CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS OF LATENT SUB-SCALES OF TEACHER RESEARCH ENGAGEMENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS ELEMENTARY TEACHERS

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-48
Author(s):  
Henry L. Langam, Jr. ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Elementary Teachers ◽  
Teacher Research ◽  
Research Engagement ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

scholarly journals Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis of the Roteiro de Avaliação da Consciência Fonológica, a phonological awareness test

2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Acácia Aparecida Angeli dos SANTOS ◽  
Thatiana Helena de LIMA
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Phonological Awareness ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Fit Indices ◽  
School Students ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Model Fit Indices ◽  
The One

Abstract The objective of this study is to investigate the evidence of construct validity of a phonological awareness instrument. Exploratory factor analysis was carried out on data collected from 510 elementary and middle school students in 2nd and 6th grades attending two different public schools in the city of São Paulo, Brazil; most were males with mean age of 8.4 years. Confirmatory factor analysis was carried out on data collected from 427 students from other four Brazilian states in the same grades; most were females with mean age of 9.3 years. The instrument used was the Roteiro de Avaliação da Consciência Fonológica, a phonological awareness test. The exploratory factor analysis showed a three-factor solution. As for the confirmatory factor analysis, of the two models tested, the one that indicated better model fit indices was composed of three factors. The model found is adequate for the task carried out in this study. However, more studies should be carried out to further refine the instrument.

scholarly journals Runing ahead: Pensamiento divergente y sus dimensiones: ¿De qué hablamos y qué evaluamos?

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen Ferrándiz García ◽  
Mercedes Ferrando ◽  
Gloria Soto ◽  
Marta Sainz ◽  
María Dolores Prieto
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Cognitive Process ◽  
Divergent Thinking ◽  
Font Size ◽  
Creative Imagination ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="ES-TRAD">This paper examines the role of latent cognitive process and the contents of task (verbal and figural) in divergent thinking. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-GB">The sample was composed of 260 students, attending different public and semi-public schools in the Murcia Region (Spain), with ages ranging from 8 to 15 years old. Creativity was assessed with the Torrance Test of Creativity Thinking (TTCT) and the Test of Creative Imagination (PIC). Results suggest that, even though both tests are based on the psychometric approach and Guilford´s theory of creativity, their scores are not significantly correlated. Results from confirmatory factor analysis suggest two independent factors (one for each test), more related to tasks’ demands and contents than with the cognitive processes traditionally considered in the definition and measurement of creativity. </span>

scholarly journals Development and Validation of Teachers’ Assessment Belief of Mathematical Thinking Instrument

2022 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 179-191
Author(s):  
Saoud Alhunaini ◽  
Kamisah Osman ◽  
Naser Abdurab
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Mathematical Thinking ◽  
General Context ◽  
Fit Indices ◽  
Teachers Beliefs ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Assessment Beliefs ◽  
Measurement And Evaluation

<p style="text-align: justify;">This study was conducted to corroborate in understanding the teachers’ beliefs about assessment practices. The prior studies related to teachers’ assessment beliefs in mathematics have been done to assess teachers’ beliefs in the general context of mathematics teaching. This study developed an instrument to assess teachers’ assessment beliefs of mathematical thinking. The research aimed to develop and validate a scale of assessment beliefs of mathematical thinking by using the confirmatory factor analysis. The first draft of the scale contained 25 items. The sample of the study consisted of 537 mathematics teachers from public schools in Oman. The instrument was a questionnaire with a 5-point Likert scale. The scale was validated by asking a number of experts in mathematics educational measurement and evaluation. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis was applied to test the model of assessment beliefs of mathematical thinking scale using AMOS 25.0. All constructs had acceptable reliability. The model had a good model fit for the assessment beliefs of mathematical thinking scale which obtainable from the fit indices tests. The findings revealed that all fit criteria indices were realized. The results also showed acceptable validity and construct reliability for the scale.</p>

Psychometric Properties of Self-Regulating Climate Questionnaire: Comparison of Self-Regulatory Climate in Gifted and Public Schools

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hossien Zainalipour ◽  
Ali Akbar Shaikhi Fini ◽  
S. Abdolvahab Samavi
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
The Self ◽  
Load Factor ◽  
Regulatory Climate ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

The purposes of the present study were to determine the psychometric properties of the self-regulatory climate questionnaire among an Iranian sample and comparing the self-regulating climate between gifted and public schools.The findings showed that self-regulatory climate questionnaire had proper internal consistency for subscales and total scale. Also, the fitness indices obtained from confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the scale had proper construct validity and all items had an appropriate load factor. Also, our results showed the gifted schools have a higher self-regulation climate. In general, the results of the present study supported the usefulness of the self-regulatory climate questionnaire among the Iranian sample and provided some evidence of the role of characteristics of the gifted schools in the self-regulatory climate.<p></p> <br>

Psychometric Properties of Self-Regulating Climate Questionnaire: Comparison of Self-Regulatory Climate in Gifted and Public Schools

