The four volumes of proceedings contain research papers presented at the IRC 2004.
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1st IEA International Research Conference
11–13 May 2004, Nicosia, Cyprus
- University of Cyprus campus, Lefkosia (Nicosia)
The 1st IEA International Research Conference (IRC-2004) was organized in cooperation with the Department of Education of the University of Cyprus.
The program comprised two invited keynote speakers and several smaller paper sessions. In total, over 65 papers were presented at the IRC-2004, reporting secondary analysis of data from IEA studies including CIVED, PIRLS, SITES, and TIMSS.
The papers of the conference were published in the four-volume Proceedings of the IRC-2004, and can be downloaded below.
Keynotes
Hans Wagemaker, IEA Executive Director IEA: International studies, impact and transition
Richard M. Wolf, Columbia University, United States The contribution of IEA to research and education
CIVED
Peter Allerup Measuring civic aspects on class level: From the individual student level to class level using six new scales
Jens Bruun and Jens Johansen Interpreting civic aspects at school class level in Denmark: An educational anthropological perspective
Yuk Fai Cheong Analysis of differential item functioning in comparative education studies: The case of the civic education studies
Andrejs Geske Influence of contextual factors on student achievements in mathematics, science and civic knowledge in Latvia
Carolyn Henry Barber A cross-national analysis of the relation of educational trust to expected educational attainment
Vera Husfeldt Negative attitudes towards immigrants: Explaining factors in Germany, Switzerland, England, and Denmark
Orit Ichilov Becoming citizens in Israel: A deeply divided society. Civic orientations in Hebrew and Arab schools
Andris Kangro Latvia's results in IEA Civic Education Study
Georgia Kontogiannopoulou-Polydorides, C. Andritsopoulou, and Georgia Papadopoulou Greek conceptions of citizenship and the state role
Constantinos Papanastasiou and Mary Koutselini Scandinavian students participating in social actions: Finding a unified model
Ian Schagen Further statistical analysis of the IEA civics data to investigate attitudes to citizenship in England
Judith Torney-Purta An overview of secondary analysis of the IEA Civic Education Study, its impact and directions for the future
PIRLS
Dana Diaconu The effects of early literacy activities upon reading achievement in Grade Four in Eastern European countries
Marjeta Doupona-Horvat Reading achievement and school performance
Jan-Eric Gustafsson and Monica Rosén The IEA 10-year trend study of reading literacy: A multivariate reanalysis
Mansoor A. Hameedy Bilinguality of home and school in Iran: Conditions and consequences as showcased in PIRLS
Dirk Hastedt Differences between multiple-choice and constructed response items in PIRLS 2001
Ieva Johansone and Pierre Foy PIRLS 2001 results in the context of the European Union expansion
G. Kontogiannopoulou-Polydorides, G. Fragoulis, and C. Basbas Culturally embedded mapping of students answers in PIRLS items
Michael O. Martin, Ina V.S. Mullis, and Eugenio Gonzalez Home environments fostering children's reading literacy: Results from the PIRLS 2001 study of reading literacy achievement in primary schools in 35 countries
Ina V.S. Mullis, Michael O. Martin, and Eugenio J. Gonzalez International achievement in the processes of reading comprehension: Results from PIRLS 2001 in 35 countries
Eva Myrberg and Monica Rosén The impact of teacher competence in public and independent schools in Sweden
Ian Schagen Multilevel analysis of PIRLS data for England
Mieke van Diepen, Ludo Verhoeven, and Cor Aarnoutse Determinants of reading literacy in industrialized societies
Ulrika Wolff Different patterns of reading performance: A latent profile analysis
Kajsa Yang Hansen, Monica Rosén, and Jan-Eric Gustafsson Effects of socio-economic status on reading achievement at collective and individual levels in Sweden in 1991 and 2001
Kajsa Yang Hansen, Monica Rosén, and Jan-Eric Gustafsson Measures of self-reported reading resources, attitudes and activities based on latent variable modelling
SITES
Ronald E. Anderson Tacit knowledge and pedagogical efficacy using the SITES M2
Nancy Law, Angela Chow, and Allan H.K. Yuen Methodological approaches to comparing pedagogical innovations using technology
