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Direct linkCairns, Dean; Dickson, Martina – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2021
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has undergone immense transformation since the discovery of oil in the late 1950s, and the educational sector has seen vivid reform. The UAE government is increasingly seeking diversification of its economy and, as a result, the country's goals heavily emphasise education in the development of its Knowledge Economy.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, STEM Education, Secondary School Students, Occupational Aspiration
Zhou, Yisu; Fan, Xitao; Wei, Xiaoxin; Tai, Robert H. – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2017
This study examined a new form of pervasive gender inequality: the gender gap among high achievers in math and considered its implication for developing STEM talents. Using the cross-nation Programme for International Student Achievement (PISA) data from both 2003 and 2012, we examined the mathematics gender gap among 15-year-old high achievers…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, High Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, STEM Education
Thien, Lei Mee – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2016
This study aims to investigate Malaysian students' performance in mathematics literacy from gender and socioeconomic perspectives based on the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2009+ and 2012 datasets. The results revealed that girls significantly scored about eight points higher than boys in mathematics literacy in PISA 2012.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, Secondary School Students, International Assessment
Chiao, Chi; Chiu, Chiung-Hui – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2018
To find out if information and communication technology (ICT) could narrow the achievement gaps among students caused by variations in their socioeconomic status, this study examines the mediating mechanism of ICT use between students' socioeconomic status (SES) and achievement. Data from the 2012 East Asia Program for International Student…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Socioeconomic Status, Academic Achievement
Zhou, Yisu; Wang, Dan – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2015
Spawned by the heightened competition in mainstream education, supplementary tutoring outside regular school time has rapidly expanded as a common practice of students seeking to gain a competitive edge in school. It is widely known that students from low socioeconomic status (SES) families lag behind their high-SES peers in academic performance.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Socioeconomic Influences, Family Income, Probability
Cheung, Kwok-cheung; Mak, Soi-kei; Sit, Pou-seong – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2013
Using data drawn from the OECD's Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) conducted in 2009, the present study sought to examine the mediating effects of three kinds of variables in order to account for the relationships between gender and the digital reading performance of students. The three kinds of variables are (1) online reading…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Information Technology, Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests
