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Nirmal Ghimire; Kouider Mokhtari – Reading Psychology, 2025
This study uses 2018 PISA data to explore factors impacting 15-year-old U.S. students' reading performance. It finds teacher experience positively correlates with scores, while attributes like age negatively impact them. Home ICT access boosts achievement, but overabundance of devices proves counterproductive. Ethnicity, parental education, and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Secondary School Students, Reading Ability, Reading Fluency
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Azzolini, D.; Campregher, S.; Madia, J. E. – Research Papers in Education, 2022
This paper provides a comparative analysis of the drivers of English Language Competence (ELC) in a representative sample of European adolescents. School factors -- such as English instruction time and English onset -- are found to play an important role, especially in countries whose official languages are more distant from English. However,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Skills, Adolescents, Second Language Instruction
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Ibrahim, Ali; Alhosani, Najwa – Cogent Education, 2020
International student assessments are used to measure the education system quality in many countries including the United Arab Emirates (UAE). However, student performances in these exams are influenced by a complex array of factors. This study collected interview data from six central officials, three school principals and vice principals, and 12…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Evaluation, International Assessment, Achievement Tests
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Callahan, Rebecca M.; Humphries, Melissa; Buontempo, Jenny – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2021
Mathematics is not just memorized facts, but rather it is understanding how to approach and solve problems, and problem-solving requires linguistic proficiency. Too often, English learners' (ELs) relatively low math performance is dismissed due to their supposed "limited" English proficiency. Taking this perspective, a constructivist…
Descriptors: High School Students, English Language Learners, Mathematics Instruction, Constructivism (Learning)