objectives: self-assessment, as one type of alternative assessment, with the increased attention to learner-centered curricula, needs analysis, and learner autonomy has gained popularity in recent years. the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of self-assessment on javanroodian foreign language (kordestan) learners’ oral performance ability. methods: the assessment program involved ...

OBJECTIVE (a) To determine the prevalence of comorbid anxiety disorder in ADHD, defined by diagnostic criteria and (b) to compare anxiety as reported by parents and participants with clinician assessment. METHOD Children with ADHD were assessed for comorbid anxiety disorder using the Anxiety Disorder Interview Schedule for Children. Parent report (Conners' Parent Rating Scale-Revised: Long ve...

BACKGROUND Beck Cognitive Insight Scale (BCIS) has been designed for assessment of self-reflection on patients' anomalous experiences and interpretations of own beliefs. The scale has been developed and validated for patients with schizophrenia. We wanted to study the utility of the scale for patients with bipolar disorder. The relationship between the BCIS as a measure of cognitive insight and...

aim and background: self-assertiveness is one of the ten life skills and its achievement is necessary in order to have a good and favorable life. precise measurement of these features and decision-making are necessary to promote it; therefore, the present study aimed to construct and review the quality of psychometric assessment of self-assertiveness scale in students of isfahan university of m...

Self-assessment helps learners to acquire self-confidence and gives them insightfulfeedbacks. There is no valid self-assessment inventory for learners of English foracademic purposes (EAP). This study aimed at developing an academicallyappropriate instrument to measure tertiary students’ English in academic situations.The study used both qualitative and quantitative methods in developing the se...

BACKGROUND Accuracy of temperament assessment is a prerequisite in research studies. To identify the extent to which parental assessment of child temperament is biased by their personal attributes, we proposed a new structural equation model, in which biases of parental attributes in their assessment of child temperament can be separated from the true (i.e. non-biased) associations between the ...

Emotional intelligence measures vary widely in both their content and in their method of assessment. In particular, emotional intelligence measures tend to use either a self-report personality-based approach, an informant approach, or an ability-based assessment procedure. In this paper, the measurement and psychometric properties of four of the major emotional intelligence measures (Emotional ...

background: medical graduates should acquire the necessary skills to provide desirable health services. so it is necessary for medical schools to evaluate their students according expected competencies. the aim of present study was to investigate the viewpoints of medical graduates toward their achievement to these expected capabilities. methods: this research was a cross sectional study carrie...

The 125-item Communication Self-assessment Scale Inventory for Deaf Adults evaluates difficult communication situations, their importance to the client, communication strategies, and attitudes toward hearing loss. Each scale contains subscales, and the scales may be used independently of each other. The original 115-item scale was revised to improve internal consistency of some of the subscales...