Testing Models on the Genesis of Academic Self-Concepts: Findings of the PISA StudySummary: The nationally representative sample of 15-year-old students investigated in the PISA study (Programme for International Student Assessment) provides achievement ...
Summary: The fact that students are at an advantage when working on reading literacy items from their own cultural and linguistic background in an international large scale assessment can be seen as a threat to the fairness of a test. An IRT-based ...
Effects of Test Context on Students' Achievements in Analytical Problem Solving and MathematicsResults from PISA 2003 for Germany show considerable differences between students' comparably high problem-solving competence and their average mathematical ...
Screen Consumption and Cognitive Competence in AdolescenceAbstract.Background: In two studies, the correlations between screen consumption among children and adolescents and their cognitive competencies are ...
Data from 30 nations on the relationship between educational performance in reading, mathematical, and scientific literacy as assessed in the PISA survey and the health performance indicators of the World Health report are analyzed. Health level was ...