Date of Award
2015
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Education
Abstract
The goal of this work was to develop a reliable and valid instrument for assessing what educators know in order to implement effective differentiated instruction (DI). Construction of the Differentiated Instruction Assessment involved five steps: (a) a list of potential items was composed via the domain-sampling theory of instrument development based on a content analysis of relevant literature, (b) three expert participants on DI completed a retranslation task on the list of potential items, (c) a second retranslation task was conducted on a group of four different expert participants, (d) a test-retest analysis was conducted, and (e) data were collected on a large sample for reliability analyses and to gather evidence of content and construct validity. The instrument developed had a number of issues including problems with reliability and a lack of evidence of validity.
Recommended Citation
Fouts, Bonnia Cook, "Development Of The Differentiated Instruction Assessment" (2015). All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1586.
https://scholars.indianastate.edu/etds/1586