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Carmen Batanero; Luis A. Hernandez-Solis; Maria M. Gea – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2023
We present an exploratory study of Costa Rican and Spanish students' (11-16-year-olds) competence to compare probabilities in urns and compare ratios in mixture problems. A sample of 704 students in Grades 6 through to Grade 10, 292 from Costa Rica and 412 from Spain, were given one of two forms of a questionnaire with three probability comparison…
Descriptors: Statistics Education, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Probability
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Veas, Alejandro; Gilar, Raquel; Miñano, Pablo; Castejón, Juan Luis – Educational Studies, 2017
The present study, based on the construct comparability approach, performs a comparative analysis of general points average for seven courses, using exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and the Partial Credit model (PCM) with a sample of 1398 student subjects (M = 12.5, SD = 0.67) from 8 schools in the province of Alicante (Spain). EFA confirmed a…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Grades (Scholastic), Compulsory Education, Secondary Education
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Usart, Mireia; Romero, Margarida – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2014
Introduction: The study of "Time Orientation" (TO) has been focused on how to measure this construct and its effects on human behavior. Defined as a fundamental psychological variable, TO is multidimensional, sensible to cultural differences and age. Although its relation to learning, it deserves further study in the different Higher…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, College Students, Spanish, Factor Analysis
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Julvez, Jordi; Forns, Maria; Ribas-Fito, Nuria; Mazon, Carlos; Torrent, Maties; Garcia-Esteban, Raquel; Ellison-Loschmann, Lis; Sunyer, Jordi – Early Education and Development, 2008
Research Findings: Few rating scales measure social competence in very young Spanish or Catalan children. We aimed to analyze the psychometric characteristics of the California Preschool Social Competence Scale (CPSCS) when applied to a Spanish- and Catalan-speaking population. Children were rated by their respective teachers within 6 months…
Descriptors: Social Class, Test Validity, Rating Scales, Factor Analysis