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Xu, Jianzhong; Corno, Lyn – Metacognition and Learning, 2022
Informed by two theoretical models of homework effects, we extended a model of homework on mathematics achievement in a large sample of Chinese eighth graders. Our model incorporated six clusters of homework variables -- student background factors, homework characteristics, teacher variables, parent variables, student motivation, and homework…
Descriptors: Models, Homework, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Foreign Countries
Yang, Chunyan; Bear, George G.; May, Henry – School Psychology Review, 2018
The concurrent associations between students' perceptions of cognitive-behavioral and emotional engagement in schools and three factors aligning with the major aims of the school-wide social-emotional learning (SEL) approach (i.e., teacher-student relationships, student-student relationships, and teaching of social and emotional competencies) were…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, High Schools
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Sadler, Philip M.; Sonnert, Gerhard; Coyle, Harold P.; Cook-Smith, Nancy; Miller, Jaimie L. – American Educational Research Journal, 2013
This study examines the relationship between teacher knowledge and student learning for 9,556 students of 181 middle school physical science teachers. Assessment instruments based on the National Science Education Standards with 20 items in common were administered several times during the school year to both students and their teachers. For items…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Middle School Teachers, Science Teachers, Middle School Students
Valentino, Rachel A.; Reardon, Sean F. – Grantee Submission, 2015
This paper investigates the differences in academic achievement trajectories from elementary through middle school among English Learner students in four different instructional programs: English Immersion, Transitional Bilingual, Developmental Bilingual, and Dual Immersion programs. Comparing students with the same parental preferences but who…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Academic Achievement, English Language Learners
Cho, Sun-Joo; Cohen, Allan S.; Bottge, Brian – Grantee Submission, 2013
A multilevel latent transition analysis (LTA) with a mixture IRT measurement model (MixIRTM) is described for investigating the effectiveness of an intervention. The addition of a MixIRTM to the multilevel LTA permits consideration of both potential heterogeneity in students' response to instructional intervention as well as a methodology for…
Descriptors: Intervention, Item Response Theory, Statistical Analysis, Models
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Cho, Mee-Ok; Scherman, Vanessa; Gaigher, Estelle – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2012
This paper reports on secondary analysis of TIMSS 2003 data, based on a sound conceptual model, aiming to explain differential science achievement in South Africa from the perspective of educational effectiveness research. The conceptual framework was developed by refining existing school effectiveness models and including factors related to…
Descriptors: Science Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Correlation, Hierarchical Linear Modeling