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Sikora, Joanna; Pokropek, Artur – International Journal of Science Education, 2012
Using data from 24 countries, which participated in the 2006 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), we examine the relationship between parental science employment and students' career expectations. In contrast to prior PISA-based studies, we find that the link between parental employment and adolescent plans to work in science is…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Ideology, Daughters, Science Interests
Dundas, Traci Lynne – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Using the G8 countries' (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and the United States) samples from the 2003 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), this study aimed to explore the phenomenon of double jeopardy in mathematics achievement for socially disadvantaged students. Double jeopardy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Disadvantaged Schools, Disadvantaged Youth, Mathematics Achievement