Factorial validity of the organizational health inventory among Omani teachers: Invariance across gender

This study examined the factor structure of the Organizational Health Inventory (OHI) scale among Omani teachers. There were four factors assumed to represent the OHI (principal influence, academic emphasis, morale, and initiating integrity). Testing the scale reliability was another aim of this study. A random sample (n=458) of Omani teachers was considered. The short version of the scale has 30 items. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis was performed on the sample data. The model is good fitted to the data. Across gender, the invariance of the structure was tested, and the parameters of the model were invariant. Consequently, the two genders were compared via multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) with gender as an independent variable and subscales. The female teachers were found to more likely show principal influence, academic emphasis, and morale than the male teachers, who instead, were more efficacious than the female teachers in dealing with institutional integrity

Social Competence of Omani Students with Learning Disabilities from their Teachers’ Perspectives: Social Competence of Omani Students with Learning Disabilities from their Teachers’ Perspectives

This research aims to identify the level of social competence among students with learning disabilities (LDs) from their teachers’ perspectives. The research sample consisted of 840 students with LDs enrolled in the resource room program (RRP) and general education classrooms (GECs) in Oman. Their RRP and general education teachers responded to the social competence scale. This scale consisted of 43 items distributed on three subscales related to teacher-preferred social behavior, peer-preferred social behavior, and school adjustment. The results indicated that the level of social competence was generally moderate among the students, but that this level was influenced by the educational alternative. The students enrolled in GECs had a higher level of social competence than their peers who had been referred to the RRP. The results also showed that there were statistical differences on the school adjustment subscale in favor of male students enrolled in GECs, and differences in favor of female students referred to the RRP on all social competence subscales. Keywords: Social competence; students with LDs; teachers of students with LDs; social behavior; social adjustment

Omani short version of organizational health inventory: application of item response theory

The current study used item response theory (IRT) to analyze data from (N=323) Omani teachers randomly selected participated in this study to investigate whether a subset of items could be selected to create a short version of the instrument. As a result, the high correlation coefficients between the examinee ability parameter estimated on the easy and difficult test items and did not change between the two versions. This is an indication of the improvement of the unchanging ability estimated invariant. In conclusion, the study concluded a short version of the OHI scale. It contains 30 items distributed on seven Domains.El estudio actual utilizó la teoría de respuesta a ítems (IRT) para analizar los datos de (N = 323). Los maestros omaníes seleccionados al azar participaron en este estudio para investigar si se podía seleccionar un subconjunto de ítems para crear una versión corta del instrumento. Como resultado, los altos coeficientes de correlación entre el parámetro de capacidad del examinado estimado en los ítems de prueba fáciles y difíciles y no cambiaron entre las dos versions. Esto es una indicación de la mejora de la capacidad invariable estimada invariante. En conclusión, el estudio concluyó una versión corta de la escala OHI. Contiene 30 elementos distribuidos en siete dominios