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Abstract

Teachers differ in the frame of reference they apply to evaluate students' performances. Previous research found positive effects of an ipsative frame of reference on students' achievement and achievement motivation. In the present study we investigated the generalizability of previous results with longitudinal data (9th and 10th grade) from the COACTIV study (N^sub Students^ = 2,465; N^sub Teachers^ = 106). The teacher frame of reference was assessed by means of a multi-method approach to study the differential effects on student achievement in mathematics and on various key aspects of their achievement motivation. Statistical analyses were conducted separately for the highest and intermediate academic track. Correlation analyses showed that measures of teachers' frame of reference converged only modestly across different methods of assessment. Results of hierarchical linear models showed that many motivational-affective student characteristics had only modest variability on the class level. The frame of reference effects were small and most of them were not statistically significant. Furthermore, results were inconsistent across frame of reference assessment methods and academic tracks. Future research should address modeling and measurement issues of teachers' frame of reference, and tackle how to analyze effects of learning environments when the variables of interest show only moderate variability on the class level.

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Title
Die Bezugsnormorientierung von Mathematiklehrkräften am Ende der Sekundarstufe I: Konvergenz verschiedener Messverfahren und Wirkung auf motivational-affektive Aspekte des Mathematiklernens und Leistung/Mathematics teachers frame of reference at the end of lower secondary school: Convergence of measures across methods and effects on motivational-affective aspects of students mathematics learning and achievement
Author
Fischbach, Antoine; Brunner, Martin; Krauss, Stefan; Baumert, Jürgen
Pages
3-27
Publication year
2015
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Waxmann Verlag GmbH
e-ISSN
18666671
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
German
ProQuest document ID
1785515936
Copyright
Copyright Waxmann Verlag GmbH 2015