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Haw, Joseph Y.; King, Ronnel B. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2023
Much of the existing educational research has focused on affluent Western societies. Despite comprising a broad swathe of the world population, less work has focused on lower middle-income economies such as the Philippines. Perhaps part of this reason is the lack of high-quality data in such contexts. PISA provides a potential solution to this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Secondary School Students
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John Jerrim; Philip D. Parker; Nikki Shure – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2023
This paper investigates the phenomena of overclaiming -- the propensity for individuals to claim more knowledge about an issue or topic than they really (or could possibly) do. Using Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) data from nine Anglophone countries and over 40,000 young people, we examine teenagers' propensity to claim…
Descriptors: International Assessment, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Achievement Tests
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Figueiredo, Sandra; Marôco, João; Martins, Margarida Alves; Nunes, Odete – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2021
Comparative analyses of the Programme for International Student Assessment between immigrant and native students place immigrant students in an unfavourable position in schools, with disadvantageous indicators regarding socioeconomic and professional paths. However, the Programme for International Student Assessment assesses a series of dimensions…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Immigrants, Place of Residence, Foreign Countries
Lee, Jihyun – OECD Publishing, 2020
Non-cognitive characteristics of students in four Southeast Asian countries -- Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Viet Nam -- were reviewed based on the PISA 2009, 2012, and 2015 data. Overall, students in this region demonstrated similarities with respect to their non-cognitive dispositions such as learning habits, approaches to learning,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Characteristics, Study Habits, Learning Strategies
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Johnston, Olivia; Wildy, Helen – Australian Journal of Education, 2016
This article reviews the international literature about streaming and the effects of this practice on the learning outcomes for secondary school students in Australia. Streaming in secondary schools across Australia has again increased in popularity after more than a century of literature that often discourages the practice. This article discusses…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Teaching Methods, Ability Grouping
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Zhu, Mingjing; Urhahne, Detlef – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2014
The present study examines the accuracy of teachers' judgements about students' motivation and emotions in English learning with two different rating methods. A sample of 480 sixth-grade Chinese students reported their academic self-concept, learning effort, enjoyment, and test anxiety via a questionnaire and were rated on these dimensions by…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Accuracy, Student Motivation, Psychological Patterns