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Using HLM to Determine a STEM Programs Impact on Middle School Academic Achievement
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Chine, Danielle R.; Larwin, Karen H. – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2022
Hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) has become an increasingly popular multilevel method of analyzing data among nested datasets, in particular, the effect of specialized academic programming within schools. The purpose of this methodological study is to demonstrate the use of HLM to determine the effectiveness of STEM programming in an Ohio middle…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, STEM Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Program Development
Effects of Different-Race Exposure in School and Neighborhood on the Reading Achievement of Hmong Students in the United States
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Lee, Moosung; Lam, Beatrice Oi-Yeung; Madyun, Na'im – Urban Education, 2017
Based on analyses of 1,622 Hmong adolescents in a large urban school district, we illuminate a positive association between school different-race exposure and Hmong limited English proficient students' reading achievement. However, we also note a negative association of neighborhood different-race exposure with Hmong students from low…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Hmong People, Limited English Speaking, Adolescents
The Reciprocal Internal/External Frame of Reference Model Using Grades and Test Scores
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Möller, Jens; Zimmermann, Friederike; Köller, Olaf – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2014
Background: The reciprocal I/E model (RI/EM) combines the internal/external frame of reference model (I/EM) with the reciprocal effects model (REM). The RI/EM extends the I/EM longitudinally and the REM across domains. The model predicts that, within domains, mathematics and verbal achievement (VACH) and academic self-concept have positive effects…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Mathematics Achievement, Verbal Ability, Validity
Curriculum-Based Measurement in Science Learning: Vocabulary-Matching as an Indicator of Performance and Progress
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Espin, Christine A.; Busch, Todd W.; Lembke, Erica S.; Hampton, David D.; Seo, Kyounghee; Zukowski, Beth A. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2013
The technical adequacy of curriculum-based measures in the form of short and simple vocabulary-matching probes to predict students' performance and progress in science at the secondary level was investigated. Participants were 198 seventh-grade students from 10 science classrooms. Curriculum-based measurements (CBM) were 5-min vocabulary-matching…
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, Vocabulary, Secondary School Science, Content Area Reading
Neighborhood Ethnic Density as an Explanation for the Academic Achievement of Ethnic Minority Youth Placed in Neighborhood Disadvantage
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Madyun, Na'im; Lee, Moosung – Berkeley Review of Education, 2010
The underachievement of ethnic minority youth from disadvantaged neighborhoods is a pervasive educational issue this nation is facing. Based on an ecological perspective, we examined the contextual effects of neighborhood ethnic density and neighborhood disadvantage on the academic achievement of Hmong immigrant youths. Utilizing hierarchical…
Descriptors: Underachievement, Minority Group Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Context Effect