?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.iab.edu.my%2Fv2%2F1178%2F&rft.title=Development+and+validation+of+teacher+curriculum+paradigm+and+actual+curriculum+development+practice+instruments+for+Malaysian+teacher+curriculum+paradigm+model.&rft.creator=Foi%2C+Liew+Yon.&rft.subject=L+Education+(General)&rft.description=The+success+of+the+educational+reform+for+a+nation+is+strongly+dependent+on+teachers%E2%80%99+actual+curriculum+development+practice%2C+which+they+enact+in+the+real+teacher-student+interaction+context.+Therefore%2C+the+teachers%E2%80%99+enactment+of+the+actual+curriculum+development+practice+is+crucial+to+determine+the+success+or+the+failure+of+the+education+because+it+gives+the+direct+impact+towards+student+learning.+Consequently%2C+the+growing+educational+interest+in+identifying+and+assessing+the+variable+that+can+govern+teachers%E2%80%99+actual+curriculum+development+practice+and+the+variable+of+actual+curriculum+development+practice+are+significant+and+compelling.+Correspondingly%2C+the+endeavours+to+develop+and+validate+the+two+instruments+to+measure+the+teacher+curriculum+paradigm+(TCP)+and+the+actual+curriculum+development+practice+(ACDP)+were+aspired+by+this+iv+study.+Sequentially%2C+the+positive+impact+of+TCP+to+ACDP+was+hypothesised+and+tested+empirically+through+the+teacher+curriculum+paradigm+model+(TCP-Mo).+This+study+was+divided+into+three+phases.+Phase+one+included+the+systematic+instrument+development+processes+and+the+attaining+of+the+content+validity+and+reliability+of+the+instruments.+The+content+validity+was+acquired+while+the+full+agreement+of+the+three+subject+experts+had+been+granted.+Both+instruments+met+the+item+discriminant+criteria+(the+corrected+item-total+correlation+values+more+than+.30)+and+high+reliability+index+across+the+three+times+instrument+testing+(%CE%B1+%3E+.93).+The+adequacy+of+the+dual+scale+format+in+developing+the+Scale+A+and+Scale+B+by+employing+a+single+table+of+content+specification+was+identified+by+the+bivariate+correlation+testing+(r+%3C.70)+and+the+pairedsamples+t-test.%0D%0APhase+two+involved+the+single-group+analysis+with+Structural+Equation+Modelling+approach+to+test+for+the+factorial+validity+of+the+measurement+models+and+the+structural+model+for+the+TCP-Mo.+The+theoretical+structure+of+the+latent+variables%3A+TB%2C+TV%2C+ACDP+and+TCP+was+identified+with+the+Confirmatory+Factor+Analysis.+The+first-order+factors%3A+TB%2C+TV+and+ACDP+had+been+identified+were+unidimensional+construct+while+the+TCP+was+a+second-order+factor+significantly+comprised+by+two+first-order+factors%3A+TB+and+TV.+Both+instruments+had+attained+the+construct+validity+and+reliability+to+denote+that+they+are+the+valid+and+practical+instruments.+Sequentially%2C+the+full+structural+modelling+testing+was+executed+and+the+findings+have+signified+the+validity+of+the+causal+structure+of+TCPMo+to+support+the+TCP+concept.%0D%0AEventually%2C+the+equivalence+testing+of+the+TCP-Mo+across+three+groups+of+teacher%2C+who+embraced+the+different+types+of+paradigm%2C+was+examined+through+the+multiple-group+analysis+in+phase+three.+The+TCP-Mo+achieved+the+fifth+degree+of+cross+validation+testing+to+denote+that+the+TCP-Mo+was+invariant+across+teachers+of+three+different+types+of+paradigm.+Besides%2C+the+six+research+hypotheses+were+tested+to+support+the+validity+of+the+instruments+and+the+structural+model.+The+validity+and+the+stability+of+the+instruments+and+the+generalisability+of+TCP-Mo+have+been+cogently+justified+by+the+findings+of+this+study.+Assertively%2C+the+outcomes+of+this+study+have+significantly+added+insights+into+psychometric+field+of+the+instruments+in+measuring+TCP+and+ACDP%2C+and+the+body+of+knowledge+regarding+the+TCP+concept%2C+which+can+govern+teachers%E2%80%99+ACDP+to+improve+student+leaning+and+uphold+the+success+of+the+educational+vision+for+a+nation.&rft.publisher=School+of+Graduate+Studies%2C+Universiti+Putra+Malaysia%2C&rft.type=Other&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.iab.edu.my%2Fv2%2F1178%2F1%2FDR%2520LIEW%2520ABSTRAK.pdf&rft.identifier=++Foi%2C+Liew+Yon.+++Development+and+validation+of+teacher+curriculum+paradigm+and+actual+curriculum+development+practice+instruments+for+Malaysian+teacher+curriculum+paradigm+model.++School+of+Graduate+Studies%2C+Universiti+Putra+Malaysia%2C.+++++