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Lamas, Héctor A. – Journal of Educational Psychology - Propositos y Representaciones, 2015
The school performance study of students is, due to its relevance and complexity, one of the issues of major controversy in the educational research, and it has been given special attention in the last decades. This study is intended to show a conceptual approach to the school performance construct, contextualizing the reality in the regular basic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries
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Thiessen, Victor; Blasius, Jorg – International Journal of Educational Research, 2008
Responding to a survey requires cognitive abilities similar to those for any other linguistic task. We argue that, when faced with a cognitively challenging task, individuals respond by simplifying the task, declining it, or performing it poorly. Using the 2003 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA 2003) data sets, we document that…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Mathematics Achievement, Learning Strategies, Cognitive Ability