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Brenner, Philip S.; Buskirk, Trent D. – Field Methods, 2022
We tested a novel extension to mailed invitations to a web-push survey, using a postcard invitation to deliver a scratch-off giftcode incentive similar to an instant-win lottery ticket. Scratch-off postcards were included as one of five conditions in randomized survey experiment varying two mailing types (letter and postcard) and three incentive…
Descriptors: Incentives, Response Rates (Questionnaires), Cost Effectiveness, Letters (Correspondence)
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Schnell, Rainer; Redlich, Sarah; Göritz, Anja S. – Field Methods, 2022
Frequency of behaviors or amounts of variables of interest are essential topics in many surveys. The use of heuristics might cause rounded answers, resulting in the increased occurrence of end-digits (called heaping or digit-preference). For web surveys (or CASI), we propose using a conditional prompt as input validation if digits indicating…
Descriptors: Online Surveys, Validity, Numbers, Computation
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Bettencourt, Genia M.; Wells, Ryan S.; Abbott, Jordan A. – Teachers College Record, 2022
Background: Although students with disabilities are enrolling in higher education in larger numbers than ever before, they are still underrepresented in colleges and universities, particularly among four-year institutions. College choice has been explored across multiple facets, but limited research has examined the college choice processes of…
Descriptors: College Choice, Disabilities, Accessibility (for Disabled), Higher Education
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Zimbalist, Zack – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2022
Public attitude surveys provide invaluable data for assessing perceptions, values, and attitudes across societies and over time. Ideally, respondents feel secure to disclose accurate information (avoiding reporting bias and item non-response) in the context of a face-to-face interview. Yet, survey research seldom accounts for peer effects caused…
Descriptors: Audiences, Responses, Bias, Public Opinion
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Cooney, Jennifer; Siegel, Peter – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2019
In institution research, surveys of students or faculty can be a helpful tool to gather data. Surveying a sample of students or faculty and computing weights to be able to make inferences to your student or faculty population are important. In this chapter, we introduce the connected topics of sampling and weighting. We begin with a discussion on…
Descriptors: Sampling, Student Surveys, Teacher Surveys, Weighted Scores
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Melissa Kay Diliberti; Heather L. Schwartz – RAND Corporation, 2024
Since its launch in the midst of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the American School District Panel (ASDP) has been used to monitor timely topics in kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) public education. Over time, ASDP surveys have coalesced around four key challenges that U.S. public school districts face today: school…
Descriptors: School Surveys, Teacher Surveys, School Districts, Educational Trends
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Xin Liu; Kajsa Yang Hansen; Jan De Neve; Martin Valcke – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2024
The present study examines the measurement property of instructional quality in mathematics education, building on data from teachers and students, by combing TALIS 2013 and PISA 2012 linkage data from seven countries. Confirmatory factor analysis was applied to examine the dimensionality of the construct instructional quality in mathematics…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Mathematics Instruction, Educational Quality
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Martin-Kniep, Giselle O.; Lane, Brett – AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice, 2020
This article focuses on how principals can use parallel surveys that tap multiple perspectives to identify improvement needs, priorities, and the relevance and effectiveness of actions and strategies implemented, and ultimately use this data to support ongoing improvement. We explore the use of survey data that couples principals' self-assessment…
Descriptors: Principals, Needs Assessment, Reflection, Data Use
Mikheeva, Ekaterina, Ed.; Meyer, Sebastian, Ed. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2020
IEA's International Computer and Information Literacy Study (ICILS) 2018 is designed to assess how well students are prepared for study, work, and life in a digital world. The study measures international differences in students' computer and information literacy (CIL): their ability to use computers to investigate, create, participate, and…
Descriptors: International Assessment, Computer Literacy, Information Literacy, Computer Assisted Testing
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Michael Fitzgerald; Saeed Salimpour; David McKinnon; Rachel Freed; Dan Reichart – Journal for STEM Education Research, 2025
There has been a sustained interest in student perceptions about STEM fields and their choice of careers over the past few decades. Research has shown that there is a decline in students pursuing STEM careers, and this has raised global concern. Despite these issues, no unistructural, broad, parsimonious and unambiguous quantitative instrument…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, STEM Careers, Undergraduate Students, Career Choice
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Kouhsari, Masoumeh; Chen, Junjun; Baniasad, Shahin – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2023
The current study examines how teachers' professional wellbeing is affected by teacher-level and school-level factors using the TALIS 2018 data. Teacher-level factors consist of teachers' instructional practices and teachers' professional practices and school-level factors include school climate, school leadership styles and workload. The…
Descriptors: Teachers, Well Being, Influences, Administrator Surveys
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Xu, Jinjie; Zhu, Yan – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
Currently, Shanghai, China is facing a contradictory situation in process of digitalization in education. Supply and allocation of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure are relatively adequate and equitable, but the share of teacher-supported classroom ICT use for student learning in digital environment is much lower than…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Self Management, Learning Strategies, Teacher Role
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Chen, Robin Jung-Cheng; Lin, Hsin-Chih; Hsueh, Yi-Lung; Hsieh, Chuan-Chung – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2020
This study aims to explore relationship between teacher self-efficacy and teacher teaching practice in junior high schools at Taiwan. TALIS (2018) survey database is adopted, and 3106 teachers were analyzed in this research. Through literature review and exploratory factor analysis (EFA), the research model is assumed to include two constructs…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Self Efficacy, Instructional Effectiveness, Junior High School Teachers
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Pastore, Serafina; Manuti, Amelia; Scardigno, Anna Fausta – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2022
Despite the strong criticisms, mass student surveys play an important role in the quality assurance process of national higher education systems. While some national higher education systems have a long history of using student surveys to inform teaching and course quality improvement (e.g. the UK, Australia), in Italy, where the quality assurance…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Student Surveys, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries
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Miller, Angie L.; Alvarez Huerta, Paula – Journal of Education and Work, 2022
Previous research suggests that creativity training is effective in academic settings, and that creative skills are increasingly important for success within unconventional careers such as self-employment or starting a business. This study extends research on creativity and entrepreneurial training in higher education, using data from the National…
Descriptors: College Seniors, College Freshmen, National Surveys, Learner Engagement
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