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Barrier, Emilie; Munck, Ingrid – Prospects, 1992
Describes procedures needed to analyze large-scale databases. Presents two examples of how French educational researchers have utilized data from the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) studies of mathematics and reading literacy. Includes one table and three figures illustrating these techniques. (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Curriculum Evaluation
Thomas, R. Murray – 1992
Scholars and practitioners in the field of international and comparative education often need information about recent educational events related to the topics they are currently investigating. In pursuing their research, those who are relatively new to the task may wonder which sources will most readily provide data, analyses, or interpretations…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education, Global Approach
Download full textLivingstone, Ian D.; And Others – 1986
The concept of three curriculums--intended, implemented, and attained--is central to this report. In the second international mathematics study, students were surveyed at age 13 (grade 8 in the United States) and in the terminal grade of secondary schooling; this analysis is limited to the first group. How each of the three curriculums was…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Data Analysis, Educational Assessment, Educational Research
Garden, Robert A. – 1987
This report provides users of data from the Second International Mathematics Study with a summary of the survey procedures used by participating countries. The introductory chapter includes definitions, cross-sectional and longitudinal components, and recommended sampling procedures. Chapter 2 presents national population definitions and sampling…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Educational Assessment, Guidelines, International Studies
Westbury, Ian; Travers, Kenneth – 1990
The papers collected in this volume are intended both to present a summary 'history' and description of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) Second International Mathematics Study (SIMS) and to illustrate a variety of approaches to the analysis of the data that emerged from SIMS. The papers are intended…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Comparative Education, Data Interpretation, Databases
Singer, Martin – 1996
This report reviews development of Sino-Canadian academic relations over the past 25 years. It offers an overview of four periods of Sino-Canadian academic relations (1970-79, 1979-83, 1983-89, and 1989-95), and briefly describes a number of programs in six areas: (1) foreign trade and economic cooperation, (2) foreign affairs and international…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Canadian Studies, Colleges, Cooperative Programs
