Ronny Scherer|Trude Nilsen|Malte Jansen
Evaluating Individual Students' Perceptions of Instructional Quality: An Investigation of their Factor Structure, Measurement Invariance, and Relations to Educational Outcomes
University of Oslo|University of Oslo|DIPF  Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education
students perceptions instructional quality among important criteria evaluating teaching effectiveness present study evaluates different latent variable modeling approaches confirmatory factor analysis exploratory structural equation modeling bifactor modeling used describe individual perceptions respect factor structure measurement invariance relations selected educational outcomes achievement selfconcept motivation mathematics basis programme international student assessment pisa 2012 largescale data sets australia canada usa n 26746 students find support distinction three factors individual students perceptions full measurement invariance across countries modeling approaches regard bifactor exploratory structural equation modeling outperformed alternative approaches respect model fit findings reveal significant relations educational outcomes study synthesizes different modeling approaches individual students perceptions instructional quality provides insights nature perceptions individual differences perspective implications measurement modeling individually perceived instructional quality discussed