scholarly journals RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF THE LATVIAN VERSION OF THE COMPUTERIZED EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS TEST “EXAMINER” IN A STUDENTS SAMPLE: RESULTS OF THE PILOT STUDY

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 368
Author(s):  
Liena Ivanova ◽  
Ilze Plauca ◽  
Sandra Sebre ◽  
Malgozata Rascevska
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Executive Functions ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
School Students ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
Adaptation Procedure ◽  
Main Tendency ◽  
Working Memory Updating

The aim of this pilot-study was to assess reliability and validity of the Latvian version of the computerized executive functions test EXAMINER (Executive Abilities: Measures and Instruments for Neurobehavioral Evaluation and Research) in a sample of high school students and university students. The adaptation procedure included translation of the instructions and technical configuration of the test’s computerized version. The Latvian version of the EXAMINER includes tasks that measure executive functions of inhibition, set shifting and working memory updating. Participants included two sub-groups: 22 (14 males, 8 female) students from high school and 39 students (11 males, 28 female) from university.  Results showed statistically significant differences between both sub-groups on most of the EXAMINER tasks. The main tendency was that the high school students showed faster reaction time, but made more mistakes. Results also showed good reliability for most of the EXAMINER tasks and good criterion validity. Potential improvements of the test and its potential use in schools and clinics are discussed.

Development of an instrument to evaluate high school students' chemical symbol representation abilities

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 875-892 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zuhao Wang ◽  
Shaohui Chi ◽  
Ma Luo ◽  
Yuqin Yang ◽  
Min Huang
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Measurement Instrument ◽  
School Students ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
Expert Review ◽  
Measurement Framework ◽  
Microscopic World ◽  
Grade 11

Chemical symbol representation is a medium for transformations between the actual phenomena of the macroscopic world and those of the sub-microscopic world. The aim of this study is to develop an instrument to evaluate high school students' chemical symbol representation abilities (CSRA). Based on the current literature, we defined CSRA and constructed a four-level measurement framework validated by expert review. After that, an initial measurement instrument was developed based on the framework. Then, 52 students of Grade 10 and 56 students of Grade 11 were selected from school A to participate in the first round of testing. During the data analysis, Rasch measurement was used to investigate and improve the quality of the instrument. After that, 55 Grade 10 students and 57 Grade 11 students from school B participated in the second-round of testing, and the Rasch analysis results demonstrated good reliability and validity of measures based on the CSRA framework.

The Structure and Characteristics of Adolescents' Motivation in Micro-Blog Use

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 76-85
Author(s):  
Li Lei ◽  
Xing Tan ◽  
Wei Wang
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
First Year ◽  
School Students ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Second Year

The present study aims to clarify the structure of adolescents' motivations in micro-blog use and develop the corresponding scale. The results show that: (1) Adolescents' motivation in using micro-blog contains 14 items which can be classified into four dimensions, namely Show-Extrication, Convenience-Communication, Information-Sociality, and Leisure-Expression. The scale is of good reliability and validity; (2) Girls' motivation is significantly higher than boys' in the dimensions of Show-Extrication, Convenience-Communication, and Information-Sociality, and in terms of Information-Sociality, the motivation of the second-year high school students are significantly higher than that of the first-year and third-year high school students.

Development and Validation of a Short Form of the College-Going Self-Efficacy Scale

2020 ◽  
pp. 106907272096824
Author(s):  
Erin E. Hardin ◽  
Melinda M. Gibbons ◽  
Katherine D. Cook ◽  
Kody Sexton ◽  
Leigh Bagwell
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
School Students ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
College Going

Social Cognitive Career Theory is a useful framework for understanding educational attainment and reducing educational inequities. A key construct for middle and high school students is college-going self-efficacy. The College-Going Self-Efficacy Scale (CGSES) has been used to measure secondary students’ confidence in their abilities to attend and persist in post-secondary education, but with 30-items, it may be too lengthy for use with other measures in SCCT-grounded research in school settings. Using two independent samples of rural Appalachian high school students, we develop and validate the College-Going Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form (CGSES-SF). This 14-item measure retains the full breadth of content from the original CGSES, demonstrates measurement equivalence across gender and prospective college generation status, and demonstrates good reliability and validity in these samples. Suggestions for future use of the CGSES-SF are provided.

scholarly journals Pilot study of abuse of asthma inhalers by middle and high school students

2004 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 531-534
Author(s):  
Carol J Boyd ◽  
Christian J Teter ◽  
Sean Esteban Mccabe
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
School Students

Attitudes of High School Students toward their Classmates with Severe Disabilities: a Pilot Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 523-538 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca A. Shalev ◽  
Jennifer M. Asmus ◽  
Erik W. Carter ◽  
Colleen K. Moss
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Severe Disabilities ◽  
School Students

scholarly journals Engaging high school students in neuroscience research -through an e-internship program

F1000Research ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wim E Crusio ◽  
Cynthia Rubino ◽  
Anna Delprato
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Management System ◽  
Brain Disorders ◽  
School Students ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Neuroscience Research ◽  
Scientific Poster

In this article, we describe the design and implementation of an e-internship program that BioScience Project offers high school students over the summer. Project topics are in the areas of behavioral neuroscience and brain disorders. All research, teaching, and communication is done online using open access databases and webtools, a learning management system, and Google apps. Students conduct all aspects of a research project from formulating a question to collecting and analyzing the data, to presenting their results in the form of a scientific poster. Results from a pilot study involving fifteen students indicate that students are capable of successfully completing such a project, and benefit both intellectually and professionally from participating in the e-internship program.

scholarly journals MEASURING STUDENT’S LOGICAL REASONING SKILLS OF CHINESE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL USING RASCH MEASUREMENT MODEL

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 142-149
Author(s):  
Lijuan Gan ◽  
Tommy Tanu Wijaya
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Logical Reasoning ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Literacy Skill ◽  
Evaluation Tool ◽  
School Students ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
Literacy Level ◽  
Reasoning Skills

This study aims to develop an evaluation tool to evaluate the overall logical reasoning core literacy skill and understand the differences in logical reasoning skills between students of different classes and genders. The quality of the developed evaluation tool is tested and optimized based on the Rasch model. The measured sample data are processed and analyzed by winsteps software and SPSS software. 122 senior three students from different classes were evaluated by the developed logical reasoning literacy level evaluation tool with good reliability and validity. It was found that the overall logical reasoning skills of senior high school students was concentrated in Level II, and some students could reach Level III; there are obvious differences in the level of logical reasoning skills between the experimental class and the ordinary class. The overall level of the experimental class is higher than that of the ordinary class; there is little difference in the distribution of male and female at the low level, but compared with male, female' literacy Level Is obviously limited after reaching a certain level, so it is difficult to break through and rise to the third level.

scholarly journals Assessing sleep quality of Lebanese high school students in relation to lifestyle: pilot study in Beirut

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (08) ◽  
pp. 722-728 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramez Chahine ◽  
Rita Farah ◽  
Michèle Chahoud ◽  
Alain Harb ◽  
Rami Tarabay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
School Students
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