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Karakoyun, Ferit; Basaran, Bülent – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2022
In this study, 15-year-old Turkish students' profiles of using ICT at home and at school were identified, and the extent to which these profiles were associated with their academic achievement was determined. Moreover, the study investigated the effects of the students' age of first usage of digital device and internet, their gender and their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Technology, Computer Use, Academic Achievement
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Aguayo-Téllez, Ernesto; Martínez-Rodríguez, Flor E. – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2020
Using an unanticipated policy reform in Mexico that shifted 4 months the cutoff date for elementary school eligibility in 2006 and information on academic performance of 15-year-old students from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2018 survey, who entered first grade in 2006, this paper estimates the effects of starting…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Educational Policy, Academic Achievement
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Kasapoglu, Koray – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2014
This study aims to investigate which factors are associated with Turkey's 15-year-olds' scoring above the OECD average (493) on the PISA'09 reading assessment. Collected from a total of 4,996 15-year-old students from Turkey, data were analyzed by logistic regression analysis in order to model the data of students who were split into two: (1)…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, Reading Tests
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Liu, Ou Lydia; Wilson, Mark – International Journal of Testing, 2009
Differential gender performance in standardized mathematics assessment has long been a heated topic. Gender gaps of varied magnitude have been identified on large-scale assessments in the United States. To continue the investigation, this study examined male and female performance on the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2003…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Probability, Gender Differences, Standardized Tests
Hansen, Jorgen – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2010
Using data from the Youth in Transition Survey (YITS), this paper provides an up-to-date description of educational and labour market pathways (or transitions) among Canadian youth. It also estimates the effect of academic abilities, measured by PISA math and reading scores, on such transitions. Descriptive statistics show that educational success…
Descriptors: Family Characteristics, Educational Attainment, Labor Market, Foreign Countries