A Culture of Teaching: Policy, Perception, and Practice in Higher Education     

Bradley E. Cox  Kadian L. McIntosh  Robert D. Reason  Patrick T. Terenzini 《Research in higher education》2011,52(8):808-829

In an effort to identify policies that foster an institutional “culture of teaching,” or encourage use of effective pedagogies, this study uses data from 5,612 faculty members at 45 institutions to examine connections between institutional policies and faculty members’ perceptions and practices related to teaching and learning. A series of multi-level models suggests that academic policy variables have small and generally insignificant relationships to such faculty perceptions or practices. Instead, conventional institutional characteristics, such as selectivity and Carnegie classification, appear to be more influential factors.  相似文献   

Tackling reliability and construct validity: the systematic development of a qualitative protocol for skill and incident analysis     

Trevor Nicholas Savage  Andrew Stuart McIntosh 《Journal of sports sciences》2017,35(5):449-456

It is important to understand factors contributing to and directly causing sports injuries to improve the effectiveness and safety of sports skills. The characteristics of injury events must be evaluated and described meaningfully and reliably. However, many complex skills cannot be effectively investigated quantitatively because of ethical, technological and validity considerations. Increasingly, qualitative methods are being used to investigate human movement for research purposes, but there are concerns about reliability and measurement bias of such methods. Using the tackle in Rugby union as an example, we outline a systematic approach for developing a skill analysis protocol with a focus on improving objectivity, validity and reliability. Characteristics for analysis were selected using qualitative analysis and biomechanical theoretical models and epidemiological and coaching literature. An expert panel comprising subject matter experts provided feedback and the inter-rater reliability of the protocol was assessed using ten trained raters. The inter-rater reliability results were reviewed by the expert panel and the protocol was revised and assessed in a second inter-rater reliability study. Mean agreement in the second study improved and was comparable (52–90% agreement and ICC between 0.6 and 0.9) with other studies that have reported inter-rater reliability of qualitative analysis of human movement.  相似文献   

Assessing the SB‐V factor structure in a sample of preschool children     

Kimberly E. Ward  Barbara A. Rothlisberg  David E. McIntosh  Madeline H. Bradley 《Psychology in the schools》2011,48(5):454-463

The purpose of this study was to examine the factor structure of the Stanford‐Binet Intelligence Scales, Fifth Edition (SB‐V), based on the Cattell‐Horn‐Carroll (CHC) theory of intelligence using a sample of 200 preschool children. The CHC framework uses three different models: one similar to Spearman's g, one similar to the Gf‐Gc model, and one representing the hierarchical three‐stratum CHC model. A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), utilizing these three models, was conducted to determine which theoretical model best described the ability structure measured by the SB‐V. Results of the CFA revealed that, although the two‐stratum model provided the best fit statistics, a large amount of overlap existed among the broad CHC factors in this model. Therefore, these results suggested that a simple, overall ability model may be the best representation of ability for preschool children when using the SB‐V because the factors appeared to be indistinct with this age group. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.  相似文献   

Effects of school‐wide positive behavior support on teacher self‐efficacy     

Joanna L. Kelm  Kent McIntosh 《Psychology in the schools》2012,49(2):137-147

This study examined the relationships between implementation of a school‐wide approach to behavior, School‐wide Positive Behavior Support (SWPBS), and teacher self‐efficacy. Twenty‐two teachers from schools implementing SWPBS and 40 teachers from schools not implementing SWPBS completed a questionnaire measuring aspects of self‐efficacy. Differences in ratings of self‐efficacy were examined using multilevel modeling. Results showed that teachers at SWPBS schools reported significantly higher perceptions of teacher self‐efficacy when controlling for school‐level effects. Results are discussed in terms of implications for future research and practice. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.  相似文献   

Editorial Introduction International Review of Education: A Journal of Many Incarnations     

McIntosh  Christopher 《International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue internationale l'éducation》2002,48(1-2):1-20

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Book Reviews: CROPLEY, ARTHUR J. 2001. Creativity in Education and Learning – A Guide for Teachers and Educators. London: Kogan Page. 202 pp. ISBN0-7494-3447-3.     

