Development of a measurement instrument to assess students' proficiency levels regarding galvanic cells

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 655-667
Author(s):  
Huanhuan Lu ◽  
Yanxia Jiang ◽  
Hualin Bi
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Assessment Instrument ◽  
Galvanic Cell ◽  
Multiple Choice Questions ◽  
School Students ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
Mainland Chinese ◽  
Proficiency Levels ◽  
Galvanic Cells

The galvanic cell is a basic concept in electrochemistry. To assess mainland Chinese students’ proficiency levels in galvanic cells, the Galvanic Cell Proficiency Level Assessment (GCPA) was developed based on the Rasch model. The GCPA was developed through a pilot test and consists of seven multiple-choice questions and four open questions. The assessment instrument was administered to 621 high school students in the 11th grade, and the test results showed good reliability and validity. The interview results supported the validity of the data generated by the instrument.

Validation of the College Planning Behaviors Scale

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 2156759X2110538
Author(s):  
Katherine D. Cook ◽  
Erin E. Hardin ◽  
Melinda M. Gibbons ◽  
Marlon C. Johnson ◽  
Christina Peterson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Postsecondary Education ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Outcome Expectations ◽  
School Students ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
Student Groups ◽  
College Planning ◽  
College Going

College preparation is an important topic in the educational attainment of high school students. Much of the research on college planning focuses on the importance and timing of preparing for postsecondary education; however, little research has explored the steps students actually take while preparing for college. The current study utilized the Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) framework to create a validated measure to assess choice behavior. The purpose of the current study was to create a validated measure for choice actions that could be used with diverse student groups. The measure was found to demonstrate good reliability and validity in this population, providing strong internal consistency and construct validity. Further, these findings support college-planning behaviors’ linkage to barriers, college-going self-efficacy, and college outcome expectations (COE).

Development of an instrument to evaluate high school students' chemical symbol representation abilities

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 875-892 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zuhao Wang ◽  
Shaohui Chi ◽  
Ma Luo ◽  
Yuqin Yang ◽  
Min Huang
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Measurement Instrument ◽  
School Students ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
Expert Review ◽  
Measurement Framework ◽  
Microscopic World ◽  
Grade 11

Chemical symbol representation is a medium for transformations between the actual phenomena of the macroscopic world and those of the sub-microscopic world. The aim of this study is to develop an instrument to evaluate high school students' chemical symbol representation abilities (CSRA). Based on the current literature, we defined CSRA and constructed a four-level measurement framework validated by expert review. After that, an initial measurement instrument was developed based on the framework. Then, 52 students of Grade 10 and 56 students of Grade 11 were selected from school A to participate in the first round of testing. During the data analysis, Rasch measurement was used to investigate and improve the quality of the instrument. After that, 55 Grade 10 students and 57 Grade 11 students from school B participated in the second-round of testing, and the Rasch analysis results demonstrated good reliability and validity of measures based on the CSRA framework.

The Structure and Characteristics of Adolescents' Motivation in Micro-Blog Use

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 76-85
Author(s):  
Li Lei ◽  
Xing Tan ◽  
Wei Wang
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
First Year ◽  
School Students ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Second Year

The present study aims to clarify the structure of adolescents' motivations in micro-blog use and develop the corresponding scale. The results show that: (1) Adolescents' motivation in using micro-blog contains 14 items which can be classified into four dimensions, namely Show-Extrication, Convenience-Communication, Information-Sociality, and Leisure-Expression. The scale is of good reliability and validity; (2) Girls' motivation is significantly higher than boys' in the dimensions of Show-Extrication, Convenience-Communication, and Information-Sociality, and in terms of Information-Sociality, the motivation of the second-year high school students are significantly higher than that of the first-year and third-year high school students.

A Life Skills Assessment Scale for High School Students in Tehran

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 400-413
Author(s):  
Soheila Saraee ◽  
Somayeh Shabani ◽  
Robert Pasnak
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
School Students ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

A life skills questionnaire was developed based on existing theories. The content validity of the questions was evaluated by educational experts. The resulting life skills questionnaire had 83 questions and ten subscales: empathy, emotion regulation, self-awareness, problem solving, effective communication, interpersonal communication, stress and critical thinking, creative thinking and decision making.  It had good reliability (r = .91) and validity. The confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the proposed ten factor model of the questionnaire. Given its reliability and validity, this scale of life skills can be used as a tool by researchers.

scholarly journals RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF THE LATVIAN VERSION OF THE COMPUTERIZED EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS TEST “EXAMINER” IN A STUDENTS SAMPLE: RESULTS OF THE PILOT STUDY

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 368
Author(s):  
Liena Ivanova ◽  
Ilze Plauca ◽  
Sandra Sebre ◽  
Malgozata Rascevska
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Executive Functions ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
School Students ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
Adaptation Procedure ◽  
Main Tendency ◽  
Working Memory Updating

The aim of this pilot-study was to assess reliability and validity of the Latvian version of the computerized executive functions test EXAMINER (Executive Abilities: Measures and Instruments for Neurobehavioral Evaluation and Research) in a sample of high school students and university students. The adaptation procedure included translation of the instructions and technical configuration of the test’s computerized version. The Latvian version of the EXAMINER includes tasks that measure executive functions of inhibition, set shifting and working memory updating. Participants included two sub-groups: 22 (14 males, 8 female) students from high school and 39 students (11 males, 28 female) from university.  Results showed statistically significant differences between both sub-groups on most of the EXAMINER tasks. The main tendency was that the high school students showed faster reaction time, but made more mistakes. Results also showed good reliability for most of the EXAMINER tasks and good criterion validity. Potential improvements of the test and its potential use in schools and clinics are discussed.

