Pirls 2011

Author : Kajsa Yang Hansen,Jan-Eric Gustafsson,Monica Rosén,Sari Sulkunen,Kari Nissinen,Pekka Kupari,Ragnar F. Ólafsson,Júlíus K. Björnsson,Liv Sissel Grønmo,Louise Rønberg,Jan Mejding
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789289327725

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Northern Lights on TIMSS and PIRLS 2011 by Kajsa Yang Hansen,Jan-Eric Gustafsson,Monica Rosén,Sari Sulkunen,Kari Nissinen,Pekka Kupari,Ragnar F. Ólafsson,Júlíus K. Björnsson,Liv Sissel Grønmo,Louise Rønberg,Jan Mejding Pdf

How is reading literacy taught in Nordic classrooms, and how is this influenced by the curricula? How can we improve mathematics teaching in Nordic classrooms? What is the relationship between school performance and policy variations? How do teachers’ attitudes, beliefs and practices influence pupils’ learning outcomes? What characterizes the top performing pupils, and how can we stimulate more pupils to perform at the highest levels? These are some of the questions that are discussed in this collection of articles that are based on the results of the IEA studies TIMSS and PIRLS 2011. The articles aim to provide input for policy discussions and further policy development within the Nordic countries. Therefore, the main target groups are educational ministers and policymakers at all levels. These analyses will also provide input to the joint Nordic initiatives on educational development.

Author : Ina V. S. Mullis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9079549169

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PIRLS 2011 International Results in Reading by Ina V. S. Mullis Pdf

Author : IMOGEN FELD.
Publisher : Waxmann Verlag
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783830989127

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Parental Involvement and Social Background in Canada and Germany by IMOGEN FELD. Pdf

Results of the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study 2011 (PIRLS 2011) illustrate yet again that the association between reading achievement of fourth graders and social background in Germany is high compared to the OECD-country mean. This relation is less pronounced for the Canadian Provinces that are participating in PIRLS 2011. The present study conducts a comparative analysis between Germany and the participating Canadian Provinces concerning the association between parental involvement, social background, and reading achievement. This direct country comparison is extended by conducting analyses on performance groups as well as on differences between the Canadian provinces Quebec and Ontario. The approach of the current study is to use general results of large-scale assessment data to identify differences between countries and groups and to provide a more in-depth analysis of the data. A broad literature review helps to interpret the results more accurately taking additional information about the country contexts into account. Dr. Imogen Feld, Studium der Soziologie an der Philipps-Universität Marburg; 2016 Promotion an der Universität Hamburg, seit 2012 wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin im Arbeitsbereich Evaluation von Bildungssystemen in der Fakultät Erziehungswissenschaft an der Universität Hamburg Forschungsschwerpunkte: Soziale Disparitäten, elterliche Eingebundenheit im Schulkontext, Citizenship Education und international vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft Imogen Feld studied sociology at the Philipps-University Marburg. She received her PhD from the Faculty of Education of the University of Hamburg. She worked for several years in the working group >Evaluation of Educational Systems

Author : Leslie Rutkowski,Matthias von Davier,David Rutkowski
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 623 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-12
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781439895146

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Handbook of International Large-Scale Assessment by Leslie Rutkowski,Matthias von Davier,David Rutkowski Pdf

Winner of the 2017 AERA Division D Significant Contribution to Educational Measurement and Research Methodology Award! Technological and statistical advances, along with a strong interest in gathering more information about the state of our educational systems, have made it possible to assess more students, in more countries, more often, and in more subject domains. The Handbook of International Large-Scale Assessment: Background, Technical Issues, and Methods of Data Analysis brings together recognized scholars in the field of ILSA, behavioral statistics, and policy to develop a detailed guide that goes beyond database user manuals. After highlighting the importance of ILSA data to policy and research, the book reviews methodological aspects and features of the studies based on operational considerations, analytics, and reporting. The book then describes methods of interest to advanced graduate students, researchers, and policy analysts who have a good grounding in quantitative methods, but who are not necessarily quantitative methodologists. In addition, it provides a detailed exposition of the technical details behind these assessments, including the test design, the sampling framework, and estimation methods, with a focus on how these issues impact analysis choices.

