4th IEA International Research Conference

4th IRC, 2010

1-3 July 2010, Gothenburg, Sweden

The 4th IEA International Research Conference (IRC-2010) was organized in cooperation with the University of Gothenburg and the University of Oslo.

Conference program

The conference program comprised papers related to several IEA studies: CIVED, ICCS, PIRLS, SITES, TEDS-M, TIMSS, and TIMSS Advanced.

The conference was preceded on 29–30 June 2010 by three workshops: "Introduction to IEA Databases and IDB Analyzer," "Using HLM with Large-Scale Assessment Data," and "Assessment Designs, Item Response Theory, and Proficiency Estimates."

IRC 2010 Conference Program

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Keynote presentations

Gustafsson, Jan-Eric Causal inference in international comparative research on student achievement

Lehmann, Rainer The scientific contributions of Torsten Husén and Neville Postlethwaite to the development of international comparative research on educational achievement

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Mullis, Ina V.S. Martin, Michael O. Measuring trends in TIMSS and PIRLS

CIVED and ICCS

Barber, Carolyn Torney-Purta, Judith Fennelly, Katherine Adolescents' attitudes toward immigrants' rights and nationalism in 25 countries

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Čekse, Ireta Geske, Andrejs Kangro, Andris The influence of the education reforms in Latvia on the quality of civic education and democracy in the teaching/learning process

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Covacevich, Catalina The impact of social desirability in the International Civics and Citizenship Education Study ICCS 2009 student questionnaires

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Fraillon, Julian Schulz, Wolfram Ainley, John Regional differential item function in the International Civics and Citizenship Education Study

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Homana, Gary Croninger, Robert Torney-Purta, Judith Adolescent civic engagement in Australia and the United States

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Naayer, H.M. Isac, M.M. European citizenship in Dutch secondary education

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Schulz, Wolfram Ainley, John Van-de-gaer, Eva Preparedness for active citizenship among lower secondary students in international comparison

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Schulz, Wolfram Fraillon, Julian Ainley, John Van-de-gaer, Eva Explaining differences in civic knowledge across 38 countries

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Toots, Anu Idnurm, Tõnu Does the context matter? Attitudes towards multiculturalism amongst Russian students in Estonia, Latvia and Russian Federation

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Torney-Purta, Judith Wilkenfeld, Britt Experience in civic education classrooms associated with students' achievement and engagement in three post-communist countries

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Zhang, Ting Torney-Purta, Judith Assessing student's cognitive content and process skills in IEA CIVED

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PIRLS

Alivernini, Fabio A top-down evaluation of factors related to the largest performance gap in reading literacy across 25 countries

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Alivernini, Fabio Lucidi, Fabio Manganelli, Sara Losito, Bruno The interplay between school, teacher, family and student factors and their relationships to reading literacy in Italy

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Caro, Daniel H. Lenkeit, Jenny An analytical approach to study socioeconomic gradients

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Chang, Yuwen Wang, Jennwu Examining testlet effects on the PIRLS 2006 assessment

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Foy, Pierre Martin, Michael O. Mullis, Ina V.S. The limits of measurement

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Frank, Elisabeth Rosén, Monica On the importance of a safe school and classroom climate for student achievement in reading literacy

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Geske, Andrejs Ozola, Antra Differential item functioning in the aspect of gender differences in reading literacy

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Howie, Sarah J. The relationship between early childhood backgrounds and reading achievement in low and high achieving countries in PIRLS 2006

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Jakubowski, Maciej Pokropek, Artur Reading achievement growth across countries

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Kennedy, Ann M. Trong, Kathleen L. Influence of the home literacy environment on reading motivation and reading comprehension

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Lawes, Elliot The varying relationship between New Zealand students' attitude to reading and reading literacy achievement

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Lee, Moosung Hallinger, Philip National contexts influencing principals' time use

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Liberg, Caroline A close reading of reading comprehension among Swedish students in Grade 4

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Milek, Anne Stubbe, Tobias C. Trautwein, Ulrich Luedtke, Oliver Maaz, Kai Reference group effects on teachers' school track recommendations

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Netten, Andrea Cultural and linguistic diversity in reading literacy achievement

Ogle, Laurence T. Academic work ethics and student outcomes

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Preuschoff, Corinna Martin, Michael O. Mullis, Ina V.S. Exploring ways to enhance reporting TIMSS and PIRLS background data by developing an indicator of effective school environments for learning to read

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Quittre, Valérie Monseur, Christian Exploring local item dependency for items clustered around common reading passage in PIRLS data

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Rosén, Monica Strietholt, Rolf On the degree of comparability in trend studies as a function of differences in age and schooling

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Stanco, Gabrielle M. Martin, Michael O. Mullis, Ina V.S. Examining the components of linking error of trend estimation in PIRLS

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Tarelli, Irmela Stubbe, Tobias C. Home literacy environment and reading achievement

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Trong, Kathleen L. The relative risk-percentage equity index

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Van Staden, Surette Howie, Sarah J. Reading between the lines

