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Pallavi Banerjee; Nurullah Eryilmaz – International Journal of Comparative Education and Development, 2024
Purpose: Given the scientific and practical difficulties inherent in measuring and comparing socioeconomic deprivation (SED), and the further complexity added in cross national measurements, the main aim of this paper was to check the validity of SED measures used in PISA 2018 dataset. The SED measure used in PISA 2018 was the PISA index of…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests
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Lee, Jihyun; Zhang, Yang; Stankov, Lazar – Educational Assessment, 2019
This study aims to identify which socio-economic status (SES) variables have the best predictive validity for academic achievement, based on the international data sets of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) in 2012, 2009, 2006, and 2003. From among 10 SES measures, two composite variables - Index of economic, social and…
Descriptors: Predictive Validity, Socioeconomic Status, Academic Achievement, Predictor Variables
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Krauss, S.; Bruckmaier, G.; Lindl, A.; Hilbert, S.; Binder, K.; Steib, N.; Blum, W. – ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2020
Two different tools for assessing pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) of mathematics teachers used in the framework of the COACTIV study are systematically compared in this paper, namely the paper-and-pencil test consisting of items on the three facets "knowledge of explaining and representation," "knowledge of student thinking and…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Mathematics Teachers, Measures (Individuals), Teacher Competency Testing
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Preckel, Franzis; Lipnevich, Anastasiya A.; Boehme, Katharina; Brandner, Lena; Georgi, Karsten; Konen, Tanja; Mursin, Katharina; Roberts, Richard D. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2013
Background: Chronotype refers to individuals' preference for morning or evening activities. Its two dimensions (morningness and eveningness) are related to a number of academic outcomes. Aims: The main goal of the study was to investigate the incremental validity of chronotype as a predictor of academic achievement after controlling for a number…
Descriptors: High School Students, Foreign Countries, Grade 9, Grade 10
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Ning, Bo; Van Damme, Jan; Liu, Hongqiang; Vanlaar, Gudrun; Gielen, Sarah – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2013
Students, as one specific group of school stakeholders, have unique perceptions of school climate, which predict academic performance. In the Program for International Student Assessment 2009 Shanghai survey, 5,115 students from 152 schools participated. The results from this study showed that compared with their peers in the countries of the…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Predictive Validity, Predictor Variables, Educational Environment
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Cheema, Jehanzeb R.; Zhang, Bo – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2013
This study looked at the effect of both quantity and quality of computer use on achievement. The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2003 student survey comprising of 4,356 students (boys, n = 2,129; girls, n = 2,227) was used to predict academic achievement from quantity and quality of computer use while controlling for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Use, Educational Quality, Incidence
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Lynn, Richard; Mikk, Jaan – Intelligence, 2009
The results of the 2006 PISA (Program for International Student Assessment) study of reading comprehension, mathematical ability, and science understanding administered to 15 year olds in 56 countries [OECD (2007). PISA 2006: Science Competencies for Tomorrow's World. Paris: OECD.] are examined to assess the predictive validity of the national IQs…
Descriptors: Intelligence Quotient, National Norms, Differences, Achievement Tests