Development and Validation of the UiL-Scales for Measurement of Development in Life Skills--A Test Battery of Non-Cognitive Skills for Danish School Children

Autor/inn/en	Makransky, Guido; Wandall, Jakob; Madsen, Simon Ryberg; Hood, Michelle; Creed, Peter
Titel	Development and Validation of the UiL-Scales for Measurement of Development in Life Skills--A Test Battery of Non-Cognitive Skills for Danish School Children
Quelle	In: Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 64 (2020) 4, S.612-627 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Makransky, Guido)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0031-3831
DOI	10.1080/00313831.2019.1595716
Schlagwörter	Test Construction; Test Validity; Daily Living Skills; Skill Development; Foreign Countries; Elementary School Students; Middle School Students; Grade 4; Grade 5; Grade 6; Grade 7; Grade 8; Grade 9; Factor Analysis; Denmark + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Testaufbau; Testvalidität; Alltagsfertigkeit; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Ausland; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Faktorenanalyse; Dänemark
Abstract	Abundant research has pointed to the importance of non-cognitive skills for success in life. This paper describes the development and validation of the "UiL", designed to measure 19 non-cognitive skills that have been identified as being important for school children in Denmark. First, we describe the development of the scales, and then report a preliminary validation with 1560 students from Grades 4-9. Second, we present a validation of the final UiL, which was revised and re-administered to the same sample of students. The final validation sample consisted of 1373 students (48.6% boys, ages 9-16 years). Results from the Confirmatory Factor Analysis indicated that the UiL had acceptable discriminant and convergent validity. The results from a RASCH partial credit analysis indicated that four of the 19 had excellent fit, with other scales needing nuanced interpretation because of some item misfit, local dependence, multidimensionality, and DIF by grade. (As Provided).
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