A Multilevel Bi-Factor Framework for the Measurement of Instruction

Autor/inn/en	Kelcey, Ben; Carlisle, Joanne
Institution	Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE)
Titel	A Multilevel Bi-Factor Framework for the Measurement of Instruction
Quelle	(2012), (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Reading Instruction; Grade 2; Grade 3; Reading Comprehension; Vocabulary Development; Elementary School Teachers; Teaching Methods; Measurement; Models; Michigan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Leseunterricht; School year 02; 2. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 02; School year 03; 3. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 03; Leseverstehen; Wortschatzarbeit; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Messverfahren; Analogiemodell
Abstract	In this paper the authors briefly describe how features of the multilevel bi-factor model align with salient features of instruction. They then apply this framework to measure the extent to which teachers' instruction is supportive of vocabulary learning in second and third grade reading comprehension and vocabulary lessons. The results lend empirical evidence to the importance of studying instruction by treating lesson purpose as the teachers' unit of instruction and examining dimensions or features of instruction within lessons. The results suggest that the multilevel bi-factor model may more appropriately describe instruction and how it changes over lessons. Moreover, the results suggest that assuming unidimensionality across lesson purposes obscures measurement of the primary dimension in ways that both diminish the variance attributed to differences among teachers and overstate the ability of the measured features in discriminating among teachers. (Contains 3 tables and 5 figures.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10