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Publication Date: 2019
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A Social-Emotional Pathway to Promoting Math Self-Concept: The Moderating Role of Sex
Wong, Tracy K. Y.; Konishi, Chiaki; Tao, Lydia
Educational Psychology, v39 n9 p1119-1135 2019
Guided by the school climate and social-emotional learning literature, this study explored math self-concept in relation to student-teacher relationships and students' sense of school belonging while accounting for sex differences. Participants included two random subsamples (Ns = 532; 558) of 15-year-old Canadian students who participated in the 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). Results indicated that while student-teacher relationships were positively associated with math self-concept among boys, sense of school belonging was positively associated with math self-concept among girls. Moderated mediation analyses indicated that the indirect association between student-teacher relationships and math self-concept via the sense of school belonging was significant only among girls; the total effects model was only significant among boys. These findings were evidenced in both subsamples. Findings suggest the importance to not only enhance student-teacher relationships and students' sense of school belonging, but also to recognize how intervention efforts might vary depending on students' sex.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, Educational Environment, Self Concept, Teacher Student Relationship, Student School Relationship, Gender Differences, Secondary School Students, Correlation, Mathematics Skills, Intervention, Social Development, Emotional Development
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Program for International Student Assessment
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