scholarly journals Cuestionario para valorar las prácticas de enseñanza en secundaria desde la percepción de los estudiantes//Questionnaire for assessing teaching practices in high school from the perception of students

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irma Gloria Arregui Eaton ◽  
Alicia Alelí Chaparro Caso-López ◽  
Carlos David Díaz López
Keyword(s):  
Professional Practice ◽  
Classroom Climate ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Item Pool ◽  
School Factors ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Process Measurement ◽  
Danielson Framework ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

RESUMEN  La calidad de las prácticas de enseñanza es uno de los principales factores escolares que influyen en el aprendizaje de los estudiantes. Por lo que es importante contar con herramientas de evaluación del ejercicio docente, que permitan generar insumos para fortalecer el trabajo en el aula. El presente estudio tuvo como propósito diseñar un instrumento para la valoración de las prácticas de enseñanza en educación secundaria, a través de la opinión de los estudiantes. El modelo conceptual que sustentó su diseño fue el Marco para la Enseñanza de Danielson, Edición 2013. El proceso de desarrollo implicó: (a) elaborar un banco de ítems y obtener las evidencias de validez de contenido; (b) reducir el número de ítems, mediante un proceso de optimización de la medida; (c) generar evidencias de validez de constructo a través de un análisis factorial confirmatorio. Como resultado se obtuvo un instrumento de 30 ítems a través de los cuales se valoran tres de las cuatro dimensiones del marco de Danielson: (1) Calidad de la planeación y preparación de las actividades docentes, (2) Clima de aula, y (3) Enseñanza o instrucción.ABSTRACT  The quality of teaching practices is one of the main school factors that influence the success or failure of student learning. To strengthen the work of teachers in classroom is necessary to assess their professional practice. This study was conducted with the purpose of designing an instrument for assessing the performance of teachers of secondary education, through the opinions of their students. The conceptual model used was Danielson´s Teaching Framework, Edition 2013. The development process committed: (a) to elaborate an item pool and identify evidence of content validity; (b) to reduce the number of items using an optimization process measurement; (c) to obtain evidence of construct validity through confirmatory factor analysis. The product obtained was an instrument of 30 items, which allow us to evaluate three of the four dimensions of Danielson framework: (1) Quality Planning and preparation of teaching activities, (2) Classroom climate, and (3) Teaching or instruction.

Translation and validation of the first time fathers questionnaire into Persian

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (10) ◽  
pp. 572-578
Author(s):  
Khadijeh Dodel ◽  
Giti Ozgoli ◽  
Aasa Premberg ◽  
Nillofar Ghasemi ◽  
Sedigheh Sedigh Mobarakabadi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cronbach’S Alpha ◽  
Labor Support ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Cronbach's Alpha ◽  
Item Questionnaire ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
First Time ◽  
Translation And Validation ◽  
Item Distribution

Background/Aims The presence of fathers during labour and birth can have favourable outcomes for the health of the mother, father and infant. However, there are few studies on fathers' experiences while being present during labour and birth, which necessitates the development of a valid questionnaire for this purpose. The aim of this study was to translate and culturally adapt the first time fathers questionnaire into Persian. Methods A total of 220 first-time fathers at private midwifery counseling centers were given a translated questionnaire to complete. Forward-backward translation of the questionnaire was conducted and content, face and construct validity were examined. After extracting factors and item distribution, confirmatory factor analysis was performed. Cronbach's alpha was used for reliability. Results A valid 19-item questionnaire with four dimensions, ‘worry’, ‘acceptance and support during labor’, ‘support during and after birth’, and ‘preparedness’ was obtained. The Cronbach's alpha was 0.78. Conclusions The Persian questionnaire is valid and reliable for examining the experiences of first-time fathers. It can be employed to evaluate fathers' experiences during labour and birth in midwifery services planning to promote quality of care during childbirth.

scholarly journals Evaluation of virtual tour in an online museum: Exhibition of Architecture of the Forbidden City

PLoS ONE ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. e0261607
Author(s):  
Jia Li ◽  
Jin-Wei Nie ◽  
Jing Ye
Keyword(s):  
Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
Quality Of Information ◽  
Virtual Tour ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Essential Resource ◽  
Research And Education ◽  
Main Factor

Online virtual museum tours combine museum authority and an academic approach with the diversity and interactivity of online resources; such tours have become an essential resource for online scientific research and education. Many important museums around the world are developing this type of online service. Comprehensive evaluation of such tours is, however, urgently needed to ensure effectiveness. This paper establishes a heuristic evaluation scale based on the literature. Taking the online virtual tour of the Exhibition of Architecture of the Forbidden City as a case study, confirmatory factor analysis was then carried out to improve the scale. Interviews were conducted to discuss and analyze the research results. The developed evaluation scale has four dimensions: authenticity, interaction, navigation, and learning. The results from the case study showed, first, that the exhibition had visual authenticity, but the behavioral authenticity was insufficient; second, the exhibition was generally interactive, but this aspect could be improved by enriching the links; third, the lack of effective navigation design for the exhibit was the main factor affecting experience quality. Fourth, the exhibition was informative and supported learning, but needs further improvement to the quantity and quality of information provided. Finally, the interviews revealed that the online exhibition did not entirely support people of different ages and abilities, so it needs further improvement to be wholly inclusive.

