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Relationships between Learning Strategies and Self-Efficacy: A Cross-Cultural Comparison between Taiwan and the United States Using Latent Class Analysis
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Wu, Yi-Jhen; Kiefer, Sarah M.; Chen, Yi-Hsin – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2020
Learning behavior of East Asian students has been debated due to their striking performance on international large-scale assessments. This study was a comparative study using latent class analysis to examine students' perceptions of learning strategies, students' reported learning strategy use, and the relationships between learning strategies and…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Self Efficacy, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries
Analyzing the Gender Gap in Math Achievement: Evidence from a Large-Scale US Sample
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Cheema, Jehanzeb R.; Galluzzo, Gary – Research in Education, 2013
The US portion of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2003 student questionnaire comprising of 4,733 observations was used in a multiple regression framework to predict math achievement from demographic variables, such as gender, race, and socioeconomic status, and two student-specific measures of perception, math anxiety and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Gender Differences, Predictor Variables, Mathematics Anxiety
A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Singaporean and Taiwanese Eighth Graders' Science Learning Self-Efficacy from a Multi-Dimensional Perspective
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Lin, Tzung-Jin; Tan, Aik Ling; Tsai, Chin-Chung – International Journal of Science Education, 2013
Due to the scarcity of cross-cultural comparative studies in exploring students' self-efficacy in science learning, this study attempted to develop a multi-dimensional science learning self-efficacy (SLSE) instrument to measure 316 Singaporean and 303 Taiwanese eighth graders' SLSE and further to examine the differences between the two student…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Efficacy, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences