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Leth-Steensen, Craig; Gallitto, Elena – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2016
A large number of approaches have been proposed for estimating and testing the significance of indirect effects in mediation models. In this study, four sets of Monte Carlo simulations involving full latent variable structural equation models were run in order to contrast the effectiveness of the currently popular bias-corrected bootstrapping…
Descriptors: Mediation Theory, Structural Equation Models, Monte Carlo Methods, Simulation
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Mason, Lucia; Boscolo, Pietro; Tornatora, Maria; Ronconi, Lucia – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2013
This study examines the contribution of learner cognitive and motivational characteristics to achievement in science at three grade levels. Specifically, the relations between domain-specific epistemic beliefs about the development and justification of scientific knowledge, achievement goals, knowledge, self-concept, self-efficacy, and achievement…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Self Efficacy, Questionnaires