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Arikan, Serkan; van de Vijver, Fons J. R.; Yagmur, Kutlay – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2018
We examined Differential Item Functioning (DIF) and the size of cross-cultural performance differences in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2012 mathematics data before and after application of propensity score matching. The mathematics performance of Indonesian, Turkish, Australian, and Dutch students on released items was…
Descriptors: Probability, Test Bias, Mathematics Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Abubakar, Amina; van de Vijver, Fons J. R.; Alonso-Arbiol, Itziar; Suryani, Angela O.; Pandia, Weny Savitry; Handani, Penny; Arasa, Josephine; Mazrui, Lubna; Murugumi, Margaret – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2016
Despite its popularity, the factorial structure of the Psychological Sense of School Membership (PSSM) Questionnaire remains controversial. The current study set out to clarify its structure across different cultural contexts. The study was carried out among 1,928 adolescents aged 11 to 20 years in the Netherlands, Kenya, Indonesia, and Spain.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Sense of Community, Questionnaires
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Byrne, Barbara M.; van de Vijver, Fons J. R. – International Journal of Testing, 2010
A critical assumption in cross-cultural comparative research is that the instrument measures the same construct(s) in exactly the same way across all groups (i.e., the instrument is measurement and structurally equivalent). Structural equation modeling (SEM) procedures are commonly used in testing these assumptions of multigroup equivalence.…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Cross Cultural Studies, Measurement, Comparative Analysis
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Schalk-Soekar, Saskia R. G.; Breugelmans, Seger M.; van de Vijver, Fons J. R. – International Social Science Journal, 2008
A study on the support for multiculturalism was carried out among 250 members of the majority group in a Dutch city. The concept of multiculturalism was found to be one-dimensional. The endorsement of multiculturalism was moderate and varied across domains; the respondents were neutral towards the (dis)approval of cultural diversity and the…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Acculturation, Cultural Pluralism, Foreign Countries
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van de Vijver, Fons J. R. – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2008
A set of 5 reaction time tests of increasing cognitive complexity were administered to 35 secondary school pupils in Zimbabwe and The Netherlands at 4 consecutive school days in order to explore the existence and nature of cross-cultural differences on reaction time tests measuring basic cognitive operations. No cross-cultural differences were…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Socioeconomic Status, Reaction Time, Cultural Differences