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Learning Strategies as Moderators between Motivation and Mathematics Performance in East Asian Students: Latent Class Analysis
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Wu, Yi-Jhen; Chen, Yi-Hsin; Kiefer, Sarah M.; Carstensen, Claus H. – SAGE Open, 2021
This study applied a three-step latent class analysis (LCA) approach to explore latent classes of learning strategy use and their moderation effects on the relationships between motivation and mathematics performance. The data of 15-year-old students from five East Asian educational systems related to Chinese culture in the Programme of…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Learning Motivation, Mathematics Tests, Mathematics Achievement
Relationships between Learning Strategies and Self-Efficacy: A Cross-Cultural Comparison between Taiwan and the United States Using Latent Class Analysis
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Wu, Yi-Jhen; Kiefer, Sarah M.; Chen, Yi-Hsin – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2020
Learning behavior of East Asian students has been debated due to their striking performance on international large-scale assessments. This study was a comparative study using latent class analysis to examine students' perceptions of learning strategies, students' reported learning strategy use, and the relationships between learning strategies and…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Self Efficacy, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries
Cross-Cultural Evaluation of Item Wording Effects on an Attitudinal Scale
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Yang, Yanyun; Chen, Yi-Hsin; Lo, Wen-Juo; Turner, Jeannine E. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2012
Previous studies have shown that method effects associated with item wording produce artifactual factors and threaten scale validity. This study examines item wording effects on a scale of attitudes toward learning mathematics for Taiwanese and U.S. samples. Analyses from a series of CFA (confirmatory factor analysis) models support the presence…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Cross Cultural Studies, Test Items, Grade 4