Author : Monica Rosén,Kajsa Yang Hansen,Ulrika Wolff
Publisher : Springer
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319434735

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Cognitive Abilities and Educational Outcomes by Monica Rosén,Kajsa Yang Hansen,Ulrika Wolff Pdf

This book addresses problems and challenges that face educational measurement at a time when multipurpose usage of observational data from educational assessments, tests and international surveys has become a growing global trend. While the construction of educational measures and use of educational data offer many opportunities, they also require awareness of the numerous threats to validity and methods of reducing such threats. Written by leading international scholars, the book demonstrates the complexity of educational measurement by addressing three broad and interrelated topics. The first part discusses cognitive abilities, including studies on fluid intelligence, its improvement and its links to aptitude tests for admission to higher education. The second part focuses on the effects of school and teacher-related factors on school outcomes at individual and group levels, and uses international studies to analyze causes. The third part presents analytical techniques and measurement methods to improve reliability, for example factor analysis using Bayesian estimators, bi-factor analysis, model misfit and solutions, and discusses balance issues in reporting test results. The book provides examples of state-of-the-art analytical techniques for pursuing fundamental research problems, and the latest advances in measurement methods, with a focus on validity improvement. Eminent researchers discuss and provide insights into questions such as: Is it possible to train individuals to think at a higher level than normal for their age? What determines prospective preschool teachers’ skill to perceive mathematics-related preschool situations? Can international indicator design and instruments be improved to use trends and national context variables more efficiently? Can indicator data at national, school and class levels be compared easier? Are value-added measures of teacher effectiveness valid when it comes to hiring and promoting teachers? Is money better spent on teacher training than on smaller class-size? How do theory and empirical statistical data intertwine in building structures of understanding? This book is inspired by the career and personal influence of the Swedish scholar Professor Jan-Eric Gustafsson, renowned for his research on individual differences, especially the structure of cognitive abilities, and on the effects of education on knowledge and skills.

Author : UNESCO Office Beirut and Regional Bureau for Education in the Arab States
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2023-06-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789231005961

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Education stars early: progress, challenges and opportunities by UNESCO Office Beirut and Regional Bureau for Education in the Arab States Pdf

Author : Trude Nilsen,Jan-Eric Gustafsson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319412528

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Teacher Quality, Instructional Quality and Student Outcomes by Trude Nilsen,Jan-Eric Gustafsson Pdf

This volume offers insights from modeling relations between teacher quality, instructional quality and student outcomes in mathematics across countries. The relations explored take the educational context, such as school climate, into account. The International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement’s Trends in Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is the only international large-scale study possessing a design framework that enables investigation of relations between teachers, their teaching, and student outcomes in mathematics. TIMSS provides both student achievement data and contextual background data from schools, teachers, students and parents, for over 60 countries. This book makes a major contribution to the field of educational effectiveness, especially teaching effectiveness, where cross-cultural comparisons are scarce. For readers interested in teacher quality, instructional quality, and student achievement and motivation in mathematics, the comparisons across cultures, grades, and time are insightful and thought-provoking. For readers interested in methodology, the advanced analytical methods, combined with application of methods new to educational research, illustrate interesting novel directions in methodology and the secondary analysis of international large-scale assessment (ILSA).

