NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Tan, Cheng Yong – British Educational Research Journal, 2015
The present study addresses the issue of how different forms of cultural capital may influence children's mathematics achievement in economies with different socioeconomic gradients. Data from 73,178 parent-child dyads from 10 economies with different socioeconomic gradients who participated in the Programme for International Student Assessment…
Descriptors: Cultural Capital, Mathematics Achievement, Socioeconomic Influences, Parent Child Relationship
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Alegre, Miquel Angel; Ferrer, Gerard – British Educational Research Journal, 2010
This paper aims to analyze the effects of certain characteristics of the educational systems on the social composition of schools. After accounting for significant effects of schools' social composition on student outcomes (this is confirmed on the basis of a multilevel analysis), we explore the impacts of distinct components of what we name…
Descriptors: School Choice, Foreign Countries, School Segregation, Politics of Education