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Laranjeira, Márcia; Teixeira, Maria Odília – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2023
This research aims to validate the Portuguese version of the Teacher Feedback Scale (TFS) in a sample of 628 children from third and fourth grade. Teacher feedback is a crucial factor in child development, with an impact in students' motivation and learning. It provides daily cognitive and emotional information about children's academic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Measures (Individuals), Feedback (Response), Elementary School Students
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Galhardo, Ana; Carvalho, Bruna; Massano-Cardoso, Ilda; Cunha, Marina – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2021
The Teachers Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (TAAQ) was designed to assess teachers' experiential avoidance (EA) related to their professional context. The current study aimed to adapt the TAAQ for European Portuguese (TAAQ-PT) and address its factor structure and psychometric characteristics. EA is defined as an emotion regulation process…
Descriptors: Teacher Surveys, Questionnaires, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure
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Gandra, Daniela; Cruz, Joana – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2021
Students engagement with school is a concern of the educational community, research and policy makers. It has been conceptualized as a multidimensional construct conditioned by several individual and contextual factors, namely personal, family, social and academic variables. Regarding academic variables, school retention is a controversial option,…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, School Holding Power, Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes
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Moreira, Paulo; Moreira, Fátima; Cunha, Diana; Inman, Richard A. – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2020
The Transtheoretical Model (TTM) conceptualizes change as a process with five identifiable stages. Each stage has psychological characteristics that are manifestations of an underlying continuum of change. Surprisingly few studies have applied the TTM to understand the process involved with academic development. The objective of this study was to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Measures (Individuals), Academic Achievement, Change
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Moreira, Paulo A. S.; Dias, Maria Adelaide – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2019
While past research has shown the Student Engagement Instrument (SEI) to be an adequate measure of school engagement, this self-report questionnaire currently exists as a number of different versions, each comprising various subsets of the original 35 items. The first objective of this study was to use confirmatory factor analysis to assess the…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Middle School Students, High School Students, Foreign Countries
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Lambert, Matthew C.; Sointu, Erkko T.; Epstein, Michael H. – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2019
Child assessment practices have undergone, and are continuing to undergo, significant changes. Among the most prominent changes is the movement toward measuring child well-being, in general, and emotional and behavioral strengths, in particular. The Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale (BERS) is a strength-based instrument which is widely used in…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Translation, Psychometrics, Scores
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Mendes, Sofia A.; Abreu-Lima, Isabel; Almeida, Leandro S.; Simeonsson, Rune J. – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2014
Little empirical evidence is available on the professional characteristics and practices of school psychologists in Portugal. This study surveyed a total of 477 Portuguese school psychologists employed in public (80%) and private schools (20%). Portuguese school psychologists are described with regard to demographic, professional, and educational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Psychology, Counselor Characteristics, Counseling Services