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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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A Short German Version of the Self Description Questionnaire I: Theoretical and Empirical Comparability
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Arens, A. Katrin; Yeung, Alexander Seeshing; Craven, Rhonda G.; Hasselhorn, Marcus – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2013
This study aims to develop a short German version of the Self Description Questionnaire (SDQ I-GS) in order to present a robust economical instrument for measuring German preadolescents' multidimensional self-concept. A full German version of the SDQ I (SDQ I-G) that maintained the original structure and thus length of the English original…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Test Construction, Test Length
Measures of Self-Reported Reading Resources, Attitudes and Activities Based on Latent Variable Modeling
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Yang-Hansen, Kajsa; Rosen, Monica; Gustafsson, Jan-Eric – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2006
In the IEA PIRLS International Report, a number of indices of reading-related constructs were introduced for the purpose of explaining the variation in reading achievement. These indices, however, raise issues of reliability and validity, due to the way in which they are derived and due to the quality of the data. Targeting these issues, the…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Reading Attitudes, Reading Achievement, Models