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Comparison of Learning Strategies for Mathematics Achievement in Turkey with Eight Countries
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Kilic, Serpil; Cene, Erhan; Demir, Ibrahim – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine learning strategies accounted for mathematics achievement across Turkey and neighboring countries. Turkey, Bulgaria, Greece, Azerbaijan, Russian Federation, Israel, Serbia, Romania and Jordan were involved in Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA 2009) study. Since other neighbors of Turkey…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Tests, Learning Strategies, Foreign Countries
Grade Level and Science Achievement: US Performance in Cross-National Perspective
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Dalton, Benjamin – Comparative Education Review, 2012
This article examines how international differences in age-grade distributions and grade effects contribute to science scores among 27 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries. As shown in the 2006 Program for International Student Assessment, countries vary substantially in the grade distribution of 15-year-olds. The costs…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Comparative Testing
What Are the Causes of Educational Inequality and of Its Evolution over Time in Europe? Evidence from PISA
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Oppedisano, Veruska; Turati, Gilberto – Education Economics, 2015
This paper provides evidence on the sources of differences in inequality in educational scores and their evolution over time in four European countries. Using Programme for International Student Assessment data from the 2000 and the 2006 waves, the paper shows that inequality decreased in Germany and Spain (two "decentralised" schooling…
Descriptors: Evidence, Equal Education, Etiology, Educational Development
The Number Line: An Auxiliary Means or an Obstacle?
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Skoumpourdi, Chrysanthi – International Journal for Mathematics Teaching and Learning, 2010
The aim of this paper is to investigate the ways in which the number line can function in solving mathematical tasks by first graders (6 year olds). The main research question was whether the number line functioned as an auxiliary means or as an obstacle for these students. Through analysis of the 32 students' answers it appears that the number…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, Mathematical Applications
The Paradoxical Relationship between Student Achievement and Self-Perception: A Cross-National Analysis Based on Three Waves of TIMSS Data
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Shen, C.; Tam, H. P. – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2008
Using 3 waves of the TIMSS data, this study investigates the relationship between 8th-graders' mathematics and science achievement and their self-perceptions on these 2 subjects. For within-country data, there is generally a positive relationship between students' achievement and the following 3 measures of their self-perception: how much they…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Academic Standards, Correlation, Mathematics Achievement
Social Learning and Social Abilities of First-Grade Elementary Pupils in Greece: The Importance of Informal Models of Evaluation
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Rekalidou, Galini; Pliogou, Vassiliki – Education 3-13, 2006
The aim of this research is to examine how social learning is connected to the acquisition of knowledge and abilities. One hundred and nineteen "A" grade students (60 boys and 59 girls) attending public primary school participated. The collection of data was carried out according to: (1) the "Athina" Test (AT) and (2) teachers'…
Descriptors: Socialization, Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Elementary School Students