Development and Validation of a Scale for Psychological Safety in School Among High School Students in India

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 394-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debarshi Roy
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Psychological Safety ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Model Fit ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
School Students ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Development And Validation

The concept of psychological safety in the workplace is becoming increasingly important to organizational culture and planning. Kahn (1990, Academy of Management Journal, 33(4), 692–724) had defined psychological safety as ‘being able to show and employ one’s self without fear of negative consequences of self-image, status or career’. For the purposes of this study, the researcher emphasized on the need for the members of an organization to feel safe, which is a step beyond just being safe. This study explores the various dimensions of psychological safety among a group of 405 high school students from across India. The study involved the administration of a confidential questionnaire involving 21 items. A principal component analysis involving the results of the survey led to the extraction of four factors. These factors were termed as protect, support, encourage and include. A confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to validate the model, and the model-fit results were within the acceptable range. The subsequent model was termed as the PSEI (Protect, Support, Encourage, Include) model for psychological safety in schools.

scholarly journals Meaningfulness in Physical Education: A Description of High School Students’ Conceptions

1998 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 285-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ang Chen
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Curriculum Design ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
School Students ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Fit Index

A theoretical framework distinguishing meaning and meaningfulness guided this study of high school students’ conceptions of meaningfulness in physical education. A 9-dimensional meaningfulness construct was developed through analyzing former high school students’ (N = 35) oral reflection on physical education. A 9-dimensional meaningfulness scale was prepared and administered to high school students (N = 698). The principal component analysis reduced the students’ responses to a 6-dimensional construct: Social Bonding, Cultural Appreciation, Challenge, Tension Release, Fitness Development, and Self-Expression. The construct was modified through confirmatory factor analyses and had a Goodness of Fit Index of .91. The reconstruction demonstrated sophisticated internalization of perceived meaning by students. AMANOVA revealed that the students’ conceptions of meaningfulness differentiated (p < .05) based on gender, grade, and socioeconomic status. The findings suggest that a pluralistic perspective be considered in curriculum design, given the sophistication and differentiation of students’ conceptions of meaningfulness in physical education.

Development and Initial Validation of the Computer-Delivered Test Acceptance Questionnaire for Secondary and High School Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 182-194
Author(s):  
Lyndon Lim
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
School Students ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Development And Validation

This article outlines the development and validation of the Computer-Delivered Test (CDT) Acceptance Questionnaire (CTAQ). The CTAQ was designed to be a practical measure of CDT acceptance of Singapore secondary and high school students (Grades 7-12) toward taking tests within an e-assessment system. The stages of test (questionnaire item) content, response processes, and internal structure under Messick’s unified concept of validity suggested that the CTAQ had sound psychometric properties. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA; n = 485) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA; n = 484) yielded a three-factor model (ease of use, involvement and experience) with a reduction of 21 to 13 items for CDT acceptance. Practical applications and limitations of the CTAQ are discussed.

scholarly journals The Mathematics Learning Attributes Valued by Students in Eastern China

2020 ◽  
pp. 209653112093024
Author(s):  
Hengjun Tang ◽  
Wee Tiong Seah ◽  
Qiaoping Zhang ◽  
Weizhong Zhang
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Mathematics Learning ◽  
Eastern China ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
School Students ◽  
And Control ◽  
Senior High School Students

Purpose: Research has confirmed that students’ mathematics values significantly affect their mathematics learning. Accordingly, understanding how students’ values form and change, especially during different learning stages, is an important topic. Design/Approach/Methods: This study administered a questionnaire to investigate the values of primary, junior high, and senior high school students in Eastern China. A principal component analysis was conducted to investigate the factor structure of the students’ learning values. Then, paired sample t-tests were used to examine the differences in the two continuous categories ranking of each group, and a one-way analysis of variance with a Brown–Forsythe test was used to test the differences in the ranking of each dimension by the different grade-level groups. Findings: We found that students’ mathematics learning values consist of seven elements: culture, memorization, technology, objectism, practice, understanding, and control. Students placed different degrees of importance on these seven elements at different learning stages. Additionally, we found that junior high school is a critical period of change in students’ values. Originality/Value: These findings will be invaluable to teachers and educators as they reflect on their teaching approaches. Moreover, the findings that students’ values undergo changes in the course of their schooling are important information for educators seeking to foster students’ learning.

scholarly journals Cross-Cultural Validity of the “Classroom Motivational Climate Questionnaire”: Comparison between French and Spanish Students // Validez transcultural del «Cuestionario de Clima Motivacional de Clase»:comparación entre estudiantes franceses y españoles

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mercedes Villasana ◽  
Jesus Alonso Tapia
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Motivational Climate ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
School Students ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Cultural Validity ◽  
Learning Patterns ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Valid Instrument

