a r t i c l e i n f o Students' academic self-concept is a good predictor of academic achievement and a desirable educational outcome per se. In this study, we take a closer look at the nature of the academic self-concept in the natural sciences by examining its dimensional structure, its relation to achievement, and gender differences. We analyzed data from self-concept measures, grades and st...

This article presents a quantitative analysis of the determinants student scores on standardized mathematics assessment in Cameroon, sub-Saharan African country with Francophone and Anglophone school systems. Using component 2014 Programme d’Analyse des Systèmes Educatifs de la CONFEMEN survey, we examined importance community, classroom resourcing, teacher attributes, characteristics, family c...

The collective effects of teachers' educational beliefs and mathematical knowledge on students' mathematics achievement.

Increasing income inequality particularly since the economic crisis of 1997 has called attention to the issue of growing educational inequality in South Korea. Although much recent research has been directed at understanding the socioeconomic gap in academic achievement, few studies have empirically examined how this gap has changed over time during the past decade in South Korea. Using nationa...

Direct and indirect effects of socioeconomic status (SES) and previous mathematics achievement on high school advanced mathematics course taking were explored. Structural equation modeling was carried out on data from the National Educational Longitudinal Study: 1988 database. The two variables were placed in a model together with the mediating variables of parental involvement, educational asp...