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<a name="_Hlk69118321"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:18.0pt">The Institute for Analytical Sociology Seminar</span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69118321"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:18.0pt;mso-fareast-language:SV"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Pa8" align="center" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt;text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69118321"><span class="A8"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Venue: KO301, Campus Norrköping & Online on
Zoom </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69118321"><span class="A8"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(see Zoom link in the end of the email)</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69118321"><span class="A6"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<b><u>14:30CET</u></b></span><u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
<p class="Pa8" align="center" style="margin-bottom:1.0pt;text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69118321"><span lang="EN-US">__________________________________________________</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69118321"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69118321"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:18.0pt;mso-fareast-language:SV">Findings and pitfalls in cross-cultural research on predictors of student achievement<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69118321"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:SV">Kimmo Eriksson<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69118321"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">Abstract:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69118321"><span lang="EN-US">International large-scale assessments of student achievement are a remarkable data source for research in the sociology and psychology of education. In this talk I will share several
insights I have gained from several years experience of working with these data to examine how achievement, in various academic subjects and among students in different age groups, depends on gender and socioeconomic factors in interaction with society-level
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69118321"><span lang="EN-US">Topic: IAS Seminars<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69118321"><span lang="EN-US">Join Zoom Meeting<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69118321"></span><a href="https://liu-se.zoom.us/j/65535789369"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69118321"><span lang="EN-US">https://liu-se.zoom.us/j/65535789369</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69118321"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69118321"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69118321"><span lang="EN-US">Meeting ID: 655 3578 9369</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:SV">Best regards<br>
Madelene Töpfer<br>
Administrator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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