Exploring the effects of following different tracks of study in upper secondary education on cognitive test performance
2017 (Engelska)Ingår i: Cognitive abilities and educational outcomes: A festschrift in honour of Jan-Eric Gustafsson / [ed] Monica Rosén, Kajsa Yang Hansen & Ulrika Wolff, Cham, Switzerland.: Springer , 2017, s. 173-188Kapitel i bok, del av antologi (Refereegranskat)
Abstract [en]
The research presented in this chapter explores, using examples from an earlier version of the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test [the SweSAT], the possible environmental influence on cognitive test performance with respect to the effects of differences in earlier education. Relatively large differences in results between students having attended different tracks of study in upper secondary school have been noticed in the SweSAT. Obviously, this may be due to initial differences when entering these tracks. However, it may also be assumed that different tracks followed in the upper secondary schooling may influence abilities measured by the SweSAT in a different manner. The present study tentatively proposes the effects of track of study both on the observed results in a set of sub-tests and on certain ability factors previously proposed to lie behind performance on the test, after control for marks, at the end of lower secondary education.
Ort, förlag, år, upplaga, sidor
Cham, Switzerland.: Springer , 2017. s. 173-188
Serie
Methodology of Educational Measurement and Assessment, ISSN 2367-170X
Nationell ämneskategori
Samhällsvetenskap
Forskningsämne
Lärarutbildning och pedagogisk yrkesverksamhet
Identifikatorer
URN: urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-13392OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hb-13392DiVA, id: diva2:1172780
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