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Teacher self‐efficacy: Validating a new measurement scale to capture the elusive construct

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Teachers’ beliefs in their ability to positively impact students’ learning outcomes has become a strong indicator of teachers’ motivation and behaviour towards the instructional strategies they employ. However, measuring the broader concept of teacher self‐efficacy is still somewhat problematic as current scales are dated, have measurement ...
Stuart Woodcock, Nelly Tournaki, John Ehrich   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Spectral Approach to Item Response Theory [PDF]

arXiv, 2022
The Rasch model is one of the most fundamental models in \emph{item response theory} and has wide-ranging applications from education testing to recommendation systems. In a universe with $n$ users and $m$ items, the Rasch model assumes that the binary response $X_{li} \in \{0,1\}$ of a user $l$ with parameter $\theta^*_l$ to an item $i$ with parameter
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Rasch model analysis gives new insights into the structural validity of the Quick-DASH in patients with musculoskeletal shoulder pain [PDF]

, 2017
Study Design: Cross-sectional secondary analysis of a prospective cohort study Background: The Quick-DASH is a widely used outcome measure which has been extensively evaluated using classical test theory (CTT). Rasch model analysis can identify strengths
Chester, Rachel, Jerosch-Herold, Christina, Shepstone, Lee   +2 more
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Characterization of soil fertility using the Rasch model

, 2017
A quantification of the overall soil fertililty potential should integrate the main soil physical and chemical properties, with different units.
F. Moral, F. J. Rebollo
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Model Selection for Multilevel Mixture Rasch Models [PDF]

Applied Psychological Measurement, 2018
Mixture item response theory (MixIRT) models can sometimes be used to model the heterogeneity among the individuals from different subpopulations, but these models do not account for the multilevel structure that is common in educational and psychological data.
Sedat Sen, Allan S. Cohen, Seock-Ho Kim
openaire   +3 more sources

The Georgia School Personnel Survey of school climate: Validity evidence from a sample of Portuguese teachers and support staff

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study focuses on the adaptation of the Georgia School Personnel Survey (GSPS) to assess perceptions of school climate among Portuguese educational professionals, including teachers and support staff. Data from two samples (n1 = 1965; n2 = 2884) were analysed in the study.
Sofia Abreu Mendes, Jorge Sinval, Irene Cadime, Bruna Rodrigues, Richard Inman, Jesslynn Rocha Neves‐McCain, Tamika Patrice La Salle‐Finley   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The effect of medical/therapeutic clowns on the playfulness of children with intellectual disabilities

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, Volume 36, Issue 1, Page 186-195, January 2023., 2023
Abstract Background Play is an essential component of children's development. Children with intellectual disability tend to have poor socioemotional abilities and impaired play. This study examined the effects of a medical/therapeutic clowning play intervention on the playfulness of children with intellectual disability.
Rinat Feniger‐Schaal, Amitai Stern, Einat Elizarov   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

An alternative application of Rasch analysis to assess data from ophthalmic patient-reported outcome instruments.

PLoS ONE, 2018
PurposeTo highlight the potential shortcomings associated with the current use Rasch analysis for validation of ophthalmic questionnaires, and to present an alternative application of Rasch analysis to derive insights specific to the cohort of patients ...
Richard N McNeely, Salissou Moutari, Samuel Arba-Mosquera, Shwetabh Verma, Jonathan E Moore   +4 more
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In vitro and in vivo photothermal and photoacoustic activities of polymeric nanoparticles loaded with Nickel, Palladium and Platinum‐bis(dithiolene) complexes

ChemMedChem, Accepted Article.
The development of nanosystems with enhanced photothermal and photoacoustic properties is crucial for advancing theranostic applications in cancer therapy. This study explores polymeric nanoparticles constituted by a biocompatible poly(ethylene glycol)‐block‐poly(benzyl malate) copolymer and loaded with metal‐bis(dithiolene) complexes (M = Ni, Pd, Pt).
Franck Camerel, Jean-Baptiste Pluta, Lamiaa M. A. Ali, Romain Guecheichia, Victorien Massé, Thiviya Parthipan, Nathalie Bellec, Sandrine Cammas-Marion, Francois Varray, Christophe Nguyen, Magali Gary-Bobo   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Nonparametric Bayesian Item Response Modeling Approach for Clustering Items and Individuals Simultaneously [PDF]

arXiv, 2020
Item response theory (IRT) is a popular modeling paradigm for measuring subject latent traits and item properties according to discrete responses in tests or questionnaires. There are very limited discussions on heterogeneity pattern detection for both items and individuals.
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