scholarly journals An Empirical Study on the Employability Structure of Pharmacy Graduates

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 204
Author(s):  
Yan Huang ◽  
Qin Fang ◽  
Kunling Weng ◽  
Boyang Yu
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Personal Quality ◽  
Social Ability ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Innovation Ability ◽  
Coordination Ability

In this paper, through the interviews and questionnaires of the experts of medical colleges and universities in China, the executives of pharmaceutical enterprises and the graduates of pharmaceutical specialty, we use statistical analysis techniques such as exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis to present and verify the pharmaceutical structural model of the employment ability of undergraduates. The results show that the structure of employment ability of the undergraduates of pharmaceutical specialty in China can be divided into four dimensions: Development ability, Social ability, Professional ability and Personal quality, and there is some correlation between these four dimensions. Among them, the innovation ability has the greatest impact on the development of pharmaceutical undergraduates. The organization and coordination ability has the greatest impact on social capacity of pharmaceutical undergraduates. The operational ability has the greatest impact on professional competence of pharmaceutical undergraduates; and the professional ethics has the greatest impact on personal quality of pharmaceutical undergraduates.

scholarly journals Classroom climate in Serbia: The perspective of primary school teachers

2014 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-298
Author(s):  
Slavica Sevkusic ◽  
Sonja Andjelkovic ◽  
Vladeta Milin
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Classroom Climate ◽  
Future Research ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Initial Assumption ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Insight Into

The goal of this research is to gain insight into the classroom climate in schools in Serbia from the perspective of teachers. To realize this goal, we set up two research questions: (1) How do teachers assess the importance of certain aspects of the classroom climate and their own engagement in creating favourable climate, and (2) which factors determine the quality of classroom climate. We considered four dimensions of classroom climate: equality in communication, social relationships between students, respect for students? feelings and the organizing group work. The sample consisted of primary school teachers in Serbia (N=1441), who completed a questionnaire made for our research needs. The results of factor analysis confirmed the initial assumption that the selected dimensions are related in terms of their belonging to the same construct and sufficiently different to be considered as selfcontained. The obtained results show that teachers in Serbia highly value the importance of all researched aspects of the classroom climate and believe that they are engaged to a large extent in creating a positive classroom climate. Also, it was shown that teachers? gender and the teaching level are the most important determinants of classroom climate quality. Bearing in mind the limitations of the applied instrument it is concluded that the results should be considered with caution and that future research should include students? perspective, direct class observation and qualitative methods to gain a more objective and more comprehensive understanding of the classroom climate.

A Psychometric Study of the Quality Perception Questionnaire

2012 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raffaele Cioffi† ◽  
Anna Coluccia ◽  
Fabio Ferretti ◽  
Francesca Lorini ◽  
Aristide Saggino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Fit Indices ◽  
Quality Perception ◽  
Italian Survey ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Instrument Measuring ◽  
Hospital Structures

The present paper reexamines the psychometric properties of the Quality Perception Questionnaire (QPQ), an Italian survey instrument measuring patients’ perceptions of the quality of a recent hospital admission experience, in a sample of 4400 patients (Mage = 56.42 years; SD = 19.71 years, 48.8% females). The 14-item survey measures four factors: satisfaction with medical doctors, nursing staff, auxiliary staff, and hospital structures. First, we tested two models using a confirmatory factor analysis (structural equation modeling): a four orthogonal factor and a four oblique factor model. The SEM fit indices and the χ² difference suggested the acceptance of the second model. We then did a simulation using a bootstrap with 1000 replications. Results confirmed the four oblique factor solution. Third, we tested whether there were significant differences with respect to age or sex. The multivariate general linear model showed no significant differences in the factors with respect to sex or age.

Psychometric evaluation of the Mobile Application Rating Scale (MARS) (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yannik Terhorst ◽  
Paula Philippi ◽  
Lasse Sander ◽  
Dana Schultchen ◽  
Sarah Paganini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Psychometric Evaluation ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Health Domains ◽  
Psychometric Quality

