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Setting Standards for English Foreign Language Assessment: Methodology, Validation, and a Degree of Arbitrariness
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Tiffin-Richards, Simon P.; Pant, Hans Anand; Koller, Olaf – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2013
Cut-scores were set by expert judges on assessments of reading and listening comprehension of English as a foreign language (EFL), using the bookmark standard-setting method to differentiate proficiency levels defined by the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR). Assessments contained stratified item samples drawn from extensive item…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Language Tests, Standard Setting (Scoring)
Why Sex Differences in Mathematics Achievement Disappear in German Secondary Schools: A Reanalysis of the German TIMSS-Data.
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Hosenfeld, Ingmar; Koller, Olaf; Baumert, Jurgen – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1999
Studied the different enrollment rates of the sexes at four types of German secondary schools to attempt to explain the finding from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) of no significant differences in mathematics achievement between males and females. Sex differences disappear because more girls benefit from the higher…
Descriptors: Enrollment, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Achievement, Secondary Education
Parental Influence on Students' Educational Choices in the United States and Germany: Different Ramifications--Same Effect?
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Schnabel, Kai U.; Alfeld, Corinne; Eccles, Jacquelynne S.; Koller, Olaf; Baumert, Jurgen – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2002
Longitudinal data from 1,425 U.S. and 1,755 German students in grades 7-10 revealed that the influence of family background is more pronounced on early-schooling decisions. In both countries, achievement was the best predictor of career decisions. The cumulative process of social background influences is stronger in Germany. (Contains 49…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Choice, Comparative Education, Foreign Countries
Mathematical World Views and Achievement in Advanced Mathematics in Germany: Findings from TIMSS Population 3.
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Koller, Olaf – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2001
Studied the role mathematical world views, as domain-centered epistemological beliefs, played in the academic lives of upper secondary school students in Germany participating in the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). World views were substantial predictors of achievement in advanced mathematics, even when controlling for…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Course Selection (Students), Foreign Countries, Global Approach
Lieber oft als zu Viel: Hausaufgaben und die Entwicklung von Leistung und Interesse im Mathematik-Unterricht der 7. Jahrgangsstufe (Preferably Often, but Not Too Much--Homework and the Development of Achievement and Interest in Math--Instruction in Seventh Grade).
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Trautwein, Ulrich; Koller, Olaf; Baumert, Jurgen – Zeitschrift fur Padagogik, 2001
Analyzes a subsample of the study, "Learning Processes, Educational Careers, and Psychosocial Development in Adolescence and Young Adulthood," to examine the impact of homework. Focuses on German seventh-grade students (n=2123) in 132 classes. Reports that homework frequency had a positive effect on mathematics achievement. (CMK)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Educational Research, Foreign Countries