Who Overclaims? An Analysis of PISA 2012 Data

• In Event: 25.084 - MTCC Roundtable Session Seven
  In Roundtable Session: 25.084-9 - International Networks for Teaching and Learning

Abstract

Comparing the United States with 63 other education systems that participated in the 2012 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), this study examines the background questionnaire items designed to measure students’ tendency to overstate what they know. In particular, this study (a) explores students’ tendency to overclaim their familiarity with mathematical concepts across participating education systems, (b) attempts to adjust over-claiming response patterns, (c) identifies student subgroups based on their response patterns, and (d) examines the relationship between students’ response patterns and their mathematics performance.

Authors

• Yuqi Liao, American Institutes for Research

• Bitnara Jasmine Park, American Institutes for Research