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ICCS 2009 Technical Report - IEA

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Figure 12.3: Confirmatory factor analysis of items measuring students’ behaviorsIS2G13A0.460.73IS2G13D0.390.781.00POLDISC0.78IS2G13F0.390.78IS2G13G 0.390.40IS2P14AIS2P14B0.560.450.660.74IS2P14C0.370.800.411.00PARTCOM0.710.62IS2P14D0.500.72IS2P14E0.610.70IS2P14F0.480.58IS2P14H 0.51IS2G15A0.7370.521.00PARTSCHL0.520.60IS2G15B0.730.72IS2G15C0.640.660.66IS2G15D0.48IS2G15E0.56RMSEA 0.041NNFI 0.88CFI 0.90IS2G15F 0.57Students’ perceptions of the school contextTable 12.3 reports the four scales (and their reliabilities) derived from questions regardingstudents’ perceptions. The scales, which are included in the <strong>ICCS</strong> student database, are:• Students’ perceptions of openness in classroom discussions (OPDISC);• Students’ perceptions of influence on decisions about school (STUDINF);• Students’ perceptions of student−teacher relations at school (STUTREL);• Students’ perceptions of the value of participation at school (VALPARTS).Question 16 asked students how frequently (“never,” “rarely,” “sometimes,” “often”) they thoughtpolitical and social issues were discussed during regular lessons. Six of the question items wereused to derive the scale reflecting students’ perceptions of openness in classroom discussions (OPDISC).The higher values on the scale reflect perceptions of higher levels of classroom discussions ofpolitical and social issues. The scale’s reliability (Cronbach’s alpha) was 0.76 for the pooled<strong>ICCS</strong> sample. The country reliabilities ranged from 0.65 to 0.84 (see Table 12.3). Table 12.4shows the item parameters that were used for scaling.Question 17 asked students to report the extent to which they thought their opinion was takeninto account when decisions were being made about their school. The response options were“not at all,” “to a small extent,” “to a moderate extent,” and “to a large extent.”168<strong>ICCS</strong> <strong>2009</strong> technical report

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