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1 Teachers Emphasize Science Investigation Scale, Eighth Grade The Teachers Emphasize Science Investigation (ESI) scale was created based on teachers responses to how often they used the eight instructional activities described below. Items in the TIMSS 2015 Teachers Emphasize Science Investigation Scale, Eighth Grade 1 BTBS18B BTBS18C BTBS18D BTBS18E BTBS18F BTBS18G BTBS18H BTBS18L 1 For the purpose of scaling, categories in which there were very few respondents were combined. The categories Some Lessons and Never were combined for all variables. The scale statistics that are reported herein reflect analysis of the items following collapsing. METHODS AND PROCEDURES IN TIMSS

2 Item Parameters for the TIMSS 2015 Teachers Emphasize Science Investigation Scale, Eighth Grade Item delta tau_1 tau_2 Infit BTBS18B BTBS18C BTBS18D BTBS18E BTBS18F BTBS18G BTBS18H BTBS18L Scale Transformation Constants for the TIMSS 2015 Teachers Emphasize Science Investigation Scale, Eighth Grade Scale Transformation Constants A = B = Transformed Scale Score = Logit Scale Score METHODS AND PROCEDURES IN TIMSS

3 Equivalence Table of Raw and Transformed Scale Scores for the TIMSS 2015 Teachers Emphasize Science Investigation Scale, Eighth Grade Raw Score Transformed Scale Score Cutpoint METHODS AND PROCEDURES IN TIMSS

4 Cronbach s Alpha Reliability Coefficient and Principal Components Analysis of the Items in the TIMSS 2015 Teachers Emphasize Science Investigation Scale, Eighth Grade Country Cronbach s Alpha Reliability Coefficient Percent of Variance Explained BTBS18B BTBS18C Component Loadings for Each Item Australia Bahrain Botswana (9) Canada Chile Chinese Taipei Egypt England Georgia Hong Kong SAR Hungary Iran, Islamic Rep. of Ireland Israel Italy Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Korea, Rep. of Kuwait Lebanon Lithuania Malaysia Malta Morocco New Zealand Norway (9) Oman Qatar Russian Federation Saudi Arabia Singapore Slovenia South Africa (9) Sweden Thailand Turkey United Arab Emirates United States Benchmarking Participants Buenos Aires, Argentina Ontario, Canada Quebec, Canada Norway (8) Abu Dhabi, UAE Dubai, UAE Florida, US BTBS18D BTBS18E BTBS18F BTBS18G BTBS18H BTBS18L METHODS AND PROCEDURES IN TIMSS

5 Relationship Between the TIMSS 2015 Teachers Emphasize Science Investigation Scale, Eighth Grade, and TIMSS 2015 Science Achievement Country Australia Bahrain Botswana (9) Canada Chile Chinese Taipei Egypt England Georgia Hong Kong SAR Hungary Iran, Islamic Rep. of Ireland Israel Italy Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Korea, Rep. of Kuwait Lebanon Lithuania Malaysia Malta Morocco New Zealand Norway (9) Oman Qatar Russian Federation Saudi Arabia Singapore Slovenia South Africa (9) Sweden Thailand Turkey United Arab Emirates United States International Median Benchmarking Participants Buenos Aires, Argentina Ontario, Canada Quebec, Canada Norway (8) Abu Dhabi, UAE Dubai, UAE Florida, US Pearson s Correlation with Science Achievement (r) (r 2 ) Variance in Science Achievement Accounted for by Difference Between Regions of the Scale (η 2 ) METHODS AND PROCEDURES IN TIMSS

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