Author : Lay Yoon Fah,Ng Khar Thoe,Suma Parahakaran
Publisher : Universiti Malaysia Sabah Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789672962427

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Contributing Factors to TIMSS 2011 Eighth Graders’ Science Achievement: A Comparison between Malaysia and Singapore by Lay Yoon Fah,Ng Khar Thoe,Suma Parahakaran Pdf

Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is one of the projects of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), located at Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Hamburg, Germany. IEA is an independent cooperative of national educational research institutions and governmental research agencies dedicated to improving education. TIMSS is conducted regularly for every four years to assess students’ achievement in science and mathematics at both the fourth and eighth grades. The project is dedicated to providing participating countries with information to improve teaching and learning in science and mathematics. This book is written especially for the interest of undergraduate students, postgraduate students, and educators of science education who wish to know more about the contributing factors to Grade 8 students’ science achievement in TIMSS. This book is also resourceful for individuals who are involved, directly or indirectly, in the administration and implementation of TIMSS at the national, state, district, and school levels. This book consists of seven chapters. The first chapter gives a brief introduction to TIMSS which includes the TIMSS curriculum model and TIMSS science assessment frameworks. The subsequent chapters compare the contribution of various factors, i.e., home environment support, school resources, school climate, teacher preparation, and classroom instructions on Malaysian and Singaporean Grade 8 students’ science achievement in TIMSS 2011. Last but not least, recommendations on ways to improve Malaysian Grade 8 students’ science achievement in the forthcoming TIMSS are suggested based on the experiences of the Singaporean education system.

Author : Cresswell John,Schwantner Ursula,Waters Charlotte
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264248373

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PISA A Review of International Large-Scale Assessments in Education Assessing Component Skills and Collecting Contextual Data by Cresswell John,Schwantner Ursula,Waters Charlotte Pdf

The OECD has initiated PISA for Development (PISA-D) in response to the rising need of developing countries to collect data about their education systems and the capacity of their student bodies.

Author : Nic Spaull,Jonathan D. Jansen
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783030188115

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South African Schooling: The Enigma of Inequality by Nic Spaull,Jonathan D. Jansen Pdf

This volume brings together many of South Africa’s leading scholars of education and covers the full range of South African schooling: from financing and policy reform to in-depth discussions of literacy, numeracy, teacher development and curriculum change. The book moves beyond a historical analysis and provides an inside view of the questions South African scholars are now grappling with: Are there different and preferential equilibria we have not yet thought of or explored, and if so what are they? In practical terms, how does one get to a more equitable distribution of teachers, resources and learning outcomes? While decidedly local, these questions resonate throughout the developing world. South Africa today is the most unequal country in the world. The richest 10% of South Africans lay claim to 65% of national income and 90% of national wealth. This is the largest 90-10 gap in the world, and one that is reflected in the schooling system. Two decades after apartheid it is still the case that the life chances of most South African children are determined not by their ability or the result of hard-work and determination, but instead by the colour of their skin, the province of their birth, and the wealth of their parents. Looking back on almost three decades of democracy in South Africa, it is this stubbornness of inequality and its patterns of persistence that demands explanation, justification and analysis. "This is a landmark book on basic education in South Africa, an essential volume for those interested in learning outcomes and their inequality in South Africa. The various chapters present conceptually and empirically sophisticated analyses of learning outcomes across divisions of race, class, and place. The book brings together the wealth of decades of research output from top quality researchers to explore what has improved, what has not, and why." Prof Lant Pritchett, Harvard University “There is much wisdom in this collection from many of the best education analysts in South Africa. No surprise that they conclude that without a large and sustained expansion in well-trained teachers, early childhood education, and adequate school resources, South Africa will continue to sacrifice its people’s future to maintaining the privileges of the few.” Prof Martin Carnoy, Stanford University "Altogether, one can derive from this very valuable volume, if not an exact blueprint for the future, then certainly at least a crucial and evidence-based itinerary for the next few steps.” Dr Luis Crouch, RTI

Author : Jeannie Hill Bulman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319583136

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Children's Reading of Film and Visual Literacy in the Primary Curriculum by Jeannie Hill Bulman Pdf

This book draws on a longitudinal study which highlights the beneficial impact of film in the primary curriculum. It provides detailed accounts of both the reading process as understood within the field of literacy education, and of film theory as it relates to issues such as narration, genre and audience. The book focuses on a small cohort of children to explore how progression in reading film develops throughout a child’s time in Key Stage 2; it also examines how the skills and understanding required to read film can support the reading of print, and vice versa, in an ‘asset model’ approach. Since children’s progression in reading film is found to be not necessarily age-related, but rather built on a period of experience and opportunity to read and/or create moving image media, Bulman clearly illustrates the importance of the inclusion of film in the primary curriculum. The book provides an accessible study to a large audience of primary teachers and practitioners, and will be a valuable resource for students and researchers in the fields of education, English and media studies.

