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Influence of Principal Leadership across Contexts on the Science Learning of Students
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Cheng Yong Tan – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2024
The present study provides insights on the influence of family socioeconomic and school resources on principal leadership and, in turn, the influence of principal leadership on the science learning of students. The study uses data from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) in 2015 (248,620 students and 9370 principals) from 35…
Descriptors: Principals, Socioeconomic Status, Educational Resources, Leadership Role
Rising above Their Circumstances: What Makes Some Disadvantaged East and South-East Asian Students Perform Far Better in Science than Their Background Predicts?
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Clavel, Jose G.; García Crespo, Francisco Javier; Sanz San Miguel, Luis – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2022
The Programme for International Student Assessment, carried out every three years by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development across a large number of countries and economies, have shown that socioeconomically disadvantaged students are almost three times more likely than advantaged students not to attain the baseline level of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, Secondary School Students, International Assessment
Examining Key Capitals Contributing to Students' Science-Related Career Expectations and Their Relationship Patterns: A Machine Learning Approach
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Lihua Tan; Fu Chen; Bing Wei – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2024
Through the lens of science capital, this research aims to detect the key factors and their main effects in identifying students with science-related career expectations. A machine learning approach (i.e., random forest) was employed to analyze a dataset of 519,334 15-year-old students from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)…
Descriptors: Science Education, STEM Careers, Expectation, Student Attitudes
Exploring the Relations of Gender, Science Dispositions and Science Achievement on STEM Career Aspirations for Adolescents In Public Schools In the UAE
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Cairns, Dean; Dickson, Martina – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2021
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has undergone immense transformation since the discovery of oil in the late 1950s, and the educational sector has seen vivid reform. The UAE government is increasingly seeking diversification of its economy and, as a result, the country's goals heavily emphasise education in the development of its Knowledge Economy.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, STEM Education, Secondary School Students, Occupational Aspiration