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Direct linkSara Salloum; Rayya Younes; Maya Antoun – Research in Science Education, 2025
In Lebanon, science is taught in an international language (French or English) based on a language-in-education policy rooted in Lebanon's colonial history. Given the intersection among social/socioeconomic class, educational equity, and science performance, learning science in a language other than one's own raises concerns around…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Achievement, Science Instruction, Language of Instruction
Download full textJohn Nyamunda – South African Journal of Education, 2024
The quality of education is a predictor of a country's economic performance -- which is why comparative international education surveys are important. South Africa performed poorly in the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) in 2019. The score of 374 for mathematics and 324 for science is poor compared to the mid-point of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Predictor Variables, Cultural Differences
Donia Smaali Bouhlila; Imen Hentati – Journal of Education in Muslim Societies, 2023
We explore the impact of the language of instruction on academic performance of Arabic-speaking students who are expected to learn mathematics and science in and through a second language (L2). Using as a theoretical background Cummins's (1984) framework relating language proficiency to academic achievement, we provide some insights into the…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, Elementary School Students, Academic Achievement, Arabic
Younes, Rayya; Salloum, Sara; Antoun, Maya – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2023
Understanding the long-standing educational inequities associated with socioeconomic status remains significant for transforming educational policies and practices. To better understand entanglements among socioeconomic status and students' performance in mathematics, we examined different home factors (including language of the test) that…
Descriptors: Native Language, Family Environment, Socioeconomic Status, Foreign Countries
