International civic and citizenship education study - iccs - IEA

Example Item 5 Scoring Guide
The example student responses in the scoring guide for Example Item 5 are all “real” responses
provided by students during the ICCS field trial.
Full credit
Code 2: Refers to either or both of the two categories of reason listed below.
RC1. a concern for the common good
RC2. a desire to participate in the local community.
RC1. Suggests a concern for the common good as a motivation for volunteering. [Note: A desire to help others or to help the
school is seen as sufficient for this category.]
Example responses:
• He wants to contribute to the school.
• It’s the right thing to do.
• Because he’s helping other people, even if he doesn’t want to he would feel better
knowing he helped them.
RC2. Suggests a desire to participate in the school/local community as a motivation for volunteering.
Example responses:
• He wants to get involved in his child’s school.
• He wants to feel part of the local community and the school.
• So he can socialize and have fun.
Partial credit
Code 1: Suggests only immediate self-interest or benefit as a motivation for volunteering.
Example responses:
• He wants to look important/wants to look good.
• He wants to learn new skills.
• To make sure he knows the environment his child is working in.
No credit
Code 0: Refers to a generalized personality quality of or provides an irrelevant,
incoherent response, or repeats the question.
Example responses:
• He doesn’t want to refuse. [vague]
• Because his children go there. [vague]
• Because he is probably a good man, is generous and it was a chance for him to
volunteer.
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