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Henry Isaiah Braun; Matthias von Davier; Jihang Chen – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2025
International large-scale assessments (ILSA) are an important source of information for education policymakers across the globe. Despite sponsors' warnings, when results are published, media attention focuses on country rankings and changes in scores. Score changes are evaluated using a two-sided z-statistic, with statistical significance declared…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests
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Lyrica Lucas; Anum Khushal; Robert Mayes; Brian A. Couch; Joseph Dauer – International Journal of Science Education, 2025
Educational reform priorities such as emphasis on quantitative modelling (QM) have positioned undergraduate biology instructors as designers of QM experiences to engage students in authentic science practices that support the development of data-driven and evidence-based reasoning. Yet, little is known about how biology instructors adapt to the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Science, Biology, Classroom Observation Techniques
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Grace C. Tetschner; Sachin Nedungadi – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2025
Many undergraduate chemistry students hold alternate conceptions related to resonance--an important and fundamental topic of organic chemistry. To help address these alternate conceptions, an organic chemistry instructor could administer the resonance concept inventory (RCI), which is a multiple-choice assessment that was designed to identify…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation, Item Response Theory, Scores
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Helena C. Malinakova – Journal of Chemical Education, 2025
Organic chemistry presents a significant obstacle for students seeking entry into health-related professions. Students' ability to develop effective study approaches is an important predictor of success in the course. Herein, we report an investigation utilizing an OCH-adjusted M-ASSIST instrument to assess possible changes in students' study…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Study Habits, Organic Chemistry, Structural Equation Models
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F. Sehkar Fayda-Kinik; Munevver Cetin – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2025
Background: The unprecedented access to information in the 21st century entails a deep understanding of information and communication technology (ICT)-related factors in education and their impacts on learning and teaching. The role of attitudes towards ICT is a proven factor in student achievement. However, there is no consensus about the…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Academic Achievement, Secondary Education