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Top-Performing Math Students in 82 Countries: An Integrative Data Analysis of Gender Differences in Achievement, Achievement Profiles, and Achievement Motivation
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Keller, Lena; Preckel, Franzis; Eccles, Jacquelynne S.; Brunner, Martin – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2022
The present integrative data analysis examined gender differences in achievement, achievement profiles, and achievement motivation in mathematics, reading, and science among 113,864 top-performing adolescent math students (top 5% in their respective countries). To do this, we applied the same analysis protocol to representative individual…
Descriptors: High Achievement, Mathematics Education, Comparative Education, Gender Differences
Nonlinear Relations between Achievement and Academic Self-Concepts in Elementary and Secondary School: An Integrative Data Analysis across 13 Countries
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Keller, Lena; Preckel, Franzis; Brunner, Martin – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2021
It is well-documented that academic achievement is associated with students' self-perceptions of their academic abilities, that is, their academic self-concepts. However, low-achieving students may apply self-protective strategies to maintain a favorable academic self-concept when evaluating their academic abilities. Consequently, the relation…
Descriptors: Correlation, Academic Achievement, High Achievement, Low Achievement