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Download full textPeck, Robert F. – 1981
This study undertook to develop an improved conceptual system for explaining effective behavior; to build reliable measures of the components of that behavior; to develop and apply the measures internationally; and to validate the measures and concepts against objective criteria of achievement. An eight-nation team defined three sets of components…
Descriptors: Competence, Coping, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Secondary Education
Harnisch, Delwyn L.; And Others – Evaluation in Education: An International Review Series, 1985
The High School Mathematics Test was administered to 9,582 high school students in Illinois and to 1,700 in Japan. The Japanese sample scored more than two standard deviations above the American sample. Factors associated with mathematics achievement included number of mathematics courses taken and student motivation. (GDC)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Experience, Foreign Countries, High Schools