Rafi Nachmias, David Mioduser, Anat Cohen, Dorit Tubin, and Alona Forkosh-Baruch Levels, domains and involved factors: Implementation of pedagogical innovations using technology
Allan Yuen, Nancy Law, and Angela Chow Comparing innovations: Educational and institutional issues
TIMSS
Carl Angell Exploring students' intuitive ideas based on physics items in TIMSS-1995
Alka Arora and María José Ramírez Developing indicators of educational contexts in TIMSS
Menucha Birenbaum, Curtis Tatsuoka, and Tomoko Yamada Diagnostic assessment in TIMSS-R: Comparison of eighth graders' mathematics knowledge states in the United States, Japan, and Israel
Barbara Neža Brečko How family background influences student achievement
James R. Campbell, Marilyn Verna, and Sharon O'Connor-Petruso Gender paradigms
Liv Sissel Grønmo, Marit Kjærnsli, and Svein Lie Looking for cultural and geographical factors in patterns of responses to TIMSS items
Richard T. Houang, William H. Schmidt, and Leland Cogan Curriculum and learning gains in mathematics: A cross-country analysis using TIMSS
Sarah J. Howie and Tjeerd Plomp The importance of national options in IEA international comparative studies: Exploring the effects of language proficiency upon secondary students' performance in TIMSS '99 mathematics in South Africa
Dougal Hutchison Clustering effects in TIMSS
Dragan Janjetovic and Dusica Malinic Family variables as predictors of mathematics and science self-concept of students
Barbara Japelj Pavešič and Simona Korenjak-Černe Differences in teaching and learning mathematics in classes over the world: The application of adapted leaders clustering method
Richard M. Jones Research on TIMSS data provides information for educational improvement in Ontario
Yaacov Katz and Ofer Rimon The development of quantitative reasoning and quantitative literacy
Ali Reza Kiamanesh Factors affecting Iranian students' achievement in mathematics
Mareike Kunter and Jürgen Baumert Constructivist approaches in the secondary school mathematics classroom and their effects on students' learning, interest, and sense of challenge: A re-analysis of the German TIMSS data
Leonidas Kyriakides and Charalambos Charalambous Extending the scope of analysing data of IEA studies: Applying multilevel modelling techniques to analyse TIMSS data
Pi-Jen Lin The mathematical achievement of fourth-graders of Taiwan in the TIMSS 2003 field test
Xin Ma and Constantinos Papanastasiou How to begin a new topic in mathematics: Does it matter to students' performance in mathematics?
George A. Marcoulides, Ronald H. Heck, and Constantinos Papanastasiou Student perceptions of school culture and achievement: Testing the invariance of a model
Canda Mueller Engheta Education goals: Results shown by the TIMSS-99 for participating G8 countries
Sharon O'Connor-Petruso and Kathleen Miranda Gender inequities among the top scoring nations, Singapore, Republic of Korea, and Chinese Taipei, in mathematics achievement from the TIMSS-R study
Sharon O'Connor-Petruso, Marjorie Schiering, Barbara Hayes, and Basilio Serrano Pedagogical and parental influences in mathematics achievement by gender among select European countries from the TIMSS-R study
Elena C. Papanastasiou, Zacharias Zacharia, and Michalinos Zembylas Examining when instructional activities work well in relation to science achievement
Elena C. Papanastasiou, Michalinos Zembylas, and Charalambos Vrasidas Reexamining patterns of negative computer-use and achievement relationships: Where and why do they exist?
Pasi Reinikainen Explanatory variables of science achievement in Finland: Cultural approach
Chryssa Sofianopoulou, Maria Ntelikou, and Dimitris Boulamatsis Educational-teaching practices and achievement TIMSS: Mathematics
Milijana Suskavcevic and Sally Blake Principals' leadership and student achievement: An examination of the TIMSS 1999
Jan Van Damme, Marie-Christine Opdenakker, and Ann Van den Broeck Do classes and schools have an effect on attitudes towards mathematics?
Ann Van den Broeck, Jan Van Damme, and Marie-Christine Opdenakker The effects of student, class and school characteristics on mathematics achievement: Explaining the variance in Flemish TIMSS-R data
Hsing Chi A. Wang Performance assessment: Ideas for redesign and revitalization of its role in international comparative studies
Olga Zelmanova Some interesting aspects of TIMSS-99 analysis in Slovakia
Ruth Zuzovsky Grouping and its effect on 8th graders' science and mathematics achievements