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Examining Big-Fish-Little-Pond-Effects across 49 Countries: A Multilevel Latent Variable Modelling Approach
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Wang, Ze – Educational Psychology, 2015
Using data from the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2007, this study examined the big-fish-little-pond-effects (BFLPEs) in 49 countries. In this study, the effect of math ability on math self-concept was decomposed into a within- and a between-level components using implicit mean centring and the complex data…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Ability, Mathematics, Self Concept, Hierarchical Linear Modeling
Do More Knowledgeable Adolescents Have More Rationally Based Civic Attitudes? Analysis of 38 Countries
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Lauglo, Jon – Educational Psychology, 2013
This paper discusses the concept of "rational civic attitudes" and its link to knowledge, using data on eighth-grade students from 38 countries in the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement International Civic and Citizenship Education Study to examine these questions: (1) Are country-averages on self-reported…
Descriptors: Civics, Cross Cultural Studies, Knowledge Level, Grade 8
Re-Examining Factor Structure of the Attitudinal Items from TIMSS 2003 in Cross-Cultural Study of Mathematics Self-Concept
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Liu, Shujie; Meng, Lingqi – Educational Psychology, 2010
The aims of this study were to examine the factor structure of the attitudinal questionnaire items from Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2003 and to investigate low- and high-performing students' mathematics self-concept in East Asian societies and in the USA. The participants were 24,119 eighth-graders, 4856 from…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Self Concept Measures, Questionnaires, Self Concept
An Empirical Study of Gender Difference in the Relationship between Self-Concept and Mathematics Achievement in a Cross-Cultural Context
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Wang, Jianjun – Educational Psychology, 2006
The reciprocal relationship between mathematics achievement and self-concept is examined in this study to expand the existing knowledge to a cross-cultural setting. Based on analyses of educational data two years before and after Hong Kong's sovereignty switch in 1997, this investigation shows a weak reciprocal relationship among the eighth-grade…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Self Concept, Mathematics Achievement, Cross Cultural Studies