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A Structural Equation Modeling Approach for Examining Position Effects in Large-Scale Assessments
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Bulut, Okan; Quo, Qi; Gierl, Mark J. – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2017
Position effects may occur in both paper--pencil tests and computerized assessments when examinees respond to the same test items located in different positions on the test. To examine position effects in large-scale assessments, previous studies often used multilevel item response models within the generalized linear mixed modeling framework.…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Educational Assessment, Measurement, Test Items
Measurement of Job Motivation in TEDS-M: Testing for Invariance across Countries and Cultures
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Laschke, Christin; Blömeke, Sigrid – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2016
The paper presents the challenges of cross-country and cross-cultural research on the motivation to become a mathematics teacher based on data from the "Teacher Education and Development Study in Mathematics" ("TEDS-M"). Referring to studies from cross-cultural psychology, measurement invariance (MI) of constructs representing…
Descriptors: Teacher Motivation, Mathematics Teachers, Career Choice, Teacher Education
The Relation between Teachers' Emphasis on the Development of Students' Digital Information and Communication Skills and Computer Self-Efficacy: The Moderating Roles of Age and Gender
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Siddiq, Fazilat; Scherer, Ronny – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2016
Teachers' integration of information and communication technology (ICT) has been widely studied, given that digital competence is considered to be a crucial outcome of twenty first century education. In this context, research highlighted teachers' computer self-efficacy (CSE) as one of the most important determinants of their ICT integration into…
Descriptors: Correlation, Technological Literacy, Technology Integration, Information Technology
A Statistical Analysis of the Characteristics of the Intended Curriculum for Japanese Primary Science and Its Relationship to the Attained Curriculum
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Matsubara, Kenji; Hagiwara, Yasuhito; Saruta, Yuji – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2016
This study statistically investigates the characteristics of the intended curriculum for Japanese primary science, focusing on the learning content. The study used the TIMSS 2011 Grade 4 Curriculum Questionnaire data as a major source for the learning content prescribed at the national level. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to determine the…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Elementary School Students, Science Curriculum, Questionnaires
A Multilevel Analysis of Swedish and Norwegian Students' Overall and Digital Reading Performance with a Focus on Equity Aspects of Education
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Rasmusson, Maria A. – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2016
Background: Influence of external factors in general, and socioeconomic background factors in particular, on traditional reading performance has been extensively researched and debated. While traditional reading is well investigated in this respect, there is a lack of studies on equity aspects related to digital reading achievement, in spite of…
Descriptors: Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Reading Achievement, Technological Literacy, Telecommunications
TIMSS Data in an African Comparative Perspective: Investigating the Factors Influencing Achievement in Mathematics and Their Psychometric Properties
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Bofah, Emmanuel Adu-tutu; Hannula, Markku S. – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2015
Relationships among motivational constructs from the 2011 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS 2011) were investigated for eight-graders in all the five participating African countries, representing 38,806 (49 % girls). First, we investigated the psychometric properties (factor structure, reliabilities, method effect, and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, International Assessment, Mathematics Tests