Development and Validation of a Short Form of the College-Going Self-Efficacy Scale

2020 ◽  
pp. 106907272096824
Author(s):  
Erin E. Hardin ◽  
Melinda M. Gibbons ◽  
Katherine D. Cook ◽  
Kody Sexton ◽  
Leigh Bagwell
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
School Students ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
College Going

Social Cognitive Career Theory is a useful framework for understanding educational attainment and reducing educational inequities. A key construct for middle and high school students is college-going self-efficacy. The College-Going Self-Efficacy Scale (CGSES) has been used to measure secondary students’ confidence in their abilities to attend and persist in post-secondary education, but with 30-items, it may be too lengthy for use with other measures in SCCT-grounded research in school settings. Using two independent samples of rural Appalachian high school students, we develop and validate the College-Going Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form (CGSES-SF). This 14-item measure retains the full breadth of content from the original CGSES, demonstrates measurement equivalence across gender and prospective college generation status, and demonstrates good reliability and validity in these samples. Suggestions for future use of the CGSES-SF are provided.

VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF A SELF-REPORT SUICIDE IDEATION SCALE FOR USE WITH ADOLESCENTS

1994 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 261-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. F. De Man ◽  
C. P. Leduc
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Suicide Ideation ◽  
Item Analysis ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
School Students ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
Personality Variables ◽  
English Canadian

English-Canadian high school students (60 boys, 51 girls) participated in a study of the reliability and validity of a self-report version of the Scale for Suicide Ideation. Item analysis, coefficient alpha, and split-half coefficient suggested good reliability. Correlations with selected personality variables were obtained. Associations were found between suicide ideation and measures of self-esteem, external locus of control, anomy, negative stress, and depression. The scale's correlational characteristics agreed with findings reported in the literature.

Development of a Life-Meanings Survey

1976 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 467-480 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stewart B. Shapiro
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
School Students ◽  
Philosophy Of Life ◽  
Interview Technique ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Medical Program ◽  
Validity Measures ◽  
Personal Level

This paper's purpose was to describe an interview which purports to survey some important areas in life meanings. The “Life-meanings Survey” is a semi-structured, depth interview which has been used to assess the outcomes of various humanistically oriented, confluent educational projects. It attempts to reach a deeper, more personal level of response than the usual paper-and-pencil personality, attitude, or achievement measures by probing into relatively enduring effects which make a difference in the lives of the participants. It investigates some of the major philosophical-psychological domains of what is substantially worth believing in, doing and living for, and what is a coherent, useful philosophy of life. Divided into five areas of meaning, the interview technique includes intentionality, significance, symbols, sense and the meaningful impact of a given project. Research results are reported from three studies: the effects of confluent education on high school students, the outcomes of a humanistically oriented medical program, and the results of a 1-yr. program in confluent education for school administrators. These studies indicate that quantitative assessments can be made using this instrument Rough reliability and validity measures of the interview have also indicated its usefulness and stability.

scholarly journals MEASURING STUDENT’S LOGICAL REASONING SKILLS OF CHINESE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL USING RASCH MEASUREMENT MODEL

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 142-149
Author(s):  
Lijuan Gan ◽  
Tommy Tanu Wijaya
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Logical Reasoning ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Literacy Skill ◽  
Evaluation Tool ◽  
School Students ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
Literacy Level ◽  
Reasoning Skills

This study aims to develop an evaluation tool to evaluate the overall logical reasoning core literacy skill and understand the differences in logical reasoning skills between students of different classes and genders. The quality of the developed evaluation tool is tested and optimized based on the Rasch model. The measured sample data are processed and analyzed by winsteps software and SPSS software. 122 senior three students from different classes were evaluated by the developed logical reasoning literacy level evaluation tool with good reliability and validity. It was found that the overall logical reasoning skills of senior high school students was concentrated in Level II, and some students could reach Level III; there are obvious differences in the level of logical reasoning skills between the experimental class and the ordinary class. The overall level of the experimental class is higher than that of the ordinary class; there is little difference in the distribution of male and female at the low level, but compared with male, female' literacy Level Is obviously limited after reaching a certain level, so it is difficult to break through and rise to the third level.

scholarly journals Reliability and Validity of the Persian Version Emotional Self-efficacy Scale for Young Adolescents

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-70
Author(s):  
Zahra Mohammadi ◽  
◽  
Zohreh Meshkati ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
School Students ◽  
Statistical Population ◽  
Persian Version

Background: The present research aimed at determining the reliability and validity of the Persian version of the Emotional Self-Efficiency Scale (ESES) for adolescents of Isfahan city. This study was conducted using a developmental research method. The statistical population consisted of all the first-grade high school students of Isfahan city in 2018 (n=59396). Methods: A total number of 280 students (160 girls and 120 boys, mean±SD age of 12.98±1.14) were selected using a stratified random sampling method, and completed ESES for adolescents (2015), as well as Self-Efficacy Questionnaire for Children (2001). Results: An Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) revealed the four-factor structure of ESES. A Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) also confirmed the fit of the four-factor structure of the scale. The results of the within-group correlation coefficient were obtained to investigate the acceptable test-retest reliability. The results of the correlation between the above-mentioned scale and SEQ-C instrument was also significant (P<0.05). Moreover, ESES and its dimensions had proper reliability over time. The reliability obtained by Cronbach’s alpha for all four dimensions of the questionnaire, given the number of items, was higher than 0.5 for each dimension and higher than 0.7 for the whole scale, which was acceptable. Conclusion: These findings indicate the acceptable validity and reliability of ESES for Isfahan’s adolescents, and its validity and reliability should be investigated in broader research on Iranian children and adolescents.

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