The present study is an investigation into the relationship between Iranian EFL teachers’ degree of creativity and language learners’ academic achievement. To this end, six female English teachers and 81 male and female advanced English learners from a private language institute were asked to take part in the study. Data were collected through Torrance Test of Creative Thinking (TTCT) and stude...

When comparing student achievement across countries, it is important that the comparisons be as “fair” as possible. TIMSS has worked towards this goal in a number of ways, including providing detailed procedures for standardizing the population definitions, sampling, test translations, test administration, scoring, and database formation. Developing the TIMSS tests involved the interaction of e...

The purpose of this study was to explore factors that influence academic achievement for dental students during their first semester of graduate-entry programs. Nine variables were considered, including students' age, gender, undergraduate grade point averages (UGPAs), Dental Education Eligibility Test (DEET) scores, oral exam, and interview selection scores. DEET is a standardized aptitude tes...

This study investigated the effect of Mastery Learning Approach (MLA) on students’ achievement in Physics. Using stratified random sampling, a total of 160 Senior Secondary school II Physics students from four selected Senior Secondary Schools in Bariga and Somolu Local Government Areas of Lagos State was used for the study. Two research questions and hypotheses were formulated and tested respe...

OBJECTIVES To determine relationships between physical fitness and academic achievement in diverse, urban public school children. METHODS This cross-sectional study used public school data from 2004 to 2005. Academic achievement was assessed as a passing score on Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) achievement tests in Mathematics (fourth, sixth, and eighth grade, n = 1103) a...

Due to the technical advances of computer networks, developing a learning assessment system with the diagnosis technology induced has become an important issue. As we know, data mining is a powerful tool in discovering hidden knowledge or rules such as Concept Effect Relationships from the testing results. However, since the learning achievement decided by the testing results may be affected by...

This study reports the impacts of the Scientific Concept Construction and Reconstruction (SCCR) digital learning system on eighth grade students’ concept construction, conceptual change, and scientific reasoning involving the topic of “atoms”. A two-factorial experimental design was carried out to investigate the effects of the approach of instruction and students’ level of scientific reasoning...