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Hansen, Kajsa Yang Munck, Ingrid M.E Exploring the measurement profiles of socioeconomic background and their differences in reading achievement

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Zuzovsky, Ruth Instructional variables involved in problems associated with diglossia in Arabic speaking schools in Israel

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PIRLS and TIMSS

Brese, Falk Mirazchiyski, Plamen Measuring students' family background in large-scale education studies

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Gustafsson, Jan-Eric Knowledge and skills in Swedish comprehensive school during 40 years

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Johansone, Ieva Achievement equity by urbanization in Latvia's primary education

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Rutkowski, Leslie The impact of missing at random data on subgroup estimation

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Zuzovsky, Ruth Steinberg, David Libman, Zipi Achievement data in IEA studies and Simpson's Paradox

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SITES

Ainley, John Influences on the implementation of ICT in teaching in Australia

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Forkosh-Baruch, Alona Nachmias, Rafi Mioduser, David ICT in Hebrew speaking and Arabic speaking schools in Israel: Findings from SITES 2006

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Hinostroza, J. Enrique Brun, Mario ICT in education policy and practice in Chile

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TEDS-M

Blömeke, Sigrid Suhl, Ute Houang, Richard T. Diagnosing specific strengths and weaknesses of teacher education by using different approaches to modeling multidimensionality

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Cañadas, María C. Gómez, Pedro Rico, Luis Structure of primary mathematics teacher education programs in Spain

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Meinck, Sabine Dumais, Jean Sampling design for the Teacher Education and Development Study in Mathematics (TEDS-M)

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TIMSS

Afana, Yasin Lietz, Petra Tobin, Mollie The relationship between school resources and mathematics achievement at Grade 8

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Alivernini, Fabio Palmerio, Laura Vinci, Emanuela Di-Leo, Ines An analysis of factors affecting pupils' science achievement in Italy

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Åström, Maria Comparison of student positive attitudes towards science (PATS) with students' results in Australia, England, Norway and Sweden

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Basl, Josef Tomášek, Vladislav Why has average achievement in mathematics in the Czech Republic decreased since 1995 according to TIMSS results?

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Boey, Kok Leong Dindyal, Jaguthsing Singapore Grade 8 students' performance in science by gender in TIMSS 2007

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Carstens, Ralph Hastedt, Dirk The effect of not using plausible values when they should be

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Cliffordson, Christina Gustafsson, Jan-Eric Effects of schooling and age on performance in mathematics and science

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Diaconu, Dana Learning more science in single-sex or in coeducational schools?

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Drent, M. Meelissen, Martina R. M. Van-der-Kleij, F.M. The contribution of TIMSS to theories of educational effectiveness

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Geske, Andrejs Geske, Rita Content of textbooks: One of the factors affecting fourth-grader science achievements in TIMSS

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Grønmo, Liv Sissel Gustafsson, Jan-Eric Student achievement in mathematics in Norway and Sweden as evidenced by TIMSS

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Hansson, Åse Gustafsson, Jan-Eric Measurement invariance of socioeconomic status across migrational background

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Hastedt, Dirk Changing populations in TIMSS cycles

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Ismail, Noor Azina Awang, Halimah Analyzing the relationship between self-confidence in mathematics and students' characteristics using multinomial logistic regression

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Jen, Tsung-Hau Tam, Hak Ping Wu, Margaret An estimation of the design effect for the two-stage stratified cluster sampling design

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Kabiri, Masoud Gharbi, Elham Shavand Comparing high with low science performance students in some variables of fourth grader in Iran

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Kiamanesh, Ali Reza Mohsenpour, Maryam Trends in factors affecting Iranian eighth graders' mathematics achievement by gender (TIMSS 1999, 2003 & 2007)

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Miller, David C. Scheller, Christina Ford, Karly Sarita A cross-national analysis of the educational expectations of eighth-grade boys and girls

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Straková, Jana Trends in differentiation of student achievement and learning conditions in the Czech compulsory education

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Stubbe, Tobias C. Buddeberg, Magdalena Poverty and school achievement

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Sturman, Linda Lin, Yin TIMSS 2007 secondary analysis

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Wiberg, Marie Andersson, Ewa School-effectiveness in mathematics in Sweden compared with countries in Europe and Asia-Pacific

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TIMSS Advanced

Arora, Alka Relationship among curriculum coverage, teacher preparedness, and student achievement in TIMSS Advanced 2008

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Eklöf, Hanna Student motivation and effort in the Swedish TIMSS Advanced field study

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Japelj-Pavešič, Barbara Where are the best mathematics students hiding in Slovenia?

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Kozina, Ana Rožman, Mojca Vršnik-Perše, Tina Leban, Tina Rutar The school climate as a predictor of the achievement in TIMSS Advanced study

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Nyström, Peter Lind, Annika Kjellsson Alignment between TIMSS Advanced and the Swedish national curriculum

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Nyström, Peter Lind, Annika Kjellsson Textbook based analysis of TIMSS Advanced

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Pedersen, Ida Friestad Grønmo, Liv Sissel Norwegian upper secondary school students' performance in solving algebraic inequalities

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