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Chatterji, Madhabi; Lin, Meiko – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to design and iteratively improve the quality of survey-based measures of three non-cognitive constructs for Grade 5-6 students, keeping in mind information needs of users in education reform contexts. The constructs are: Mathematics-related Self-Efficacy, Self-Concept, and Anxiety (M-SE, M-SC, and M-ANX).…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary School Mathematics, Middle School Students, Grade 5
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Chatterji, Madhabi – Teachers College Record, 2013
Background: Much is still unknown or unclear about how and where validity issues arise in high stakes testing situations in education, and ways by which we can rectify validity problems in practice and policy contexts. Purpose: This paper is the Foreword to the Special Section in the "Teachers College Record," titled, "When…
Descriptors: Validity, High Stakes Tests, College Entrance Examinations, Scores
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Chatterji, Madhabi; Green, Lawrence W.; Kumanyika, Shiriki – Health Education & Behavior, 2014
This article summarizes a comprehensive, systems-oriented framework designed to improve the use of a wide variety of evidence sources to address population-wide obesity problems. The L.E.A.D. framework (for "Locate" the evidence, "Evaluate" the evidence, "Assemble" the evidence, and inform "Decisions"),…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Obesity, Scientific Research, Evidence
Cook, Robert Bradley – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Childhood reading levels are important predictors of later childhood academic success. A child's reading ability and reading attitude is a strong indicator of future academic success and lifelong reading (Kush & Watkins, 1996; Wigfield & Guthrie, 1997). There is a strong correlation between a child's reading attitude and their actual…
Descriptors: Reading Attitudes, Childrens Attitudes, Gender Differences, Reading Strategies