Instrument Development and Validation for Conservation Learning: A Tool for More Rigorous Research and Evaluation

2018 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 367-383
Author(s):  
Fran Mast ◽  
Lei Zhao ◽  
Lindsay Maldonado
Keyword(s):  
Instrument Development ◽  
Rigorous Research ◽  
Development And Validation

Development and Validation of Teacher Curriculum Paradigm Instrument

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Liew Yon Foi ◽  
Kamariah Abu Bakar ◽  
Mohd Sahandri Gani Hamzah ◽  
Nor Hayati Alwi
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Instrument Development ◽  
Latent Variable ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Internal Validity ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Rigorous Research ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Very High ◽  
Systematic Data Collection

This is the first psychological based instrument which has been developed and validated to measure the latent variable teacher curriculum paradigm (TCP) that was derived from Kuhn’s (1970) epistemology of paradigm and further adapted to the ideas of Henderson and Gornik (2007), Schubert (1986), Tanner and Tanner (2007), Tuthill and Ashton (1983), and Zeichner’s (1983) paradigms for the curriculum development field. The TCP instrument followed the rigorous research design and methodology to serve as the vital procedures of attaining the internal validity for the developed instrument. Subsequently, the TCP instrument was content validated by three subject experts and gone through three phases of instrument testing with three independent samples (N1=34, N2=72, and N3=553, respectively) taken from the same population of in-service teachers in the Peninsular of Malaysia. Moreover, the SEM approach was utilized to further validate the construct validity of the scores for the TCP instrument. In light of the systematic data collection and robustness of the SEM confirmatory procedures, the attaining of a very high psychometric properties to the TCP instrument. Coherently, these findings had strongly supported that the TCP instrument is a reliable and valid tool for measuring TCP of in-service teachers in Peninsular of Malaysia.   Keywords - instrument development, instrument validation, teacher curriculum paradigm, structural equation modelling, construct validity

scholarly journals Lateral Violence in Nursing Survey: Instrument Development and Validation

Healthcare ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynne Nemeth ◽  
Karen Stanley ◽  
Mary Martin ◽  
Martina Mueller ◽  
Diana Layne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Instrument Development ◽  
Survey Instrument ◽  
Lateral Violence ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Survey Instrument Development

scholarly journals Measurement of fatigue in children and adolescents with cancer: an integrative review

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 492-501 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Darezzo Rodrigues Nunes ◽  
Michele Cristina Miyauti Silva ◽  
Ester Leonardo Rocha ◽  
Regina Aparecida Garcia de Lima ◽  
Lucila Castanheira Nascimento
Keyword(s):  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Instrument Development ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Integrative Review ◽  
Self Reports ◽  
Fatigue Measurement ◽  
Time Restriction ◽  
Development And Validation

This study analyzed scientific production on the measurement of fatigue in children and adolescents with cancer, particularly the instruments used. Integrative review, searching in PubMed, PsycINFO, Web of Science, CINAHL, LILACS, SciELO, IBECS and COCHRANE, without any time restriction, using key words and descriptors in different combinations. The review sample comprised 21 references. The results composed two categories: instrument development and validation and fatigue measurement. American nurses developed most studies, between 2002 and 2011, using two scales. The studies assessed the children and adolescents' self-reports and the parents' reports. They also associated fatigue with sleep pattern, quality of life, depression, survival and dexamethasone use. The importance of research on this theme is evidenced, including studies that apply these instruments in practice. The gap in knowledge production on this theme is highlighted in the Brazilian context.

The Reliability and Factor Structure of the Index of Spouse Abuse With African-American Women

1994 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Doris W. Campbell ◽  
Jacquelyn Campbell ◽  
Christine King ◽  
Barbara Parker ◽  
Josephine Ryan
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
African American ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Instrument Development ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Spouse Abuse ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
American Women ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Diverse Groups

This study investigated the reliability and validity of the Index of Spouse Abuse (ISA) when used with a sample of 504 African-American women. The initial factor validity analysis for the ISA (Hudson & McIntosh, 1981) resulted in two subscales: a physical abuse scale (ISA-P) and a nonphysical abuse scale (ISA-NP). Factor analysis with this sample of African-American women revealed three factors instead of two. Coefficient alpha estimates of reliability were over .90 for the original ISA subscales and with the African-American sample. The discussion compares and contrasts the factor structure observed with the sample of African-American women with the factor structure reported in the original validation studies. The study demonstrates the need to critically evaluate the extent to which instruments developed to measure spouse or partner abuse are valid and reliable when used with diverse groups that may not have been represented in the samples used for initial instrument development and validation work.

Nurses’ knowledge of high-alert medications: instrument development and validation

2009 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 177-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ghi-Yin Hsaio ◽  
I-Ju Chen ◽  
Shu Yu ◽  
Ien-Lan Wei ◽  
Yu-Yuan Fang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Instrument Development ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Nurses Knowledge
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