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Pugh, Geoff; Telhaj, Shqiponje – British Educational Research Journal, 2008
Social capital theory, recent developments in the theory of identity and a small econometric literature all suggest positive attainment effects from faith schooling. To test this hypothesis, the authors use a unique data set on Flemish secondary school students from the 1999 repeat of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study to…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Secondary School Students, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries
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Briggs, Ann R. J. – British Educational Research Journal, 2007
The purpose of this article is to exemplify and enhance the place of modelling as a qualitative process in educational research. Modelling is widely used in quantitative research as a tool for analysis, theory building and prediction. Statistical data lend themselves to graphical representation of values, interrelationships and operational…
Descriptors: Statistical Data, Statistical Analysis, Educational Research, Educational Administration