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Examining Successful and Unsuccessful Time Management through Process Data: Two Novel Indicators of Test-Taking Behaviors
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Elena C. Papanastasiou; Michalis P. Michaelides – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2024
Test-taking behavior is a potential source of construct irrelevant variance for test scores in international large-scale assessments where test-taking effort, motivation, and behaviors in general tend to be confounded with test scores. In an attempt to disentangle this relationship and gain further insight into examinees' test-taking processes,…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Testing, Student Behavior, Test Wiseness
The Relationship between Mathematics Self-Efficacy and Mathematics Achievement: Multilevel Analysis with NAEP 2019
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Yao Yang; Yukiko Maeda; Marcia Gentry – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2024
Background: This empirical study aims to investigate the association between mathematics self-efficacy and mathematics achievement gaps among students in Grades 4, 8, and 12, utilizing data from the 2019 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The study also considers student-level (e.g., mathematics self-efficacy, gender,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Self Efficacy, Mathematics Achievement, National Competency Tests
Early Numeracy and Literacy Skills and Their Influences on Fourth-Grade Mathematics Achievement: A Moderated Mediation Model
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Chang, Isabelle – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2023
This study explored the influence of early literacy and numeracy skills on fourth-grade math achievement using the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). The study utilized valuable information collected by TIMSS about context related questionnaires such as home resources for learning, early literacy and numeracy…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Emergent Literacy, Early Experience, Mathematics Achievement
The Role of Reading Motivation, Self-Efficacy, and Home Influence in Students' Literacy Achievement: A Preliminary Examination of Fourth Graders in Abu Dhabi
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Yang, Guang; Badri, Masood; Al Rashedi, Asma; Almazroui, Karima – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2018
Background: This study aimed to identify motivation and home influence factors that predict reading literacy achievement of grade 4 students in Abu Dhabi. It drew on the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2011 data, which placed Abu Dhabi students' results substantially below the international benchmark of 500. Methods:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Motivation, Family Influence, Reading Achievement
Socioeconomic Status and Beyond: A Multilevel Analysis of TIMSS Mathematics Achievement Given Student and School Context in Turkey
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Ersan, Ozge; Rodriguez, Michael C. – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2020
Socioeconomic status (SES) is considered a major predictor of student and school achievement. In most cases, SES is not malleable or available for manipulation to improve students' learning and achievement. Therefore, we explored other student and school-related factors that may be malleable to reduce achievement differences between students and…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Student Characteristics, Institutional Characteristics, Mathematics Achievement