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Home Resources as a Measure of Socio-Economic Status in Ghana
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Bofah, Emmanuel Adu-tutu; Hannula, Markku S. – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2017
In large scale international assessment studies, questionnaires are typical used to query students' home possessions. Composite scores are computed from responses to the home resource questionnaires and are used as a measure of family socioeconomic background in achievement comparison or for statistical control. This paper deals with profiling the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Socioeconomic Status, International Assessment, Scores
Evaluating the Risk of Nonresponse Bias in Educational Large-Scale Assessments with School Nonresponse Questionnaires: A Theoretical Study
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Meinck, Sabine; Cortes, Diego; Tieck, Sabine – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2017
Survey participation rates can have a direct impact on the validity of the data collected since nonresponse always holds the risk of bias. Therefore, the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) has set very high standards for minimum survey participation rates. Nonresponse in IEA studies varies between studies…
Descriptors: Response Rates (Questionnaires), Bias, Educational Assessment, Questionnaires
A Statistical Analysis of the Characteristics of the Intended Curriculum for Japanese Primary Science and Its Relationship to the Attained Curriculum
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Matsubara, Kenji; Hagiwara, Yasuhito; Saruta, Yuji – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2016
This study statistically investigates the characteristics of the intended curriculum for Japanese primary science, focusing on the learning content. The study used the TIMSS 2011 Grade 4 Curriculum Questionnaire data as a major source for the learning content prescribed at the national level. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to determine the…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Elementary School Students, Science Curriculum, Questionnaires
What Works Where? The Relationship between Instructional Variables and Schools' Mean Scores in Mathematics and Science in Low-, Medium-, and High-Achieving Countries
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Zuzovsky, Ruth – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2013
Background: The association between frequent use of certain instructional practices in mathematics and science and learning outcomes in schools in low-, medium-, and high-achieving countries is the focus of this study. It not only looks at teaching practices "that work" (positively associated with achievement) but whether they…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Achievement