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Shelley, Mack; Yildirim, Atila – Online Submission, 2013
Using Program for International Student Achievement (PISA) 2009 data we study the transfer of knowledge among reading, mathematics, and science among Turkish students. Both Science and Reading are significant predictors of Mathematics scores, although clearly Science is a much stronger predictor; the transfer from Science to Mathematics is much…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Reading Achievement, Foreign Countries
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Guzeller, Cem Oktay; Akin, Ayca – Educational Research and Reviews, 2011
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between the amount of time spent on homework in all subjects (HTAS), the time spent on mathematics homework (MHT), confidence in doing mathematics homework (HCM) and the mathematics achievement of students in Turkey, based on data from the programme for international student assessment…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Homework, Mathematics Achievement, Multiple Regression Analysis
Yang, Christine K. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
Mathematics education has emerged to be of prime importance in the United States, as American students' performance has shown to be consistently and significantly lower than many other nations in the world (Rampey, Dion, & Donahue, 2009; National Center for Education Statistics, n.d.; OECD Programme for International Student Assessment, n.d.).…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Mathematics Education, Problem Solving, Metacognition