Validation study of the Early Childhood Educators’ Spiritual Practices in the Classroom (ECE-SPC) instrument using Rasch

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2023-06-12 DOI:10.1080/1364436x.2023.2218590

Jennifer Mata-McMahon, Michael J. Haslip, L. Kruse

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Abstract

Three validity evidence sources (test content, internal structure, and relationships to other variables) from the responses of 365 educators, purposely sampled from 36 US states, are presented to explore the use of the instrument, Early Childhood Educators' Spiritual Practices in the Classroom (ECE-SPC). Findings show expert panel agreed items accurately represented the desired construct and recommendations for revising multidimensional items were made by a psychometrician. The Rasch measurement analysis recommended collapsing the five-point frequency scale to four-point and removing two reverse-scored items. The revised instrument demonstrated excellent item fit, person and item reliability, separation, and practical unidimensionality. Relationships to other variables were established through no significant differences based on educator demographics. Differences were found based on school setting and educator values of spirituality, which aligned with expected differences. ECE-SPC is recommended as a self-report instrument, to determine to what extent early childhood educators nurture children’s spirituality in secular educational settings.

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使用Rasch对幼儿教育者课堂精神实践（ECE-SPC）工具的验证研究

从美国36个州的365名教育工作者的回答中，提供了三个有效性证据来源（测试内容、内部结构和与其他变量的关系），以探索工具《幼儿教育工作者课堂精神实践》（ECE-SPC）的使用。研究结果显示，专家小组一致认为的项目准确地代表了所需的结构，心理测量学家提出了修改多维项目的建议。Rasch测量分析建议将五点频率表压缩为四点，并删除两个反向评分项目。修订后的仪器显示出良好的项目匹配性、人与项目的可靠性、分离性和实用性。与其他变量的关系是通过基于教育者人口统计的无显著差异而建立的。差异是基于学校环境和教育者的精神价值观发现的，这与预期的差异一致。建议将ECE-SPC作为一种自我报告工具，以确定幼儿教育工作者在世俗教育环境中培养儿童精神的程度。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

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31.40

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1.10%

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312

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2 months

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