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Understanding Mathematics Achievement: An Analysis of the Effects of Student and Family Factors
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Goforth, Kate; Noltemeyer, Amity; Patton, Jon; Bush, Kevin R.; Bergen, Doris – Educational Studies, 2014
Educators are increasingly recognising the importance of improving students' mathematics achievement. Much of the current research focuses on the impact of instructional variables on mathematics achievement. The goal of this study was to examine the influence of less researched variables--family and student factors. Participants were 747…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Predictor Variables, Elementary School Students, Negative Attitudes
Does Classroom Composition Make a Difference: Effects on Developments in Motivation, Sense of Classroom Belonging, and Achievement in Upper Primary School
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Hornstra, Lisette; van der Veen, Ineke; Peetsma, Thea; Volman, Monique – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2015
The present study investigated the effects of socioeconomic and ethnic classroom composition on developments in students' motivation, sense of classroom belonging, and achievement. A sample of 722 primary school students completed questionnaires from 3rd to 6th grade. Latent growth curve analyses revealed that the reading comprehension scores of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Classroom Environment, Student Diversity, Socioeconomic Status
An Analysis of Texas School Districts Using CSCOPE in Grades 5 and 8 Mathematics
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Green, Chassidy N. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of the current study was to determine the relationship, if any, regarding school districts' teachers' average years of service, number of years of implementation of the CSCOPE math curriculum, and student achievement on the STAAR (State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness) mathematics scores in Grades 5 and 8. The STAAR is the…
Descriptors: School Districts, Grade 5, Grade 8, Mathematics Achievement
Crossing the Line: Longitudinal Examination of Elementary Schools with Declining Academic Performance Using Latent Growth Model Analysis
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Hochbein, Craig D. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The process by which schools decline over time has not received the same media or scholarly attention as school improvement. The imperative to improve chronically low-performing schools has led educators, policymakers, and researchers to tinker with school reforms without fully understating how and why failure developed in the first place.…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Academic Achievement, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Change
Does Maternal Supervision Mediate the Impact of Income Source on Behavioral Adjustment in Children from Persistently Poor Families?
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De Civita, Mirella; Pagani, Linda S.; Vitaro, Frank; Tremblay, Richard E. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2007
We examined the influence of income source within the context of persistent poverty on children's disruptive classroom behavior at age 12 and whether these associations were mediated by maternal supervision at ages 10 and 11. Using a subsample (N = 1,112) from the Quebec Longitudinal Study, we coded four economic circumstances indicating…
Descriptors: Children, Mothers, Child Rearing, Behavior Problems
Relation between Reading Problems and Internalizing Behavior in School for Preadolescent Children from Economically Disadvantaged Families
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Ackerman, Brian P.; Izard, Carroll E.; Kobak, Roger; Brown, Eleanor D.; Smith, Clare – Child Development, 2007
This longitudinal study of 105 economically disadvantaged children examined the relation between reading problems and internalizing behavior in 3rd- and 5th-grade assessments (8- to 12-year olds). The variable-centered results showed that reading problems predicted change in internalizing behavior in the context of child and family predictors. The…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Grade 5, Grade 3, Disadvantaged Youth