scholarly journals Prove di comprensione del testo: dalla somministrazione alla revisione

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marika Calenda ◽  
Concetta Ferrantino ◽  
Anna Maria Petolicchio
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Measuring Instrument ◽  
School Students ◽  
Italian Regions ◽  
Review Procedure ◽  
Critical Issues

The paper describes the review procedure for a reading comprehension test designed for high school students. The objective is to analyze the functioning of a measuring instrument, used in the context of an investigation on reading in the high schools of three Italian regions – Basilicata, Calabria and Campania – in order to improve and perfect this instrument in view of the subsequent research phases. The reflections that follow are intended to provide a guide for the interpretation of the response frequencies, the indices of discrimination and difficulty, useful for establishing which questions need further revision. By analyzing internal consistency, construct validity, understood as item discriminativity, difficulty, biserial point values and distribution of answers on the four options provided by the multiple answer, we intend to demonstrate how, by administering the same test several times, we they can obtain new indications that allow them to file and refine the problematic questions, reflecting on the critical issues that have emerged (Agrusti, 2008).

scholarly journals The psychometric characteristics of assessment of the indicators of school performance in the light of redressing skills of high school students in the Taif Government: الخصائص السيكومترية لمقياس الأداء المدرسي في ضوء تقويم مهارات طلاب المرحلة الثانوية بمحافظة الطائف

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (32) ◽  
Author(s):  
Khaled Safar Al- Thabaiti
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Sample Size ◽  
School Performance ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Psychometric Characteristics ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cronbach Alpha

  The aim of the study was to verify the psychometric characteristics of assessment of the indicators of school performance in the light of redressing skills of high school students in the Taif Government. And to achieve aims of that study, the descriptive analysis was used. The sample size was 542 of high school students, they were selected by stratified random sampling. The researcher prepared a scale that included 48 sections, and the scale was verified by using factor analysis 'exploratory and confirmatory ones', and measurement of validity of internal consistency 'Construct validity' by using Pearson correlation coefficient, the scale reliability was verified by using Cronbach Alpha coefficient and test- retest coefficient. Also, Independent samples T- test was used to find the differences according to the specialization variable. The study showed the availability of validity indications of the scale of indicators of school performance in the light of redressing skills of high school students in the Taif Government, through the face validity and validity of internal consistency 'Construct validity'. In addition to, discriminant validity and construct validity, by using factor analysis of principal factors. The reliability of the scale was verified and the scale was characterized by good and acceptable reliability coefficients, as the test- retest reliability coefficient = 0.85, while reliability coefficient of internal consistency according to Cronbach Alpha equation = 0.89 for the entire scale. The results showed presence of statically significant differences in the total score and all the aspects of the scale of indicators of school performance in the light of redressing skills of high school students in the Taif Government due to differences in specializations of sample size, and the differences were prejudiced in favor of students of scientific specialization. According to the results of the study, the researcher recommended using the scale of indicators of school performance in the light of redressing skills of high school students in the Taif Government as it's characterized by good validity and reliability indications.    

PENGARUH CONTEXTUAL TEACHING AND LEARNING (CTL) TERHADAP PEMAHAMAN MEMBACA SISWA

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 30
Author(s):  
Anni Holila Pulungan
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Junior High ◽  
School Students ◽  
Lecture Method ◽  
Contextual Teaching ◽  
Better Than

The study deals with the Contextual Teaching and Learning of the students’ reading comprehension at junior high school. Contextual Teaching and Learning is a new alternative for every teachers to relate the materials to the real world. The aims of the research are to analyze the effect of non and CTL method of the students’ reading comprehension.  The research method is an experimental method. The data analysis is taken from the two classess. Then, they divided into two  groups, the control and experimental group. The major findings of the study shows that the effect of Contextual Teaching and Learning on the students’ reading comprehension is better than the non CTL method-lecture method for the junior high school students.

scholarly journals Developing an instrument for measuring the spiritual attitude of high school students

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Safa'at Ariful Hudha ◽  
Djemari Mardapi
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Operational Definition ◽  
School Students ◽  
Average Variance ◽  
Instrument Reliability ◽  
Spiritual Attitude

Attitudinal competence is one the most fundamental concepts in social psychology. It is related to personal identity, moral, and ethics that gains popularity and becomes important in educational development. This research aims to develop an instrument to measure the spiritual attitude of high school students. The study was a research and development study consisting of four stages: (a) determining conceptual definition, (b) determining operational definition, (c) drawing indicators, and (d) constructing instrument. The quantitative data analysis was used to test the construct validity through Confirmatory Factor Analysis and the coefficient of construct reliability was used to estimate the instrument reliability. The results of the study show that: (1) the instrument to measure Moslems’ spiritual attitude is an inventory model of summated rating scale containing 35 items; (2) the construct validity was proven by the value of the standardized loading factor and considered as significant. The instrument reliability regarded as the construct reliability coefficient is 0.890 and the average variance extracted is 0.542; (3) the construct of the instrument produces a fit statistical evidence indicated by the Goodness of Fit Index = 0.91 (≥0.90), and Root Mean Square Error of Approximation = 0.032 (≤0.08). The results indicate that the construct of the measurement is suitable with the data. In addition, this research has confirmed that the spiritual attitude of high school students is constructed by seven aspects, namely resignation (tawakal), sincerity (ikhlas), thankfulness (syukur), patience (shabr), fear (khauf), hopefulness (raja’), and righteousness (takwa).

scholarly journals JIGSAW II: An Effective Strategy to Develop Reading Comprehension Among School Children

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (S1-Dec2020) ◽  
pp. 30-33
Author(s):  
Sindhu Thamban
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
School Students ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Learning Techniques ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Significant Difference

The Jigsaw II, one form of Cooperative learning techniques is an efficient strategy to use in a language classroom. The basic activities include 1) Reading with team members 2) Expert group discussion 3) Team members report 4) Test 5) Team recognition. The jigsaw II strategy is easyto implement and works well with a wide range of students.Previous researches related to Jigsaw II shows that it is more powerful and effective and appropriate in situations where learning is from text based materials. Reviews related to the strategy shows that no researches have been carried out to develop the reading comprehension of the high school students, particularly in the Indian context. Hence through this paper an attempt has been made by the researcher to check the effectiveness of Jigsaw II in developing the reading comprehension of High school students.The study statistically revealed that there is significant difference in the reading comprehension achievement of the students who were taught by using the traditional method and to those taught by using the Jigsaw II strategy. In accordance with the qualitative and quantitative findings attained it was found that Jigsaw II was found to be more effective than the traditional teaching method in developing the reading comprehension of high school students.

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