Author : Curt M. Adams,Timothy G. Ford,Angela M. Urick
Publisher : IAP
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781641133999

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Journal of Research on Organization in Education by Curt M. Adams,Timothy G. Ford,Angela M. Urick Pdf

Journal of Research on Organization in Education (JROE) The JROE represents a new forum for advancing, integrating, and challenging the theory and body of evidence surrounding the organization of education. Committed to scientific empiricism, this journal's editors and editorial board seek to coalesce and vitalize decades of theoretical work and research that holds promise for our understanding and improvement of organizations, especially, but not only, schools. The development and testing of a body of middle-range theory is facilitated by the availability of longitudinal and hierarchical analytical techniques, model-building, and experimental simulation research approaches, all potentially signaling a new era of theoretical possibility. Increasingly, a new generation of researchers studying education organization is prepared to exploit the power of these tools. JROE can serve as scaffold for holding more precise empirical evidence and orienting it toward theory-building.

Author : R. Annemiek Punter,Cees A. W. Glas,Martina R. M. Meelissen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319280646

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Psychometric Framework for Modeling Parental Involvement and Reading Literacy by R. Annemiek Punter,Cees A. W. Glas,Martina R. M. Meelissen Pdf

This volume offers insights from modelling measures of parental involvement and their relationship with student reading literacy across countries, exploring and incorporating cultural differences. This is a significant contribution to a field where cross-cultural comparisons from a triangulated perspective are sparse. For readers interested in exploring the relationship between parental involvement and student attainment, the literature review provides a useful starting point. Meanwhile, for the more methodologically interested reader, this report presents state-of-the-art ways to identify and model cultural differential item functioning in international large-scale assessment (ILSA), illustrating the extent to which the parental involvement construct may be influenced by cultural differences and how this may affect the outcomes of cross-cultural comparisons. The framework is generic and should provide a solid foundation for future ILSA practices and secondary analyses. ILSA studies like the IEA’s Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) provide valuable data, containing both student achievement data and contextual background data from schools, teachers, students and parents for over 41 countries.

Author : Jonathan Glazzard,Jean Palmer
Publisher : Critical Publishing
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781909682511

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Enriching Primary English by Jonathan Glazzard,Jean Palmer Pdf

This essential text provides ideas for trainees and teachers to extend both their own teaching and their pupils’ learning in primary English through creative approaches and enrichment strategies to promote best practice and outstanding teaching. The book is accessible to all levels of experience and combines theory with practice throughout, delivering the required subject knowledge while encouraging innovative approaches that demand critical reflection. It looks closely at how young children learn to read and write and how practitioners can enable this development through creative ideas. The book begins with an exploration of the development of speaking and listening skills which form the foundation of successful literacy. Chapters then cover all the key elements of the new curriculum including word reading, reading comprehension, transcription and composition, plus additional material on drama and reading for pleasure. Throughout the book there is a clear progression from KS1 to KS2 and a focus on creativity as a vital ingredient in successful English teaching.

Author : Alexander W. Wiseman,Gerald K. LeTendre
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781784410162

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Promoting and Sustaining a Quality Teacher Workforce by Alexander W. Wiseman,Gerald K. LeTendre Pdf

The volume considers teacher professionalization by examining how to create pipelines from secondary education into teaching; preparing teacher educators; creating linkages between providers of teacher education and the schools.