English), and Taiwan (Chinese). The 20-item solution ([alpha] = 0.90) presented four factors: "enjoyment," "value," "attention/sustained…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Cultural Differences, Questionnaires, Psychometrics
Lynn, David Ellsworth – ProQuest LLC, 2023
As schools adapt curriculum and learning environments to better prepare students for entry into an increasingly globalized society, cultivating intercultural competencies in K-12 in-service educators is of heightened importance. The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a new instrument designed to assess these competencies called the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Cultural Awareness, Teacher Competencies, Test Construction
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HyeSun Lee; Melissa Soenke – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2024
Cultural mismatch theory of inequality and associated research indicates that a mismatch between independent cultural norms of institutions of higher education and students' interdependent backgrounds account for disparities in academic achievement for students from historically underrepresented groups. Despite growing interest in interventions to…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Cultural Influences, Student Diversity
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Paplikar, Avanthi; Varghese, Feba; Alladi, Suvarna; Vandana, V. P.; Darshini, K. J.; Iyer, Gowri K.; Kandukuri, Rajmohan; Divyaraj, Gollahalli; Sharma, Meenakshi; Dhaliwal, R. S.; Kaul, Subhash; Saroja, Aralikatte Onkarappa; Ghosh, Amitabha; Sunitha, J.; Khan, Arfa Banu; Mathew, Robert; Mekala, Shailaja; Menon, Ramshekhar; Nandi, Ranita; Narayanan, Jwala; Nehra, Ashima; Padma, M. V.; Pauranik, Apoorva; Ramakrishnan, Subasree; Sarath, Lekha; Shah, Urvashi; Tripathi, Manjari; Sylaja, P. N.; Varma, Ravi Prasad; Verma, Mansi; Vishwanath, Yeshaswini – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2022
Background: Picture-naming tests (PNTs) evaluate linguistic impairment in dementia due to semantic memory impairment, impaired lexical retrieval or perceptual deficits. They also assess the decline in naming impairment at various stages of dementia and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) that occurs due to progressive cognitive impairment. With the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Naming, Pictorial Stimuli, Language Impairments
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Edwin, Mary; Bahr, Michael W. – Professional School Counseling, 2021
This article describes the development of a measure of interventionists' competence in implementing culturally responsive multitiered systems of support (MTSS) practices. We ran an exploratory factor analysis (EFA) on a 30-question survey that measured the multicultural competence of 651 school counselors and psychologists in MTSS implementation.…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Factor Analysis, Intervention, Multi Tiered Systems of Support
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Meher, Venkateswar; Baral, Rajashree – Journal on Educational Psychology, 2020
In the present study, an effort is taken to translate the standardised Metacognitive Awareness Inventory of Schraw and Dennison to Odia language for the higher secondary school students of Odisha. By considering the implications of metacognition for higher secondary school students, this study was undertaken for cultural adaptation and validation.…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Adjustment (to Environment), Test Validity, Metacognition
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Chen, Chieh-Yu; Squires, Jane; Chen, Ching-I; Wu, Rachel; Xie, Huichao – Early Education and Development, 2020
"Research Findings": The Ages & Stages Questionnaires: Social-Emotional, Second Edition (ASQ:SE-2) was translated and adapted into Traditional Chinese in Taiwan. A sample of 1,455 children, ranging from 42 months 0 days to 53 months 30 days old, reflecting the population sizes of different regions in Taiwan, completed the 48-month…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Screening Tests, Psychometrics, Social Development
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Larson, Anne L.; An, Zhe Gigi; Wood, Carla; Uchikoshi, Yuuko; Cycyk, Lauren M.; Scheffner Hammer, Carol; Escobar, Kelly; Roberts, Kate – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2020
The social validity of intervention research has been emphasized in special education and related fields for decades. There is relatively little focus on social validity that considers culturally and linguistically diverse populations. Eleven articles met the inclusionary criteria for this systematic review and were evaluated to describe social…
Descriptors: Intervention, Validity, Cultural Differences, Bilingualism
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Summers, Ryan; Wang, Shuai; Abd-El-Khalick, Fouad; Said, Ziad – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2019
Surveying is a common methodology in science education research, including cross-national and cross-cultural comparisons. The literature surrounding students' attitudes toward science, in particular, illustrates the prevalence of efforts to translate instruments with the eventual goal of comparing groups. This paper utilizes survey data from a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Education, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students
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Krüger, Mirko – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2019
This study aimed to develop and psychometrically evaluate a self-report instrument to assess attitudes and self-efficacy of Physical Education (PE) preservice teachers toward teaching linguistically and culturally diverse PE classes. An 18-item instrument was developed for the initial tests. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Student Attitudes, Self Efficacy
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Pacico, Juliana Cerentini; Zanon, Cristian; Bastianello, Micheline Roat; Reppold, Caroline Tozzi; Hutz, Claudio Simon – International Journal of Testing, 2013
The objective of this study was to adapt and gather validity evidence for a Brazilian sample version of the Hope Index and to verify if cultural differences would produce different results than those found in the United States. In this study, we present a set of analyses that together comprise a comprehensive validity argument for the use of a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cognitive Tests, Content Validity, Test Validity
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