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Teacher Quality, Instructional Quality and Student Outcomes : Relationships Across Countries, Cohorts and Time.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nilsen, Trude.
Other Authors: Gustafsson, Jan-Eric.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2016.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:IEA Research for Education Series
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Foreword
  • Contents
  • 1 Conceptual Framework and Methodology of This Report
  • Abstract
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Conceptual Framework
  • 1.3 Operationalization of School-, Class- and Student-Level Features
  • 1.3.1 Teacher Quality
  • 1.3.2 Instructional Quality
  • 1.3.3 School Climate
  • 1.3.4 Student Outcomes
  • 1.3.5 Student Affective Outcomes
  • 1.4 TIMSS Design
  • 1.5 Measuring Key Constructs
  • 1.5.1 Instructional Quality
  • 1.5.2 Teacher Quality
  • 1.5.3 School Climate
  • 1.5.4 Socioeconomic Status
  • 1.6 Challenges in Analyzing the Data
  • 1.6.1 Causality
  • 1.6.2 Multilevel Data
  • 1.6.3 Measurement Invariance
  • 1.7 Overview of Chapters
  • References
  • 2 Relation of Student Achievement to the Quality of Their Teachers and Instructional Quality
  • Abstract
  • 2.1 Rationale
  • 2.2 Theory
  • 2.2.1 Educational Effectiveness Research as the Point of Reference
  • 2.2.2 Teacher Quality
  • 2.2.3 Instructional Quality
  • 2.2.4 Universal, Cultural or Country-Specific Models?
  • 2.2.5 Control Variables
  • 2.3 Methods
  • 2.3.1 Sample
  • 2.3.2 Variables
  • 2.3.3 Analysis
  • 2.4 Results
  • 2.4.1 Model Fit
  • 2.4.2 Relation Between Teacher Quality, Instructional Quality and Mathematics Achievement
  • 2.5 Discussion
  • 2.6 Limitations of the Study
  • 2.7 Conclusions and Recommendations
  • References
  • 3 The Relations Among School Climate, Instructional Quality, and Achievement Motivation in Mathematics
  • Abstract
  • 3.1 Rationale
  • 3.2 Theoretical Framework
  • 3.2.1 School Climate
  • 3.2.2 Instructional Quality
  • 3.2.3 Achievement Motivation
  • 3.3 Review of the Appropriate Level of Analysis
  • 3.4 Research Model
  • 3.5 Method
  • 3.5.1 Sample
  • 3.5.2 Measures
  • 3.5.3 Statistical Analysis
  • 3.6 Results
  • 3.6.1 Measurement Invariance Testing
  • 3.6.2 Multilevel Structural Equation Modeling
  • 3.7 Discussion
  • 3.8 Limitations.
  • 3.9 Conclusion
  • 4 The Impact of School Climate and Teacher Quality on Mathematics Achievement: A Difference-in-Differences Approach
  • Abstract
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Theoretical Framework
  • 4.2.1 School Emphasis on Academic Success
  • 4.2.2 Teacher Quality
  • 4.2.3 Research Questions
  • 4.3 Method
  • 4.3.1 Sample
  • 4.3.2 Constructs
  • 4.3.3 Method of Analysis
  • 4.4 Results
  • 4.4.1 Teacher Quality
  • 4.4.2 School Emphasis on Academic Success
  • 4.4.3 Comparisons Between OECD and Non-OECD Countries
  • 4.5 Discussion
  • 4.6 Conclusions
  • References
  • 5 The Importance of Instructional Quality for the Relation Between Achievement in Reading and Mathematics
  • Abstract
  • 5.1 Rationale
  • 5.2 The Influence of Reading on Mathematics Achievement
  • 5.2.1 Relationships Among Reading and Mathematics: TIMSS and PIRLS 2011
  • 5.3 Method
  • 5.3.1 PIRLS 2011 and TIMSS 2011
  • 5.3.2 Sample
  • 5.3.3 Constructs
  • 5.3.4 Analysis
  • 5.4 Results
  • 5.4.1 Relationship Among Mathematics Achievement, Reading Comprehension, and Instructional Quality
  • 5.4.2 The Influence of Instructional Quality on the Relationship Between Reading Comprehension and Mathematics Achievement
  • 5.5 Discussion and Concluding Remarks
  • References
  • 6 The Relation Between Students' Perceptions of Instructional Quality and Bullying Victimization
  • Abstract
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Methods
  • 6.2.1 Data
  • 6.2.2 Measures
  • 6.2.3 Analytic Methods
  • 6.3 Results
  • 6.4 Discussion
  • 6.5 Limitations
  • 6.6 Conclusions
  • References
  • 7 Final Remarks
  • Abstract
  • 7.1 Overview of the Five Studies
  • 7.2 Discussion of Substantive Issues
  • 7.3 Methodological Issues
  • 7.3.1 Measurement
  • 7.3.2 Causal Inference
  • 7.3.3 Design
  • 7.4 Implications
  • 7.5 Concluding Remarks
  • References
  • Appendix A
  • Appendix B
  • Appendix C
  • Appendix D.

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