Cognitive Abilities and Educational Outcomes: A Festschrift in Honour of Jan-Eric Gustafsson

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxiv
Introduction....Pages 1-11
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
What Is Fluid Intelligence? Can It Be Improved?....Pages 15-37
Mind and Intelligence: Integrating Developmental, Psychometric, and Cognitive Theories of Human Mind....Pages 39-60
Gender Differences in Broad and Narrow Ability Dimensions....Pages 61-88
A Question of Validity: Clarifying the Hierarchical Nature of Teacher Cognition....Pages 89-107
Front Matter....Pages 109-109
Searching for Causality to Develop and Test Theoretical Models of Educational Effectiveness Research....Pages 111-125
Countries Strive Towards More Quality and Equity in Education: Do They Show Success or Failure? Evidence from TIMSS 2003 and 2011, for Grade 4....Pages 127-148
School Resources and Student Achievement: A Review of Cross-Country Economic Research....Pages 149-171
Exploring the Effects of Following Different Tracks of Study in Upper Secondary Education on Cognitive Test Performance....Pages 173-188
Empirical Puzzles on Effective Teachers: U.S. Research....Pages 189-204
Front Matter....Pages 205-205
Measuring Changing Educational Contexts in a Changing World: Evolution of the TIMSS and PIRLS Questionnaires....Pages 207-222
General and Specific Factors in Selection Modeling....Pages 223-236
Reflections on (Bi) Factor Analysis....Pages 237-247
CTT and No-DIF and ? = (Almost) Rasch Model....Pages 249-272
Balance: A Neglected Aspect of Reporting Test Results....Pages 273-293
Views on Classical Statistical Modeling in Competition with the Rasch Methodology....Pages 295-312
Back Matter....Pages 313-327