Home Learning Environments: A Cross-Cultural Study between Germany and Iran

Autor/inn/en	Aminipour, Shima; Asgari, Ali; Hejazi, Elaheh; Roßbach, Hans-Günther
Titel	Home Learning Environments: A Cross-Cultural Study between Germany and Iran
Quelle	In: Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 38 (2020) 4, S.411-425 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0734-2829
DOI	10.1177/0734282918778465
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Family Environment; Educational Environment; Parent Child Relationship; Preschool Children; Longitudinal Studies; Reading Aloud to Others; Painting (Visual Arts); Freehand Drawing; Cultural Differences; Cultural Context; Psychometrics; Test Bias; Test Items; Germany; Iran (Tehran) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Familienmilieu; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Malerei; Drawing; Zeichnen; Kultureller Unterschied; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Testkritik; Test content; Testaufgabe; Deutschland
Abstract	The home learning environment (HLE) index is composed of seven questions regarding educational parent-child interactions. To compare the psychometric characteristics of the six items of HLE index between the two different contexts of Germany and Iran, a sample including 468 preschool children from the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS), Germany, and 465 preschool children from the Longitudinal Study of Iranian Children (LSIC; Growing Up in Iran) were examined. Rasch analysis supports the fitness of the five items of HLE into the model in both countries. However, differential item functioning (DIF) results revealed significant differences between items functioning across the two samples. According to the item difficulty maps, reading to children was the most reported item in the German families, while Iranian parents tended to paint and draw with their children more. While findings support the construct validity and reliability of five of the six items in both samples, different Rasch results may reveal the effects of the cultural dimensions of each country on HLE items. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01