Validation study of the Early Childhood Educators’ Spiritual Practices in the Classroom (ECE-SPC) instrument using Rasch
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20504264 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jennifer Mata-Mcmahon (0000-0001-9222-0817, Early Childhood Education, Sherman Center for Early Learning in Urban Communities, University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), Baltimore, MD, USA, corresponding author), Michael Haslip (0000-0001-9241-7994, Early Childhood Education, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA), Lance Kruse (0000-0003-1706-2286, Chief Executive Officer, Invontics, Raleigh, NC, USA) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 99-132 |
| Publication date | 2023-10-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Children s Spirituality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1364-436X • E-ISSN: 1469-8455 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1364436x.2023.2218590 |
| OpenAlex | W4380486360 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 48 |
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
Construct validity · Demographics · Developmental psychology · Early childhood · Early childhood education · Item analysis · Mathematics education · Nature versus nurture · Psychometrics · Rasch model · Spirituality · Computer Science · Early Childhood Education and Development · Family and Disability Support Research · Medicine · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology
Rasch Analysis in the Human Sciences
Applying the Rasch Model
ABC of Content Validation and Content Validity Index Calculation
The Classroom Assessment Scoring System
Validating the Interpretations and Uses of Test Scores
Teachers’ Beliefs and Educational Research
Holistic religious education – is it possible? The complex web of religion, spirituality and morality
Promoting spiritual well-being
Finding connections between spirituality and play for early childhood education
Spirituality and humour
Redefining religious education
Spirituality and child protection in early childhood education
Religion as the Transmission of An Authoritative Tradition
The Impact of Midpoint Responses and Reverse Coding on Survey Data
Response to Hays et al and McHorney and Cohen
An Item Response Theory Analysis of the Subjective Happiness Scale
Do Infants Have Religion? The Spiritual Lives of Beng Babies
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |