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The Educational Research Centre was established on the campus of St Patrick’s College, Dublin in January, 1966. The setting up of the Centre was a means of widening the scope of, and making for greater continuity in, research efforts in Ireland. The Centre works at all levels of the education system, from pre-school to thirdRead more…
Articles Brozo, W.G., Sutton Flint, E.S., Shiel, G., Persson, U.B., Garbe, C., & Dachkova, L. (2009). Content reading in four European Union countries. Reading Teacher, 62(3), 170-173. Close, S., Millar, D., & Shiel, G. (2009). Characteristics and curriculum validity of test items for the National Assessment of Mathematics Achievement in 6th class. In D. Corcoran,Read more…
Articles Kellaghan, T. (2008). IEA studies and educational policy. In W. Harlen (Ed.), Student assessment and testing. London: Sage. Pp. 394-412. Kellaghan, T. (2008). Qué mecanismos de monitoreo se pueden utilizar para efectuar estudios internacionales comparados y estudios nacionales? In K.N. Ross and I.J. Genevois (Eds.), Estudios internacionales sobre la calidad de la educación. Paris:Read more…
Articles Brozo, W., Shiel, G., & Topping, K. (2007). Engagement in reading: Lessons learned from three PISA countries.Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 51(4), 304-315. DOWNLOAD Close, S., Oldham, E., Surgenor, P., Shiel, G., Dooley, T., & O’Leary, M. (2007). Are calculators detrimental to students’ mathematical development? The effects of introducing calculators into the IrishRead more…
Articles Eivers, E., & Kennedy, D. (2006). The PISA assessment of scientific literacy. Irish Journal of Education, 37, 101-119. Kellaghan, T. (2006). What monitoring mechanisms can be used for cross-national (and national) studies? In K. N. Ross & I. J. Genevois (Eds.), Cross-national studies of the quality of education: Planning their design and managing theirRead more…
AN OVERVIEW OF THE MAIN FINDINGS OF PISA 2003 IN IRELAND Gerry Shiel, Nick Sofroniou, and Judith Cosgrove Educational Research Centre, St Patrick’s College, Dublin In PISA 2003, 15-year olds in Ireland achieved a mean score on the major assessment domain, mathematics, that is not significantly different from the OECD country average. Irish mean scoresRead more…
Articles Cosgrove, J., Oldham, E.E., & Close, S. (2005). Assessment of mathematics in PISA 2003: Achievements of Irish 15-year olds in an international context. In S. Close, T. Dooley, & D. Corcoran (Eds.), Proceedings of the First National Conference of Research in Mathematics Education. Dublin: St Patrick’s College. Pp. 193-208. Cosgrove, J., Zastrutzki, S., &Read more…
THE POINTS SYSTEM AND GRADING OF THE LEAVING CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION Eoghan Mac Aogáin Educational Research Centre, St Patrick’s College, Dublin The study described in this paper examines official figures for the grades awarded in 20 subjects in the Leaving Certificate Examination (LCE) at Ordinary and Higher levels in the period 1996 to 2005. Eleven subjectsRead more…
Articles Cosgrove, J. (2004). Procedure used to adjust for non-response in the OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA 2000) and implications for the interpretation of student achievement outcomes in Ireland. In M. Murphy, & L. McHugh (Eds.), NUI Maynooth: Postgraduate Research Record: Proceedings of the Colloquium 2004. Maynooth: NUI Maynooth. Pp. 55-59. Cosgrove, J.,Read more…
TEACHING AND LEARNING IN MULTIGRADE CLASSROOMS: WHAT TEACHERS SAY Catherine Mulryan-Kyne St Patrick’s College, Dublin This paper presents the results of an exploratory study which examined the perceptions and beliefs of 75 teachers regarding four-grade multigrade classes in two-teacher schools. The study investigated the degree to which positive and negative perceptions of the multigrade settingRead more…