The objective of this study was to obtain evidence about the cross-cultural validity of the “Classroom Motivational Climate Questionnaire” (CMCQ), developed recently for Secondary and High-School students. With this purpose, French and Spanish Secondary and High School students’ results were compared. A total of 749 French students formed the group to be compared with the original Spanish sample. To validate the CMCQ, confirmatory factor analyses, reliability and correlation and regression analyses were made. The results showed that CMCQ is a reliable and valid instrument to measure motivational climate in France as in Spain. It allows detecting which learning patterns can to be changed for improvement, and predicts to a large extent the satisfaction level with the teacher. Likewise it showed some existing differences between Spanish and French students in the motivational role attributed to some teacher's strategies, differences whose theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

scholarly journals Who Pays the Price for Parental Education–Occupation Mismatch? Evidence From an Israeli City

SAGE Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 215824401983591
Author(s):  
Yariv Feniger ◽  
Anastasia Gorodzeisky ◽  
Michal Krumer-Nevo
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Parental Education ◽  
Maternal Education ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Specific Aspect ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
School Students ◽  
Science Courses ◽  
School Truancy

In recent years, education–occupation mismatch has become an important area of social research. However, little is known about its impact on the intergenerational transmission of educational attainment. This study investigates the possible negative consequences of a specific aspect of parental education–occupation mismatch, also known as overeducation, for high school students. Drawing from a sample of high school students in an Israeli city with a high incidence of overeducation, our analysis suggests that parental education–occupation mismatch does not affect student expectations for progressing to higher education. The results did reveal, however, that maternal education–occupation mismatch is related to school truancy among boys and girls, and that paternal education–occupation mismatch contributes to lower odds of enrollment in advanced science courses, especially among boys.

scholarly journals Validation of a questionnaire assessing students’ self-directed and collaborative learning with and without technology in Canadian middle school classrooms

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chantal Labonté ◽  
Veronica R. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Model Fit ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Self Directed Learning ◽  
School Students ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Directed Learning

In the current study, the researchers examine the validity of a questionnaire assessing students’ perceptions of their self-directed learning and collaborative learning with and without technology with a group of Canadian middle school students. Lee and colleagues (2014) developed an 18-item questionnaire for use in assessing high school students’ perceptions of their learning in Singapore. Three hundred and twenty middle school students from across Alberta, Canada completed the questionnaire. The results of a confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the questionnaire did not have sufficient model fit. The researchers used a jackknifing procedure to systematically remove four items in order to achieve a psychometrically sound questionnaire. The results suggest that the reduced questionnaire is a useful self-report instrument for assessing Canadian middle school students’ perceptions of their learning. Dans la présente étude, les chercheurs examinent la validité d’un questionnaire évaluant les perceptions qu’ont les élèves de leur apprentissage autonome et collaboratif, avec et sans technologie, au sein d’un groupe d’élèves d’écoles intermédiaires canadiennes. Lee et ses collègues (2014) ont développé un questionnaire de 18 items pour évaluer les perceptions qu’ont des élèves d’écoles secondaires quant à leur apprentissage. Trois cent vingt élèves d’écoles intermédiaires à travers l’Alberta, au Canada, ont rempli le questionnaire. Les résultats d’une analyse factorielle confirmatoire ont révélé que le questionnaire avait été insuffisamment ajusté au modèle. Les chercheurs se sont servis d’une procédure de jackknife afin de supprimer systématiquement quatre items afin d’obtenir un questionnaire solide sur le plan psychométrique. Les résultats suggèrent que le questionnaire raccourci est un instrument utile pour l’auto-évaluation des perceptions qu’ont des élèves d’écoles intermédiaires quant à leur apprentissage.

Psychometric Properties of an Adolescent Version of the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale-11 for a Sample of Italian High School Students

2002 ◽  
Vol 95 (2) ◽  
pp. 621-635 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Fossati ◽  
Ernest S. Barratt ◽  
Elena Acquarini ◽  
Antonella Di Ceglie
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Italian Version ◽  
School Students ◽  
First Order ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Barratt Impulsiveness Scale ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

The purpose of this study was to extend the development of the Italian version of the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale for use with adolescents. The analyses which led to the development of this version were based on data from 563 high school students. The internal consistency was good (Cronbach a = .78), A confirmatory factor analysis identified six first-order factors which converged into two second-order factors, a General Impulsiveness factor and a Nonplanning Impulsiveness factor. The General Impulsiveness factor included motor and attention or cognition items. The second-order factors differed from those obtained with the adult Italian version as well as the American version. Possible reasons for these differences arc discussed. The new version correlated significantly with self-report measures of aggression and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder as well as with frequency of alcohol use and cigarette smoking.

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