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Are Model PISA Pupils Happy at School? Quality of School Life of Adolescents in Finland and Korea
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Yoon, Junghyun; Järvinen, Tero – Comparative Education, 2016
This paper explores the quality of school life (QSL) of two 'model pupils' in Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) tests, Finland and Korea, and investigates students' views on the central aspects of QSL ("general satisfaction," "peer relations" and "teacher-student relations") using PISA 2012 data.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, International Assessment, Secondary School Students
Interrogating the Relationship between Poverty, Attainment and Mental Health and Wellbeing: The Importance of Social Networks and Support -- A Scottish Case Study
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Mowat, Joan G. – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2020
The poverty-related attainment gap is an internationally recognised problem. It resides within a culture of performativity in which international comparators, underpinned by neo-liberal ideology, drive national policy. This conceptual paper interrogates the relationship between poverty, attainment and children's mental health and wellbeing to…
Descriptors: Poverty, Educational Attainment, Achievement Gap, Neoliberalism
The Female Fish Is More Responsive: Gender Moderates the BFLPE in the Domain of Science
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Plieninger, Hansjörg; Dickhäuser, Oliver – Educational Psychology, 2015
Academic self-concept is positively related to individual achievement but negatively related to class- or school-average achievement: the big-fish--little-pond effect (BFLPE). This contrast effect results from social comparison processes. The BFLPE is known to be long-lasting, universal and robust. However, there is little evidence regarding its…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Self Concept, Class Rank
Does School Connectedness Impact Academic Performance?
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Bass, Gwen – Ronald H. Fredrickson Center for School Counseling Outcome Research & Evaluation, 2015
The Ronald H. Fredrickson Center for School Counseling Outcome Research & Evaluation provides quarterly research briefs that summarize the exemplary outcome research completed in the field of school counseling. This research brief summarizes "Do School Bullying and Student-Teacher Relationships Matter for Academic Achievement? A…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Peer Relationship, Teacher Student Relationship, Bullying