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Delafontaine, Jolien; Chen, Changsheng; Park, Jung Yeon; Van den Noortgate, Wim – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2022
In cognitive diagnosis assessment (CDA), the impact of misspecified item-attribute relations (or "Q-matrix") designed by subject-matter experts has been a great challenge to real-world applications. This study examined parameter estimation of the CDA with the expert-designed Q-matrix and two refined Q-matrices for international…
Descriptors: Q Methodology, Matrices, Cognitive Measurement, Diagnostic Tests
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Dirlik, Ezgi Mor – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2019
Item response theory (IRT) has so many advantages than its precedent Classical Test Theory (CTT) such as non-changing item parameters, ability parameter estimations free from the items. However, in order to get these advantages, some assumptions should be met and they are; unidimensionality, normality and local independence. However, it is not…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Nonparametric Statistics, Item Response Theory, Models
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Arenson, Ethan A.; Karabatsos, George – Grantee Submission, 2017
Item response models typically assume that the item characteristic (step) curves follow a logistic or normal cumulative distribution function, which are strictly monotone functions of person test ability. Such assumptions can be overly-restrictive for real item response data. We propose a simple and more flexible Bayesian nonparametric IRT model…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Item Response Theory, Nonparametric Statistics, Models
Weishuk, Heidi – ProQuest LLC, 2017
An online study was conducted to ascertain the potential of two independent variables, teaching self-efficacy and critical thinking skill (via a self-efficacy survey and a critical thinking appraisal) to predict four aspects of professional engagement (via a teaching career aspirations survey) among 95 self-selected early-career K-12 teachers. A…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Self Efficacy, Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs
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Arseven, Zeynep; Sahin, Seyma; Kiliç, Abdurrahman – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The aim of this study is to identify how far the student centered education approach is applied in the primary, middle and high schools in Düzce. Explanatory design which is one type of mixed research methods and "sequential mixed methods sampling" were used in the study. 685 teachers constitute the research sample of the quantitative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Centered Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Attitudes
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Çer, Erkan; Sahin, Ertugrul – Journal of Education and Learning, 2016
The aim of this cross-sectional study is investigate to what extent acquainted prospective Turkish teachers are with qualified works of children's literature. A convenience sample of 146 university students studying at the Turkish teaching department at a university in the Central Black Sea Region completed a questionnaire to determine the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Childrens Literature
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O'Higgins, Niall; Bruggemann, Christian – European Educational Research Journal, 2013
Unequal labour market outcomes between Roma and non-Roma have typically been explained by either the low level of educational attainment on the one hand or labour marked discrimination on the other--or both. A number of studies have found that significant labour market inequalities persist even after the low levels of educational attainment…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Minority Groups, Migrants, Labor Market
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Yesiltas, Erkan – International Education Studies, 2016
Web pedagogical content knowledge generally takes pedagogical knowledge, content knowledge, and Web knowledge as basis. It is a structure emerging through the interaction of these three components. Content knowledge refers to knowledge of subjects to be taught. Pedagogical knowledge involves knowledge of process, implementation, learning methods,…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Teacher Attitudes, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Foreign Countries
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Oriyama, Kaya – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2016
Maintaining children's heritage language (HL) is a challenging task for linguistic minorities around the world. While many Japanese heritage children in Sydney attend weekend HL schools, they typically discontinue attendance before, or during, secondary school. To date, no longitudinal study has investigated what happens to their HL maintenance…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Language Maintenance, Japanese, Heritage Education
Porter, Kristin E.; Balu, Rekha – MDRC, 2016
Education systems are increasingly creating rich, longitudinal data sets with frequent, and even real-time, data updates of many student measures, including daily attendance, homework submissions, and exam scores. These data sets provide an opportunity for district and school staff members to move beyond an indicators-based approach and instead…
Descriptors: Models, Prediction, Statistical Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education
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Laswadi; Kusumah, Yaya S.; Darwis, Sutawanir; Afgani, Jarnawi D. – European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2016
Conceptual understanding (CU) and procedural fluency (PF) are two important mathematical competencies required by students. CU helps students organizing their knowledge into a coherent whole, and PF helps them to find the right solution of a problem. In order to enhance CU and PF, students need learning experiences in constructing knowledge and…
Descriptors: Junior High School Students, Pretests Posttests, Control Groups, Mathematical Concepts
Mayfield, Melissa J. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This study utilized a convergent parallel mixed methods design to study teachers' concerns during implementation of instructional coaching for math in a rural PK-12 district in north Texas over a three-year time period. Five campuses were included in the study: one high school (grades 9-12), one middle school (grades 6-8), and three elementary…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), School Districts, School District Size, Teacher Attitudes
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Levin, Joel R.; Ferron, John M.; Kratochwill, Thomas R. – Journal of School Psychology, 2012
In this four-investigation Monte Carlo simulation study, we examined the properties of nonparametric randomization and permutation statistical tests applied to single-case ABAB...AB and alternating treatment designs based on either systematically alternating or randomly determined phase assignments. Contrary to previous admonitions, when…
Descriptors: Intervention, Research Design, Nonparametric Statistics, School Psychology
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Garcia-Gracia, Maribel; Donoso Vázquez, Trinidad – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2016
This study carries out a comparative analysis of achievement according to gender between mixed and single-sex schools in the region of Catalonia, Spain, for the subjects of Spanish, Catalan, English and Mathematics. After a brief contextualisation, a review of the main findings from international studies on differences in results for mixed schools…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Single Sex Schools, Coeducation, Academic Achievement
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Aristovnik, Aleksander – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2013
Purpose: The aim of the paper is to review some previous researches examining ICT efficiency and the impact of ICT on educational output/outcome as well as different conceptual and methodological issues related to performance measurement. Design/methodology/approach: This paper adopts a non-parametric methodology, i.e. data envelopment analysis…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Developed Nations, Efficiency, Input Output Analysis
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