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hossien Zainalipour ◽  
Ali Akbar Shaikhi Fini ◽  
S. Abdolvahab Samavi
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
The Self ◽  
Load Factor ◽  
Regulatory Climate ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

The purposes of the present study were to determine the psychometric properties of the self-regulatory climate questionnaire among an Iranian sample and comparing the self-regulating climate between gifted and public schools.The findings showed that self-regulatory climate questionnaire had proper internal consistency for subscales and total scale. Also, the fitness indices obtained from confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the scale had proper construct validity and all items had an appropriate load factor. Also, our results showed the gifted schools have a higher self-regulation climate. In general, the results of the present study supported the usefulness of the self-regulatory climate questionnaire among the Iranian sample and provided some evidence of the role of characteristics of the gifted schools in the self-regulatory climate.<p></p> <br>

Evidence-based subtypes in functional dyspepsia with confirmatory factor analysis: Psychosocial and physiopathological correlates

2001 ◽  
Vol 120 (5) ◽  
pp. A51-A52 ◽  
Author(s):  
B FISCHLER ◽  
J VANDENBERGHE ◽  
P PERSOONS ◽  
V GUCHT ◽  
D BROEKAERT ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Functional Dyspepsia ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

The French Version of the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS) in a Nonclinical Sample

2015 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 119-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martine Bouvard ◽  
Anne Denis ◽  
Jean-Luc Roulin
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Generalized Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Child Anxiety ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Generalized Anxiety ◽  
French Version ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

This article investigates the psychometric properties of the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS). A group of 704 adolescents completed the questionnaires in their classrooms. This study examines potential confirmatory factor analysis factor models of the RCADS as well as the relationships between the RCADS and the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders-Revised (SCARED-R). A subsample of 595 adolescents also completed an anxiety questionnaire (Fear Survey Schedule for Children-Revised, FSSC-R) and a depression questionnaire (Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale, CES-D). Confirmatory factor analysis of the RCADS suggests that the 6-factor model reasonably fits the data. All subscales were positively intercorrelated, with rs varying between .48 (generalized anxiety disorder-major depression disorder) and .65 (generalized anxiety disorder-social phobia/obsessive-compulsive disorder). The RCADS total score and all the RCADS scales were found to have good internal consistency (> .70). The correlations between the RCADS subscales and their SCARED-R counterparts are generally substantial. Convergent validity was found with the FSSC-R and the CES-D. The study included normal adolescents aged 10 to 19. Therefore, the findings cannot be extended to children under 10, nor to a clinical population. Altogether, the French version of the RCADS showed reasonable psychometric properties.

The Hierarchical Model of Exercise Dependence

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 247-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gayatri Kotbagi ◽  
Laurence Kern ◽  
Lucia Romo ◽  
Ramesh Pathare
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Physical Exercise ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Large Population ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Preliminary Version

Abstract. Physical exercise when done excessively may have negative consequences on physical and psychological wellbeing. There exist many scales to measure this phenomenon. The purpose of this article is to create a scale measuring the problematic practice of physical exercise (PPPE Scale) by combining two assessment tools already existing in the field of exercise dependency but anchored in different approaches (EDS-R and EDQ). This research consists of three studies carried out on three independent sample populations. The first study (N = 341) tested the construct validity (exploratory factor analysis); the second study (N = 195) tested the structural validity (confirmatory factor analysis) and the third study (N = 104) tested the convergent validity (correlations) of the preliminary version of the PPPE scale. Exploratory factor analysis identified six distinct dimensions associated with exercise dependency. Furthermore, confirmatory factor analysis validated a second order model consisting of 25 items with six dimensions and four sub-dimensions. The convergent validity of this scale with other constructs (GLTEQ, EAT26, and The Big Five Inventory [BFI]) is satisfactory. The preliminary version of the PPPE must be administered to a large population to refine its psychometric properties and develop scoring norms.

Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Long and Short Forms of the Worry Domains Questionnaire

2009 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 239-243
Author(s):  
Roberto Nuevo ◽  
Andrés Losada ◽  
María Márquez-González ◽  
Cecilia Peñacoba
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Factorial Validity ◽  
Fit Indices ◽  
Short Forms ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
Future Work

The Worry Domains Questionnaire was proposed as a measure of both pathological and nonpathological worry, and assesses the frequency of worrying about five different domains: relationships, lack of confidence, aimless future, work, and financial. The present study analyzed the factor structure of the long and short forms of the WDQ (WDQ and WDQ-SF, respectively) through confirmatory factor analysis in a sample of 262 students (M age = 21.8; SD = 2.6; 86.3% females). While the goodness-of-fit indices did not provide support for the WDQ, good fit indices were found for the WDQ-SF. Furthermore, no source of misspecification was identified, thus, supporting the factorial validity of the WDQ-SF scale. Significant positive correlations between the WDQ-SF and its subscales with worry (PSWQ), anxiety (STAI-T), and depression (BDI) were found. The internal consistency was good for the total scale and for the subscales. This work provides support for the use of the WDQ-SF, and potential uses for research and clinical purposes are discussed.

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