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Re-reviewing item parameter equivalence in TIMSS 2015 from a sociocognitive perspective
Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability ( IF 2.8 ) Pub Date : 2021-01-06 , DOI: 10.1007/s11092-020-09350-8
Hüseyin H. Yıldırım

From a sociocognitive perspective, item parameters in a test represent regularities in examinees’ item responses. These regularities are originated from shared experiences among individuals in interacting with their environment. Theories explaining the relationship between culture and cognition also acknowledge these shared experiences as the source of human cognition. In this context, this study argues that if human cognition is a cultural phenomenon and not everywhere the same, then item parameters in cross-cultural surveys may inevitably fluctuate across culturally different populations. The investigation of item parameter equivalence in TIMSS 2015 supports this argument. The multidimensional scaling representation of similarity in the item parameters across countries in TIMSS 2015 shows that the item parameters are more similar within Arab, Western, East Asian and post-Soviet country clusters and are remarkably less similar between these clusters. Similar fluctuation structure across countries in discrimination and difficulty parameters in mathematics and science subjects point to the vital role of cultural differences in item parameter nonequivalence in cross-cultural surveys. The study concludes that it is very difficult for cross-cultural surveys to achieve the highest level of measurement invariance that guarantees meaningful scale score comparisons across countries.

中文翻译:

从社会认知角度重新审视 TIMSS 2015 中的项目参数等效性

从社会认知的角度来看,测试中的项目参数代表了考生项目反应的规律性。这些规律源于个体与环境互动的共享经验。解释文化与认知之间关系的理论也承认这些共享经验是人类认知的来源。在此背景下,本研究认为,如果人类认知是一种文化现象且并非处处相同,那么跨文化调查中的项目参数可能会不可避免地在不同文化的人群中波动。TIMSS 2015 中项目参数等效性的调查支持这一论点。TIMSS 2015 跨国家项目参数相似度的多维尺度表示表明,项目参数在阿拉伯内部更为相似,西方、东亚和后苏联国家集群,并且这些集群之间的相似性明显较低。不同国家在数学和科学科目的歧视和难度参数方面的类似波动结构表明,文化差异在跨文化调查中项目参数非对等中的重要作用。该研究得出的结论是,跨文化调查很难达到最高水平的测量不变性,以保证在不同国家进行有意义的量表评分比较。不同国家在数学和科学科目的歧视和难度参数方面的类似波动结构表明,文化差异在跨文化调查中项目参数非对等中的重要作用。该研究得出的结论是,跨文化调查很难达到最高水平的测量不变性,以保证在不同国家进行有意义的量表评分比较。不同国家在数学和科学科目的歧视和难度参数方面的类似波动结构表明,文化差异在跨文化调查中项目参数非对等中的重要作用。该研究得出的结论是,跨文化调查很难达到最高水平的测量不变性,以保证在不同国家进行有意义的量表评分比较。
更新日期:2021-01-06
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