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Bülent Basaran – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
This study aims to classify student profiles based on the type and frequency of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) usage. Each profile exhibits homogeneous characteristics and heterogeneous characteristics compared to other groups. Additionally, the study investigates whether covariates at the school and student levels create…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Assessment, Secondary School Students, Achievement Tests
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Avci, Süleyman – International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research, 2022
The percentage of students with lower academic achievement than their peers due to their socio-economical disadvantages is globally accepted as an indicator of inequality. Some students, despite their disadvantages, are as successful as their advantaged peers. The family and individual characteristics and academic experiences of these students,…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, Socioeconomic Status
Covacevich, Catalina; Vargas, Jimena – OECD Publishing, 2021
Research has shown that foreign languages can be an important driver towards better job opportunities. This is more likely to be the case if young people take foreign languages into account when developing their career and educational expectations. These expectations depend greatly on the context and the opportunities students perceive to be…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Student Attitudes, Cross Cultural Studies
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Cooper, Kristy S. – American Educational Research Journal, 2014
This case study analyzes how and why student engagement differs across 581 classes in one diverse high school. Factor analyses of surveys with 1,132 students suggest three types of engaging teaching practices--connective instruction, academic rigor, and lively teaching. Multilevel regression analyses reveal that connective instruction predicts…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, High School Students, Learner Engagement, Regression (Statistics)
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Alivernini, F.; Manganelli, S. – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
A huge gap in science literacy is between students who do not show the competencies that are necessary to participate effectively in life situations related to science and technology and students who have the skills which would give them the potential to create new technology. The objective of this paper is to identify, for 25 countries, distinct…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Cross Cultural Studies, Student Characteristics, Scores