Index Catalog // ScholarsArchive@OSU

Start Over

Filtering by: Subject Physical education and training -- Study and teaching Decade 1980-1989 Peer Reviewed No

The application of item response theory in the cross-cultural validation of the physical estimation and attraction scale

Creator:

Charoenruk, Kongsak

Abstract:

The purposes of this study were to (a) outline a three-stage methodology combining functional/conceptual equivalence, item equivalence, and equivalence in construct operationalization to investigate the cross-cultural validity of psychological test instruments, and (b) to examine the cross-cultural equivalence of the Physical Estimation and Attraction Scale (Sonstroem, 1978) for English-speaking and...

Resource Type:

Dissertation
The relationship of teachers' mathematics preparation and degree level to essential learning skills

Creator:

Balaban, Gerald M.

Abstract:

Organizations leading education reform of the 1980's have challenged teacher education programs at colleges and universities across the nation to improve the subject matter content preparation of teachers. Past methods of program development and techniques to assess teacher's knowledge competence have been one-sided in their approach. New research studies on...

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Full Text:

teaching and learning of mathematics. Oregon's Department of Education has also established standards to