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Wilson, Alison – High School Journal, 2022
This study extends research on cultural reproduction theory and employs a critical quantitative lens to examine how schools contribute to differential science outcomes based on intersectional student backgrounds. Using nationally representative PISA 2015 data, structural equation modeling is utilized with intersectional student background groups…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, International Assessment
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Quentin Maire; Christina Ho – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2024
Asian migrant students are typically considered as educational paragons in the West. They have been shown to surpass other students in standard indicators of educational success. However, viewing this success with a purely ethnic framework is inadequate and essentialising. It conflates the experiences of various groups into a homogenised 'Asian'…
Descriptors: Asians, Ethnicity, Academic Achievement, Social Class
Szu S. Ling; Fabrice Saffre; Deborah L. Gater; Lilia Halim; Abdel F. Isakovic – Journal of Chemical Education, 2024
Computer quiz games are introduced to improve teaching and learning in a freshman engineering chemistry course in an English-as-a-second-language (ESL) environment. These quiz games are developed and implemented as supplemental and augmentative tools to enhance traditionally delivered lectures. The paper shows an increase in students' motivation…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Tests, Chemistry, Engineering Education