Cognitive Abilities and Educational Outcomes A Festschrift in Honour of Jan-Eric Gustafsson /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rosén, Monica (Editor), Yang Hansen, Kajsa (Editor), Wolff, Ulrika (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Methodology of Educational Measurement and Assessment,
• Subjects: Education.; Assessment.; Statistics.; Psychometrics.; Assessment, Testing and Evaluation.; Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law.

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...

Table of 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.