Cognitive abilities and educational outcomes : a Festschrift in honour of Jan-Eric Gustafsson /: a Festschrift in honour of Jan-Eric Gustafsson. (©2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Monica Rosén, Hansen Kajsa Yang, Ulrika Wolff, editors.
• Other Names: Gustafsson, Jan-Eric, 1949-; Rosén, Monica; Yang-Hansen, Kajsa, 1969-; Wolff, Ulrika
• Contents: Preface -- 1. Introduction -- PART I: Cognitive Abilities -- 2. What is Fluid Intelligence? Can it be Improved? -- 3. Mind and Intelligence: Integrating Developmental, Psychometric, and Cognitive Theories of Human Mind -- 4. Gender Differences in Broad and Narrow Ability Dimensions. A Confirmatory Factor Analytic Approach -- 5. Exploring Effects of Following Different Tracks of Study in Upper Secondary Education on Performance on a Cognitive Test -- 6. Reflections on (Bi) Factor Analysis -- PART II: Causes and Effects of Educational Achievement -- 7. Searching for Causality to Develop and Test Theoretical Models of Educational Effectiveness Research -- 8. Countries' Strive towards More Quality and Equity in Education: Success or Failure? Evidence from TIMSS 2003 and 2011, Grade 4 -- 9. School Resources and Student Achievement: A Review of Cross-country Economic Research -- 10. A Question of Validity: Clarifying the Hierarchical Nature of Teacher Cognition -- 11. Empirical Puzzles on Effective Teachers: U.S. Research -- PART III: Modelling Measurement Properties -- 12. Measuring Changing Educational Contexts in a Changing World: Evolution of the TIMSS and PIRLS Questionnaires -- 13. General and Specific Factors in Selection Modeling -- 14. CTT and no DIF and? = (almost) Rasch Model -- 15. Balance: A Neglected Aspect of Reporting Test Results -- 16. Views on Classical Statistical Modelling in Competition with Rasch Methodology -- Appendices.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 370.1523; Education; Learning ability; Education -- Aims and objectives; Educational tests and measurements; EDUCATION -- Essays; EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions; EDUCATION -- Reference; Education -- Aims and objectives; Educational tests and measurements; Learning ability; Education; Assessment, Testing and Evaluation; Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law; Psychometrics; Social Science -- Statistics; Psychology -- Assessment, Testing & Measurement; Social research & statistics; Psychological testing & measurement; Educational tests and measuremen; Statistics; Psychometrics; Education -- Evaluation; Examinations & assessment; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319434735
• Related ISBNs: 331943473X; 9783319434728; 3319434721
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 24, 2016).
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