BACKGROUND Mobile health apps (MHA) have the potential to improve health care. The commercial MHA market is rapidly growing, but the content and quality of available MHA are unknown. Consequently, instruments of high psychometric quality for the assessment of the quality and content of MHA are highly needed. The Mobile Application Rating Scale (MARS) is one of the most widely used tools to evaluate the quality of MHA in various health domains. Only few validation studies investigating its psychometric quality exist with selected samples of MHAs. No study has evaluated the construct validity of the MARS and concurrent validity to other instruments. OBJECTIVE This study evaluates the construct validity, concurrent validity, reliability, and objectivity, of the MARS. METHODS MARS scoring data was pooled from 15 international app quality reviews to evaluate the psychometric properties of the MARS. The MARS measures app quality across four dimensions: engagement, functionality, aesthetics and information quality. App quality is determined for each dimension and overall. Construct validity was evaluated by assessing related competing confirmatory models that were explored by confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). A combination of non-centrality (RMSEA), incremental (CFI, TLI) and residual (SRMR) fit indices was used to evaluate the goodness of fit. As a measure of concurrent validity, the correlations between the MARS and 1) another quality assessment tool called ENLIGHT, and 2) user star-rating extracted from app stores were investigated. Reliability was determined using Omega. Objectivity was assessed in terms of intra-class correlation. RESULTS In total, MARS ratings from 1,299 MHA covering 15 different health domains were pooled for the analysis. Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed a bifactor model with a general quality factor and an additional factor for each subdimension (RMSEA=0.074, TLI=0.922, CFI=0.940, SRMR=0.059). Reliability was good to excellent (Omega 0.79 to 0.93). Objectivity was high (ICC=0.82). The overall MARS rating was positively associated with ENLIGHT (r=0.91, P<0.01) and user-ratings (r=0.14, P<0.01). CONCLUSIONS he psychometric evaluation of the MARS demonstrated its suitability for the quality assessment of MHAs. As such, the MARS could be used to make the quality of MHA transparent to health care stakeholders and patients. Future studies could extend the present findings by investigating the re-test reliability and predictive validity of the MARS.

scholarly journals Validation and psychometric evaluation of the Dutch person-centred care of older people with cognitive impairment in acute care (POPAC) scale

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Annette Keuning-Plantinga ◽  
Evelyn J. Finnema ◽  
Wim Krijnen ◽  
David Edvardsson ◽  
Petrie F. Roodbol
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Older People ◽  
Root Mean Square ◽  
Acute Care ◽  
Mean Square ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

Abstract Background Person-centred care is the preferred model for caring for people with dementia. Knowledge of the level of person-centred care is essential for improving the quality of care for patients with dementia. The person-centred care of older people with cognitive impairment in acute care (POPAC) scale is a tool to determine the level of person-centred care. This study aimed to translate and validate the Dutch POPAC scale and evaluate its psychometric properties to enable international comparison of data and outcomes. Methods After double-blinded forward and backward translations, a total of 159 nurses recruited from six hospitals (n=114) and via social media (n=45) completed the POPAC scale. By performing confirmatory factor analysis, construct validity was tested. Cronbach’s alpha scale was utilized to establish internal consistency. Results The confirmatory factor analysis showed that the comparative fit index (0.89) was slightly lower than 0.9. The root mean square error of approximation (0.075, p=0.012, CI 0.057–0.092) and the standardized root mean square residual (0.063) were acceptable, with values less than 0.08. The findings revealed a three-dimensional structure. The factor loadings (0.69–0.77) indicated the items to be strongly associated with their respective factors. The results also indicated that deleting Item 5 improved the Cronbach’s alpha of the instrument as well as of the subscale ‘using cognitive assessments and care interventions’. Instead of deleting this item, we suggest rephrasing it into a positively worded item. Conclusions Our findings suggest that the Dutch POPAC scale is sufficiently valid and reliable and can be utilized for assessing person-centred care in acute care hospitals. The study enables nurses to interpret and compare person-centred care levels in wards and hospital levels nationally and internationally. The results form an important basis for improving the quality of care and nurse-sensitive outcomes, such as preventing complications and hospital stay length.

Action Research and Practical Inquiry: An Overview and an Invitation to Teachers of Gifted Learners

1995 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 467-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol Ann Tomlinson
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Gifted Learners

Action research is a method of systematically investigating classroom procedures and practices with an eye toward improving the quality of action in the schools. Teachers may use action research or practical inquiry in the course of their professional practice as a way of understanding teaching more fully, identifying and addressing classroom problems, extending their professionalism, and contributing to the field of education. This article provides background on, definitions of, and guidance for conducting action research. It also serves as a call for submitting to this journal reports from action research and practical inquiry for review and possible publication in JEG.

scholarly journals Validation of instruments about family presence on invasive procedures and cardiopulmonary resuscitation in pediatrics

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristiana Araújo Guiller Ferreira ◽  
Flávia Simphronio Balbino ◽  
Maria Magda Ferreira Gomes Balieiro ◽  
Myriam Aparecida Mandetta
Keyword(s):  
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Family Care ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Invasive Procedures ◽  
Family Presence ◽  
The Family ◽  
Good Internal Consistency

ABSTRACT Objective: to develop and validate instruments to identify health professionals’ beliefs related to the presence of the child’s family in invasive procedures and in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Method: study based on Psychometrics to conduct the theoretical, empirical and analytical stages, developed in a neonatal unit of a university hospital. The two instruments were constructed based on the literature and applied to 96 health professionals. Results: the Cronbach’s Alpha of the instrument related to the professionals’ beliefson invasive procedures was 0.863 and the instrument on cardiopulmonary resuscitation was 0.882. In both instruments, the tests performed indicated a correlation between the items. From the factorial analysis, four factors were generated: (1) benefits of the presence of the family; (2) impairment for professional practice; (3) strategies for the inclusion of the family; and (4) limitation of learning and decision making by the professional. Conclusion: the instruments analyzed obtained a good internal consistency and are indicators of the professionals’ beliefs with the potential to evaluate the quality of family care in this context.

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