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Tofighi, Davood; Thoemmes, Felix – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2014
Mediation analysis is a statistical approach used to examine how the effect of an independent variable on an outcome is transmitted through an intervening variable (mediator). In this article, we provide a gentle introduction to single-level and multilevel mediation analyses. Using single-level data, we demonstrate an application of structural…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Predictor Variables, Structural Equation Models, Computation
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Stemhagen, Kurt – Democracy & Education, 2011
This article describes an empirical project that studied fourth- through- eighth- grade math teachers' beliefs about teaching and learning and about the role of teaching and learning in broader society. Specifically, it examined relationships between teachers' reported beliefs and their use of transmittal, constructivist, and democratic classroom…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Democracy, Mathematics Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
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Wong, Emily M. L.; Li, Sandy C. – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2011
Despite the common belief that information and communication technology (ICT) has the potential to support certain fundamental changes in learning, few have examined ICT implementation conceptually within a wider context of educational change. Methodologically, we are by and large limited to building simple models that accommodate only a single…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technology Integration, Collegiality, Educational Change
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Bauer, Daniel J. – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2003
Multilevel linear models (MLMs) provide a powerful framework for analyzing data collected at nested or non-nested levels, such as students within classrooms. The current article draws on recent analytical and software advances to demonstrate that a broad class of MLMs may be estimated as structural equation models (SEMs). Moreover, within the SEM…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Data Analysis, Computer Software, Evaluation Methods