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Penk, Christiane; Pöhlmann, Claudia; Roppelt, Alexander – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2014
Background: Low-stakes assessments do not have consequences for the test-takers. Currently, motivational research indicates that a lack of test-taking motivation can decrease students' performance in low-stakes assessments. However, little research has explored the domain-specific and situation-specific aspects of motivation simultaneously.…
Descriptors: Role, Student Motivation, Cross Cultural Studies, Multiple Regression Analysis
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Dronkers, Jaap; Levels, Mark; de Heus, Manon – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2014
Background: Earlier studies using a double perspective (destination & origin) indicate that several macro-characteristics of both destination and origin countries affect the educational performance of migrant children. This paper explores the extent to which educational system features of destination and origin countries can explain these…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Migrant Children, Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement