SemesterSpring Semester, 2018
DepartmentMA Program of Education, First Year PhD Program of Education, First Year MA Program of Education, Second Year PhD Program of Education, Second Year
Course NameSeminar on secondary analysis of data from international education databases
InstructorCHIU MEI-SHIU
Credit3.0
Course TypeElective
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Tentative course calendar/schedule:


     in calss Before class After class   assessment (score)    

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Contents (paper, database and data analysis, e.g. PSPP and R)


       essay presentation/comment attendance weekly journal in class outside class
1 227 Introduction syllabus,Q&A,self-introduction         3 1 3 4.5
2 306 finding databases lecture,hands-on,discussion view learning resources, ask/answer 1-2 questions explore, weekly journal     3 1 3 4.5
3 313 finding research papers lecture,hands-on,discussion view learning resources, ask/answer 1-2 questions explore, weekly journal     3 1 3 4.5
4 320 data analysis methods_basic statistics lecture,hands-on,discussion view learning resources, ask/answer 1-2 questions analysis, essay, weekly journal     3 1 3 4.5
5 327 data analysis methods_advanced statistics lecture,hands-on,discussion view learning resources, ask/answer 1-2 questions analysis, essay, weekly journal     3 1 3 4.5
6 403 data analysis methods_text analysis etc. lecture,hands-on,discussion view learning resources, ask/answer 1-2 questions analysis, essay, weekly journal     3 1 3 4.5
7 410 datasets/papers and analysis demo S demo,discussion prepare demo analysis, essay, weekly journal   2 3 1 3 4.5
8 417 datasets/papers and analysis demo S demo,discussion prepare demo analysis, essay, weekly journal   2 3 1 3 4.5
9 424 midterm essay (until Method) oral presentation and feedback S present,discussion prepare presentation analysis, essay, weekly journal   3 3 1 3 4.5
10 501(mid test) midterm written essay (until methods) complete online ( (Your essays will be open for peer comments on the course group. cf. 619.) write essay essay revision, weekly journal 8     1   7.5
11 508 case study1 (basic statistics) S present,hands-on,discussion prepare presentation analysis, essay, weekly journal     3 1 3 4.5
12 515 case study2 (advanced statistics1-SEM) S present,hands-on,discussion prepare presentation analysis, essay, weekly journal     3 1 3 4.5
13 522 case study3 (advanced statistics 2-multilevel analysis) S present,hands-on,discussion prepare presentation analysis, essay, weekly journal     3 1 3 4.5
14 529 case study4 (text analysis) S present,hands-on,discussion prepare presentation analysis, essay, weekly journal     3 1 3 4.5
15 605 case study5 (other analysis methods) S present,hands-on,discussion prepare presentation analysis, essay, weekly journal     3 1 3 4.5
16 612 research project 1 (complete final term essay draft) present online prepare the final draft analysis, essay, weekly journal       1   7.5
17 619 research project 2 (provide comments on peers' essays online at least 10 times- starting from 508 until 619) feedback online read peer essays analysis, essay, weekly journal   10   1   7.5
18 626(final test) research project 3 (complete final-term written essay) complete online write essay essay revision, weekly journal 15     1   7.5
        Total score 100 23 17 42 18    

Teaching Methods
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Requirement/Grading

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Chiang, C. H. (2013). Toward a universal higher education system: A case study of Taiwan. Quality & Quantity, 1-10.


                          

Else-Quest, N. M., Hyde, J. S., & Linn, M. C. (2010). Cross-national patterns of gender differences in mathematics: A meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 136(1), 103-127. (timss 03 pisa 03 effect size)


                          
Fischbach, A., Keller, U., Preckel, F., & Brunner, M. (2013). PISA proficiency scores predict educational outcomes. Learning and Individual Differences, 24, 63-72.                      
Lee, Y. H., & Wu, J. Y. (2012). The effect of individual differences in the inner and outer states of ICT on engagement in online reading activities and PISA 2009 reading literacy: Exploring the relationship between the old and new reading literacy. Learning and Individual Differences, 22, 336-342.    
Lin, E., & Shi, Q. (2014). Exploring individual and school-related factors and environmental literacy: Comparing US and Canada using PISA 2006. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 12, 73-97.              
Liou, P. Y. (2014). Examining the Big-Fish-Little-Pond Effect on students' self-concept of learning science in Taiwan based on the TIMSS databases. International Journal of Science Education, 36, 2009-2028.              
Marsh, H. W., Abduljabbar, A. S., Abu-Hilal, M. M., Morin, A. J., Abdelfattah, F., Leung, K. C., Xu, M. K., & Nagengast, P. (2013). Factorial, convergent, and discriminant validity of TIMSS math and science motivation measures: A comparison of Arab and Anglo-Saxon countries. Journal of Educational Psychology, 105, 108-128.
Martin, A. J., Liem, G. A., Mok, M., & Xu, J. (2012). Problem solving and immigrant student mathematics and science achievement: Multination findings from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). Journal of educational psychology, 104, 1054-1073.      

Salchegger, S. (2015, August 24). Selective school systems and academic self-concept: How explicit and implicit school-level tracking relate to the Big-Fish–Little-Pond Effect across cultures. Journal of Educational Psychology. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/edu0000063


                          
Zhu, Y., & Leung, F. S. (2011). Motivation and achievement: Is there an East Asian Model? International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 9, 1189-1212.                      

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