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Xu, Jun; Hampden-Thompson, Gillian – Comparative Education Review, 2012
We assess explanations for the associations between cultural capital (especially cultural activities and cultural possessions) and educational performance of schooled adolescents in 22 Western industrialized countries based on data from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). We further ascertain variations in the effect of…
Descriptors: Cultural Capital, Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Models
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Saha, Lawrence J. – Comparative Education Review, 1983
Contends that as long as the structural location of schooling in less developed societies is related to the effects of foreign penetration, the educational achievement process whereby this learning is improved will differ from that found in the developed societies. (BRR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Education, Cultural Differences, Developed Nations