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Ellis, Alexa; Cosso, Jimena; Duncan, Robert J.; Susperreguy, María Inés; Simms, Victoria; Purpura, David J. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2023
Background: Home mathematics environment (HME) research has focused on parent--child interactions surrounding numerical activities as measured by the frequency of engaging in such activities. However, HME survey questions have been developed from limited perspectives (e.g., "Early Childhood Research Quarterly," 27, 2012, 231;…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Interaction, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Achievement
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Jimena Cosso; Alexa Ellis; Sandra L. Camargo Salamanca; María Inés Susperreguy – Journal of Numerical Cognition, 2025
Using data from the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), this study examines the student and school characteristics that contribute to students' mathematics performance in early elementary school in Chile. Previous research has separately analyzed the association of student and school factors with mathematics performance.…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Institutional Characteristics, Elementary School Students, Grade 4
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Fadiji, Angelina Wilson; Reddy, Vijay – South African Journal of Education, 2020
An extensive body of research exists on the background characteristics that predict learner achievement. However, in South Africa, little attention has been paid to the level of educational aspirations and the factors that shape the level of aspirations. Using a bio-ecological systems theory of development, we explored the role of gender,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Aspiration, Family Environment, Gender Differences
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Hwang, Sunghwan; Son, Taekwon – Journal of Education and e-Learning Research, 2021
The relationship between students' attitudes toward mathematics and mathematics achievement has garnered tremendous attention from researchers. However, there is a degree of inconsistency in the findings regarding this relationship. Therefore, this study aimed to identify the profiles of students' attitudes toward mathematics and examine their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Mathematics Achievement
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Shala, Arif; Grajcevci, Albulene – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2023
Results of the TIMSS 2019 reveal that Kosovar students have lower achievement levels in both mathematics and science. In understanding this gap in achievement, it is of value to take a closer look at factors that may influence student learning. Results of this analysis reveal that factors such as home and school resources influence achievement…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Science Achievement
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Younes, Rayya; Salloum, Sara; Antoun, Maya – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2023
Understanding the long-standing educational inequities associated with socioeconomic status remains significant for transforming educational policies and practices. To better understand entanglements among socioeconomic status and students' performance in mathematics, we examined different home factors (including language of the test) that…
Descriptors: Native Language, Family Environment, Socioeconomic Status, Foreign Countries
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Harju-Luukkainen, H.; Vettenranta, J.; Wang, J.; Garvis, S. – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2020
Family-related factors, like parent's educational level, their values and expectations have a significant impact on child's early skills and later educational outcomes. Further, parents provide their child, alongside with other learning environments, a broad mathematical and early literacy input. This study investigates the relationship between…
Descriptors: Parent Background, Educational Attainment, Values, Expectation
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Hwang, Sunghwan – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2020
This study aimed to examine the effect of early numeracy activities at home on children's mathematics achievement in fourth grade. It also examined the mediating effects of early numeracy competencies and self-efficacy beliefs in mathematics on this relationship. The study used Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2015…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Family Environment, Parent Child Relationship, Mathematics Achievement
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Cui, Yiran; Zhang, Danhui; Leung, Frederick K. S. – Early Education and Development, 2021
Research Findings: This study employed data from the TIMSS 2015 survey to investigate whether parental educational involvement behaviour in early childhood and parental attitudes towards education can enhance children's mathematics achievement in the 4th grade via influencing children's learning interests. Samples from Singapore (N=6237) and Hong…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Parent Influence, Parent Attitudes, Elementary School Students
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Sevgi, Sevim – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2021
This study aims to investigate the effects of school-level and student-level variables on Mathematics achievement of Turkish students. The study adopted quantitative research design. The participants were composed of 4498 students in 146 schools. Both schools and students were selected randomly, and they took part in the study on voluntary basis.…
Descriptors: Correlation, Student Characteristics, Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes
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Saal, Petronella Elize; Graham, Marien Alet; van Ryneveld, Linda – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2020
The Education system in Germany recently invested five billion euro in digital infrastructure for about 40 000 schools. Therefore, this mixed-method study explored the relationship between integrating educational technology in mathematics education and the mathematics achievement of Grade 4 German students. Descriptive statistics and two-level…
Descriptors: Correlation, Technology Integration, Educational Technology, Mathematics Education
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Wiberg, Marie; Rolfsman, Ewa – International Journal of Science Education, 2019
The aim of this study was to examine the association between students' TIMSS (Trends in Mathematics and Science Study) science achievement, and students' school achievements, in terms of national tests and grades from school years 6 and 9. Further to examine the association with TIMSS science achievement and different subgroups of students based…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, Achievement Tests, Mathematics Achievement
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Otani, Midori – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2019
Parental involvement is essential for children's education. Several studies have examined relationships between parental involvement and parents' socioeconomic status. However, less attention has been placed on school influences on parental involvement, even though schools play an important role in children's education and can affect the parents…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Parent Participation, Correlation, Socioeconomic Status
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Sahin, Melek Gülsah; Öztürk, Nagihan Boztunç – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2018
In this study, it is aimed to examine the effect of classroom assessment on science and mathematics achievements. For this purpose, hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) is performed using variables of like learning science/maths, engage teaching in science/maths, confidence in science/maths, and home resources for learning variables at the student…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Grade 4, Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests
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Tsai, Liang-Ting; Yang, Chih-Chien – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
This study was conducted to understand the effect of student-, classroom-, and school-level factors on the science performance of 8th-grade Taiwanese students in the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2011 by using multilevel analysis. A total of 5,042 students from 153 classrooms of 150 schools participated in the TIMSS…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Achievement, Questionnaires, Grade 8
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