Christopher McIntosh 《International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue internationale l'éducation》2004,6(1):567-583

Book Review

Book Reviews: CROPLEY, ARTHUR J. 2001. Creativity in Education and Learning – A Guide for Teachers and Educators. London: Kogan Page. 202 pp. ISBN0-7494-3447-3.  相似文献   

PISA Country Rankings for Italy and Spain: Revised Results     

James McIntosh 《欧洲教育》2019,51(1):71-84

This article examines whether the way that PISA models item outcomes in mathematics affects the validity of its country rankings. As an alternative to PISA methodology, a two-parameter logistic model is applied to PISA mathematics item data from Italy and Spain for the year 2009. In the estimation procedure, item difficulty and dispersion parameters were allowed to differ across the two countries and samples were restricted to respondents who actually answered items in a mathematics cluster. Different normalizations for identifying the distribution parameters were also considered. The choice of normalization is shown to be crucial in guaranteeing certain invariance properties required by item response models. The ability or proficiency scores obtained from the methods employed here are significantly higher for Spain, in sharp contrast to PISA results, which gave both countries virtually the same rank in mathematics (489 for Italy and 488 for Spain). These results raise serious questions about PISA methodology and the role that PISA results play in the formulation educational policy in member countries.  相似文献   

Increasing the Supply of Skills     

Steven McIntosh  & Hilary Steedman 《European Journal of Education》2002,37(3):281-299

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Joint confirmatory factor analysis of the differential ability scales and the Woodcock‐Johnson Tests of Cognitive Abilities–Third Edition     

Sarah Sanders  David E. McIntosh  Mardis Dunham  Barbara A. Rothlisberg  Holmes Finch 《Psychology in the schools》2007,44(2):119-138

This study examined the underlying constructs measured by the Differential Ability Scales (DAS; C.D. Elliott, 1990a) as they relate to the Cattell‐Horn‐Carroll (CHC) Theory (K.S. McGrew, 1997) of cognitive abilities. The DAS and Woodcock‐Johnson Tests of Cognitive Abilities (WJ‐III COG; R.W. Woodcock, K.S. McGrew, & N. Mather, 2001) were administered to 131 children in grades 3 through 5 who took part in a concurrent validity study included in the Woodcock‐Johnson Tests of Cognitive Abilities, Third Edition, technical manual (K.S. McGrew & R.W. Woodcock, 2001). Confirmatory factor analyses using maximum likelihood estimation were conducted with the AMOS 5.0 (J.L. Arbuckle, 2001) statistical program to evaluate three models of increasing complexity, to compare how well each fit the data set, and to identify the one that best described the underlying constructs measured by the DAS. Results suggested that the synthesized Three‐Stratum CHC Model provided the most parsimonious representation among the three models tested. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Psychol Schs 44: 119–138, 2007.  相似文献   

Coupling Admissions and Curricular Data to Predict Medical Student Outcomes     

Diana B. Sesate  Jeffrey F. Milem  Kadian L. McIntosh  W. Patrick Bryan 《Research in higher education》2017,58(3):295-312

The relative impact of admissions factors and curricular measures on the first medical licensing exam (United States Medical Licensing Exam [USMLE] Step 1) scores is examined. The inclusion of first-year and second-year curricular measures nearly doubled the variance explained in Step 1 scores from the amount explained by the combination of preadmission demographic characteristics and admissions factors. In addition, the relationship between the Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT) and Step 1 scores becomes counterintuitive in models that include curricular measures, where students with the lowest combined admissions metrics (MCAT, grade-point average) score higher, on average, than those with some of the highest admissions metrics. Overreliance on traditional metrics in admissions decisions can exclude students from medical school who have the ability to succeed.  相似文献