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Valerie Amacker; Hendrik Lohse-Bossenz; Markus Wilhelm; Dorothee Brovelli – International Journal of Science Education, 2024
The field of geometrical optics features a broad knowledge base concerning conceptual learning difficulties and student conceptions. However, in contrast to other areas of physics, no widely used standard test instrument exists to assess middle school students' conceptual knowledge of geometrical optics. This is even more true for other areas of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Physics, Science Instruction
Fatih Unlu; Douglas Lee Lauen; Sarah Crittenden Fuller; Tiffany Berglund; Elc Estrera – Grantee Submission, 2021
Do quasi-experimental (QE) studies conducted with baseline covariates that are typically available in the longitudinal administrative state databases yield unbiased effect estimates? This paper conducts a within-study comparison (WSC) study that compares experimental impacts of early college high school (ECHS) attendance with QE impacts drawn from…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Longitudinal Studies, Databases, Statistical Bias
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Fatih Unlu; Douglas Lee Lauen; Sarah Crittenden Fuller; Tiffany Berglund; Elc Estrera – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2021
Do quasi-experimental (QE) studies conducted with baseline covariates that are typically available in the longitudinal administrative state databases yield unbiased effect estimates? This paper conducts a within-study comparison (WSC) study that compares experimental impacts of early college high school (ECHS) attendance with QE impacts drawn from…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Longitudinal Studies, Databases, Statistical Bias
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Akcaoglu, Mete; Rosenberg, Joshua M.; Hodges, Charles B.; Hilpert, Jonathan C. – Computers in the Schools, 2021
Computer programming is becoming an essential skill for young students regardless of their education or career goals. Therefore, for students to develop and for educators and researchers to accurately measure self-efficacy in and value for programming is important. Although student motivation in subject matter can be measured using self-report…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Student Attitudes, Value Judgment, Self Efficacy