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Country Profiles of Scientific Competence in TIMSS 2003
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Kjaernsli, Marit; Lie, Svein – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2008
The aim of the present contribution is to investigate similarities and differences of strengths in science competences between countries, based on TIMSS 2003 data. Analyses are based on systematic investigation of patterns of p values for individual science items. Hierarchical cluster analysis was applied to establish meaningful groups of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Multivariate Analysis, Profiles, Comparative Analysis
Teaching Children to Evaluate Television Violence Critically: The Impact of a Dutch Schools Television Project.
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Vooijs, Marcel W.; van der Voort, Tom H. A. – Journal of Educational Television, 1993
Describes a study conducted in Dutch primary schools to alter the cognitive effects that television violence can have on 10- to 12-year-olds by encouraging them to evaluate critically the portrayal of violence. Teacher and student attitudes are discussed, and the educational effects of the curriculum are considered. (Contains 20 references.) (LRW)
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Processes, Critical Viewing, Educational Television
The Effect of Electronic Evaluation Tools on Types and Magnitudes of Learning.
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Daningburg, Suzanne; Schmid, Richard F. – Canadian Journal of Educational Communication, 1994
Describes a study that investigated the effects of use and nonuse of an electronic formative evaluation tool, the Program Evaluation Analysis Computer system, on the cognitive, affective, and evaluative aspects of college students' perceptions of an educational television program emphasizing cognitive learning. Electronic measurement methodologies…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Processes, Computer Software