1st IRC, 2004
11-13 May 2004, Nicosia, Cyprus
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 IEA 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.
Keynote presentations
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
Bruun, Jens
Johansen, Jens
Interpreting civic aspects at school class level in Denmark
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Cheong, Yuk Fai
Analysis of differential item functioning in comparative education studies
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Barber, Carolyn Henry
A cross-national analysis of the relation of educational trust to expected educational attainment
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Kontogiannopoulou-Polydorides, Georgia
Andritsopoulou, C.
Papadopoulou, Georgia
Greek conceptions of citizenship and the state role
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Mellor, Suzanne
National assessment of civic and citizenship education outcomes in Australia
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Papanastasiou, Constantinos
Koutselini, Mary
Scandinavian students participating in social actions
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Torney-Purta, Judith
An overview of secondary analysis of the IEA Civic Education Study, its impact and directions for the future
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PIRLS
Gustafsson, Jan-Eric
Rosén, Monica
The IEA 10-year trend study of reading literacy
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Johansone, Ieva
Foy, Pierre
PIRLS 2001 results in the context of the European Union expansion
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Kontogiannopoulou-Polydorides, Georgia
Fragoulis, G.
Basbas, C.
Culturally embedded mapping of students answers in PIRLS items
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Martin, Michael O.
Mullis, Ina V.S.
Gonzalez, Eugenio J.
Home environments fostering children's reading literacy
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Mullis, Ina V.S.
Martin, Michael O.
Gonzalez, Eugenio J.
International achievement in the processes of reading comprehension
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Myrberg, Eva
Rosén, Monica
The impact of teacher competence in public and independent schools in Sweden
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Diepen, Mieke van
Verhoeven, L.
Aarnoutse, Cor
Determinants of reading literacy in industrialized societies
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Hansen, Kajsa Yang
Rosén, Monica
Gustafsson, Jan-Eric
Effects of socio-economic status on reading achievement at collective and individual levels in Sweden in 1991 and 2001
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Hansen, Kajsa Yang
Rosén, Monica
Gustafsson, Jan-Eric
Measures of self-reported reading resources, attitudes and activities based on latent variable modelling
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SITES
Anderson, Ronald E.
Tacit knowledge and pedagogical efficacy using the SITES M2
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Law, Nancy
Chow, Angela
Yuen, Allan H. K.
Methodological approaches to comparing pedagogical innovations using technology
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Nachmias, Rafi
Mioduser, David
Cohen, Anat
Tubin, Dorit
Forkosh-Baruch, Alona
Levels, domains and involved factors
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TIMSS
Angell, Carl
Exploring students' intuitive ideas based on physics items in TIMSS-1995
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Arora, Alka
Ramírez, María José
Developing indicators of educational contexts in TIMSS
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Birenbaum, Menucha
Tatsuoka, Curtis
Yamada, Tomoko
Diagnostic assessment in TIMSS-R
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Grønmo, Liv Sissel
Kjærnsli, Marit
Lie, Svein
Looking for cultural and geographical factors in patterns of responses to TIMSS items
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Houang, Richard T.
Schmidt, William H.
Cogan, Leland S.
Curriculum and learning gains in mathematics
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Howie, Sarah J.
Plomp, Tjeerd
The importance of national options in IEA international comparative studies
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Janjetovic, Dragan
Malinic, Dusica
Family variables as predictors of mathematics and science self-concept of students
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Japelj-Pavešič, Barbara
Korenjak-Černe, Simona
Differences in teaching and learning mathematics in classes over the world
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Katz, Yaacov
Rimon, Ofer
The development of quantitative reasoning and quantitative literacy
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Kiamanesh, Ali Reza
Factors affecting Iranian students' achievement in mathematics
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Kunter, Mareike
Baumert, Jürgen
Constructivist approaches in the secondary school mathematics classroom and their effects on students' learning, interest, and sense of challenge
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Kyriakides, Leonidas
Charalambous, Charalambos
Extending the scope of analysing data of IEA studies
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Marcoulides, George A.
Heck, Ronald H.
Papanastasiou, Constantinos
Student perceptions of school culture and achievement
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O'Connor-Petruso, Sharon
Miranda, Kathleen
Gender inequities among the top scoring nations, Singapore, Republic of Korea, and Chinese Taipei, in mathematics achievement from the TIMSS-R study
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O'Connor-Petruso, Sharon
Schiering, Marjorie
Hayes, Barbara
Serrano, Basilio
Pedagogical and parental influences in mathematics achievement by gender among select European countries from the TIMSS-R study
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Papanastasiou, Elena C.
Zacharia, Zacharias
Zembylas, Michalinos
Examining when instructional activities work well in relation to science achievemen
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Papanastasiou, Elena C.
Zembylas, Michalinos
Vrasidas, Charalambos
Reexamining patterns of negative computer-use and achievement relationships
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Sofianopoulou, Chryssa
Ntelikou, Maria
Boulamatsis, Dimitris
Educational-teaching practices and achievement TIMSS-Mathematics
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Suskavcevic, Milijana
Blake, Sally
Principals' leadership and student achievement
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Van Damme, Jan
Opdenakker, Marie-Christine
Van den Broeck, Ann
Do classes and schools have an effect on attitudes towards mathematics
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Van den Broeck, Ann
Van Damme, Jan
Opdenakker, Marie-Christine
The effects of student, class and school characteristics on mathematics achievement
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Zuzovsky, Ruth
Grouping and its effect on 8th graders' science and mathematics achievements
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