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Xin Ma; Xingkai Luo – Evaluation Review, 2024
With an educational issue that has caught the attention of many countries in the world (study load), a population of 8th graders from a typical Chinese metropolitan city (40,536 from 118 schools), and an advanced statistical strategy (multilevel piecewise regression), we examined whether there was a turning point in terms of the effects of study…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Study Habits, Middle School Students, Grade 8
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Ma, Xin; Papanastasiou, Constantinos – Evaluation Review, 2006
The authors use Canadian data from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study to examine six instructional methods that mathematics teachers use to introduce new topics in mathematics on performance of eighth-grade students in six mathematical areas (mathematics as a whole, algebra, data analysis, fraction, geometry, and measurement).…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Teachers
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Harskamp, E.; Suhre, C. – Evaluation Review, 1994
A study involving 34 Dutch eighth-grade teachers and their classes explored the accuracy, reliability, and predictive validity of a logbook procedure for assessing the opportunity to learn mathematics. Results suggest that the logbook approach is reliable and that the variables measured are good predictors of the learning progress. (SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Foreign Countries