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Literacy In The First Three Years Of School : A Longitudinal Investigation, Marion Meiers, Siek Toon Khoo
Literacy In The First Three Years Of School : A Longitudinal Investigation, Marion Meiers, Siek Toon Khoo
Dr Siek Toon Khoo
The ACER Longitudinal Literacy and Numeracy Study (LLANS) was designed to follow the growth in literacy and numeracy of a single cohort of students across the years of primary school. A sample of 1000 students in 100 schools formed the cohort for the study, which commenced in 1999. A linked set of literacy assessment tasks focused on key aspects of literacy was developed for the LLANS. Assessment data collected across the years of primary school provided information needed to construct a long LLANS literacy scale covering the full range of proficiency. The scale was used to measure change and track …
The Vit Program For Supporting Provisionally Registered Teachers : Evaluation Of Implementation In 2005., Lawrence Ingvarson, Elizabeth Kleinhenz, Siek Toon Khoo, Jenny Wilkinson
The Vit Program For Supporting Provisionally Registered Teachers : Evaluation Of Implementation In 2005., Lawrence Ingvarson, Elizabeth Kleinhenz, Siek Toon Khoo, Jenny Wilkinson
Dr Siek Toon Khoo
The VIT’s Program for Supporting Provisionally Registered Teachers and its registration procedures are increasingly seen as valid and fair. The Program is generally perceived as leading to improvements in teaching practice. Principals and mentors were very positive about the program, and consistently reported high levels of satisfaction with its implementation. Research has repeatedly found that significant reforms are often accompanied by a degree of unease and resistance, and this has been the case with the introduction of the VIT standards and registration requirements. School leaders play a vital role in leading their schools through these changes. This study has found …
Attitudes, Intentions And Participation, Siek Toon Khoo, John Ainley
Attitudes, Intentions And Participation, Siek Toon Khoo, John Ainley
Dr Siek Toon Khoo
This report examines the relationship between students' attitudes to school and intentions to participate in education and training, and the influence of these attitudes and intentions on participation in Year 12 and in further education and training. Students' attitudes to school, educational intentions and attainments are considered in the context of earlier school achievement, social background, geographic location, language background and gender. These factors are related to attitudes, intentions and participation. [p.1]
Longitudinal Pathways Linking Family Factors And Sibling Relationship Qualities To Adolescent Substance Use And Sexual Risk Behaviors, Patricia East, Siek Toon Khoo
Longitudinal Pathways Linking Family Factors And Sibling Relationship Qualities To Adolescent Substance Use And Sexual Risk Behaviors, Patricia East, Siek Toon Khoo
Dr Siek Toon Khoo
This 3-wave, 5-year longitudinal study tested the contributions of family contextual factors and sibling relationship qualities to younger siblings' substance use, sexual risk behaviours, pregnancy, and sexually transmitted disease. More than 220 non-White families participated (67 percent Latino and 33 percent African American), all of which involved a younger sibling (133 girls and 89 boys; mean age=13.6 years at Time 1) and an older sister (mean age=17 years at Time 1). Results from structural equation latent growth curve modelling indicated that qualities of the sibling relationship (high older sister power, low warmth/closeness, and low conflict) mediated effects from several family …
Multidimensional Description Of Subgroup Differences In Mathematics Achievement Data From The 1992 National Assessment Of Educational Progress, B Muthén, Siek Khoo, G Nelson-Goff
Multidimensional Description Of Subgroup Differences In Mathematics Achievement Data From The 1992 National Assessment Of Educational Progress, B Muthén, Siek Khoo, G Nelson-Goff
Dr Siek Toon Khoo
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Multilevel Latent Variable Modeling In Multiple Populations, Siek Khoo, B Muthén, J Gustafsson
Multilevel Latent Variable Modeling In Multiple Populations, Siek Khoo, B Muthén, J Gustafsson
Dr Siek Toon Khoo
Modeling is described for the simultaneous analysis of two-level data in several populations. A typical example is cluster sampling of students within schools, where schools of different types are represented, eg public and private schools. Multivariate measurements on each student are assumed to give rise to a latent variable model. Of interest is to study across-population differences and similarities with respect to the within- and between-group covariance matrices and with respect to the mean vector. The methodology is illustrated by a comparative analysis of achievement structures in Catholic and public schools.