The Using of Latent Growth Models for Educational Researches

Abstract

The concept of education is explained with some concepts such as development, change, and growth. Because of it, educational measurements used to determine learners’ achievement growth and cognitive development, or learners’ status of achievement. Linear or nonlinear traditional statistical models used for status of analysis. To determine the change commonly used paired t test statistics, constructed on the pre-test and posttest experimental design, and variance of analysis based on repeated measurements. However, these methods include some limitations and not enough to define the growth. On the other side, the latent growth modelling has been increasingly used to analyze longitudinal data, especially for educational researches. In this article, the latent growth modelling was dealt with for educational purposes and discussed. Also to determine the achievement growth (cognitive development), the all of latent growth models have been applied on a simulated data set.

Keywords

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Örtük Büyüme Modellerinin Eğitim Araştırmalarında Kullanımı

Öz

Eğitim açısından bir gelişim tanımini ifade eder. Bu kalmak eğitimdeki ölçmeler, içki başarı durumları belirleme. Geleneksel yöntemler yöntemler yöntemler yöntemler yöntemler yöntemler yöntemler yöntemler yöntemler yöntemler. Yeni Gelişimin Tanımlanması Yaygın bir sekilde öntest-sontest Deneysel düzeneğinde Bağımlı örneklem t testi ya da tekrarlı ölçümler düzeneğindeki varyans analizi. Gelişimin belirlenmesi bir çok olumsuzluğu da. Sondaki sıkılma zamanımaya başlanan örtük büyüme modelleri eğitim konusu da kullanılmaya başlanmıştır. Bu çalışmanın amacı örtük büyüme modellerin eğitimsel anlam kullanımını tartışmak ve eğitsel değişkenler  üzerinde kullanımını ele almaktır.

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