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Understanding Filipino Students' Achievement in PISA: The Roles of Personal Characteristics, Proximal Processes, and Social Contexts
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Haw, Joseph Y.; King, Ronnel B. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2023
Much of the existing educational research has focused on affluent Western societies. Despite comprising a broad swathe of the world population, less work has focused on lower middle-income economies such as the Philippines. Perhaps part of this reason is the lack of high-quality data in such contexts. PISA provides a potential solution to this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Secondary School Students
Investigation of the Individual Characteristics that Predict Academic Resilience
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Avci, Süleyman – International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research, 2022
The percentage of students with lower academic achievement than their peers due to their socio-economical disadvantages is globally accepted as an indicator of inequality. Some students, despite their disadvantages, are as successful as their advantaged peers. The family and individual characteristics and academic experiences of these students,…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, Socioeconomic Status
How Can Cross-Country Differences in the Practice of Grade Retention Be Explained? A Closer Look at National Educational Policy Factors
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Goos, Mieke; Schreier, Brigitte Maria; Knipprath, Heidi Maria Eduard; De Fraine, Bieke; Van Damme, Jan; Trautwein, Ulrich – Comparative Education Review, 2013
This study investigates the extent to which national educational policy factors can explain differences in the probability of students repeating a grade in primary and lower-secondary education across OECD member countries. Data from the PISA 2009 study, the OECD "Education at a Glance" brochures, and the TALIS 2007 study were analyzed…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Grade Repetition, Foreign Countries, Probability
Influence of Contextual Challenges and Constraints on Learning-Centered Leadership
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Tan, Cheng Yong – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2014
The present study examines from the contingency opportunities perspective the influence of contextual factors on principals' learning-centered leadership using HLM. Participants were 18,641 school principals from 73 jurisdictions who participated in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2009. Results showed that principals were…
Descriptors: Principals, Leadership, Performance Factors, Influences