NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Tan, Cheng Yong; Dimmock, Clive – Educational Studies, 2022
The knowledge base on various forms of structuring students' learning by ability grouping is more robust than that on teachers' instructional practices being implemented within these groupings. The present study examines if student-reported mathematics teachers' instructional practices vary among schools with different degrees of implementing…
Descriptors: High School Students, Principals, Educational Practices, Mathematics Achievement
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Fung, Francis; Tan, Cheng Yong; Chen, Gaowei – Psychology in the Schools, 2018
The present study explored the relationships between student engagement and mathematics achievement for 295,416 15-year-old students from 11,767 secondary schools in 34 countries who participated in the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2012. Affective engagement was measured by students' mathematics interest (InterestMath) and…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Mathematics Achievement, Secondary School Students, Secondary School Mathematics
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Tan, Cheng Yong – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2018
The present study examined indirect effects of principal leadership on the mathematics achievement of 254,475 15-year-old students from 10,313 schools in 32 OECD economies. Results showed that the students could be divided into three categories ("Disadvantaged," "Average," and "Privileged") differing in levels of…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Disadvantaged, Advantaged, Socioeconomic Status