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Peng, Yun; Hong, Eunsook; Mason, Elsa – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2014
A structural equation model of relationships among testing-related motivation variables (test value, effort, self-efficacy, and test anxiety), test-taking strategies (test tactics and metacognitive strategies), gender, and math test performance were examined with a sample of 10th graders (N = 438; 182 males and 256 females). In general, motivation…
Descriptors: High School Students, Secondary School Mathematics, Mathematics Tests, Test Wiseness
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Davison, Mark L. – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2008
While confirmatory latent growth curve analyses provide procedures for testing hypotheses about latent growth curves underlying data, one must first derive hypotheses to be tested. It is argued that such hypotheses should be generated from a combination of theory and exploratory data analyses. An exploratory components analysis is described and…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Hypothesis Testing, Research Methodology, Longitudinal Studies
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Yang-Hansen, Kajsa – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2008
This study examined changes in the effect of socioeconomic status (SES) on reading achievement at individual and school levels between 1991 and 2001. Data from 9 countries that participated in both the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) Reading Literacy Study 1991 and the Trend Study in the Progress in…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Educational Trends, Socioeconomic Influences, Hypothesis Testing