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Relationships between the Use of Test Results and US Students' Academic Performance
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Li, Hongli; Fortner, C. Kevin; Lei, Xiaoxuan – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2015
In this study, we examined relationships between the use of test results and US students' math, reading, and science performance in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2009. Based on a literature review, we hypothesized that the 16 items in the PISA school questionnaire, which are related to the use of test results, can be…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Tests, Evaluation Utilization, Mathematics Achievement
Analysis of Variances and Covariances is Misleading as a Guide to a Common Factor Model.
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Humphreys, Lloyd G.; Park, Randolph K. – Intelligence, 1981
The "factor" analyses published by Schultz, Kaye, and Hoyer (1980) confused component and factor analysis and led to unwarranted conclusions. The principal factors method yields two factors which support the a priori expectation of a difference between intelligence tasks and spontaneous flexibility tasks. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Analysis of Variance, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure
The Dimensionality and Correlates of Flow in Human-Computer Interactions.
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Webster, Jane; And Others – Computers in Human Behavior, 1993
Defines playfulness in human-computer interactions in terms of flow theory and explores the dimensionality of the flow concept. Two studies are reported that investigated the factor structure and correlates of flow in human-computer interactions: one examined MBA students using Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet software, and one examined employees using…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Correlation, Courseware, Electronic Mail