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Direct linkAndreea Stancea; Nicoleta Corbu; Corina Buzoianu – European Journal of Education, 2025
This article investigates regional disparities in Romanian adults' numeracy and literacy skills. We analyse a novel data set that combines the assessment of numeracy and literacy competencies of the adult population in Romania with information about regional economic conditions and educational administrative data. Using a background questionnaire…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Literacy, Numeracy, Adults
Hahnel, Carolin; Kroehne, Ulf; Goldhammer, Frank – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2023
Background: A priori assumptions about specific behavior in test items can be used to process log data in a rule-based fashion to identify the behavior of interest. In this study, we demonstrate such a top-down approach and created a process indicator to represent what type of information processing (flimsy, breadth-first, satisficing, sampling,…
Descriptors: Adults, Search Strategies, Users (Information), Information Seeking
Ulitzsch, Esther; He, Qiwei; Pohl, Steffi – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2022
Interactive tasks designed to elicit real-life problem-solving behavior are rapidly becoming more widely used in educational assessment. Incorrect responses to such tasks can occur for a variety of different reasons such as low proficiency levels, low metacognitive strategies, or motivational issues. We demonstrate how behavioral patterns…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Problem Solving, Failure, Adults
OECD Publishing, 2019
Log files from computer-based assessment can help better understand respondents' behaviours and cognitive strategies. Analysis of timing information from Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) reveals large differences in the time participants take to answer assessment items, as well as large country differences…
Descriptors: Adults, Computer Assisted Testing, Test Items, Reaction Time
Keslair, François; Paccagnella, Marco – OECD Publishing, 2020
This paper illustrates similarities and differences between two international surveys that assess adults' skills: the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) and the Skills Towards Employment and Productivity (STEP) survey. In particular, the paper highlights the issues that can arise for researchers interested to…
Descriptors: Adults, Skills, Surveys, Global Approach
Download full textJennifer Graves; Zoe Kuehn – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2021
Using individual data from PIAAC and aggregate data on GDP and unemployment for the US, Europe, and Spain, we test how macroeconomic conditions experienced at age eighteen affect the following decisions in post-secondary and tertiary education: (1) enrollment; (2) dropping-out; (3) type of degree completed; (4) area of specialization; and (5)…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Decision Making, Macroeconomics, Unemployment
