Since the advent of the NCTM Standards (1989), mathematics educators have been faced with the challenge of assessing the impact of Standards-based (or “reform”) curricula. Research on the impact of Standards-based curricula has predominantly focused on student achievement; here we consider an alternative: Students’ epistemological conceptions of mathematics. 297 participants were administered a...

When the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) was established in 1959 the basic idea was to use comparative analysis of country differences in achievement to take advantage of the world as an educational laboratory. A large number of comparative studies involving substantial numbers of countries has since then been conducted and much has indeed been lear...

Gender Equality in Educational Achievement: An East-West Comparison Data on educational access show gender parity of pupils attending primary and secondary schools in transition countries. The first aim of this analysis is to examine whether the gender balance in educational access translates also into gender equality in educational achievement. There are several and very recent international s...

Background Understanding environmental factors affecting the educational process and including them in educational planning will lead into increased outcome of education, mental health, reduced stress, and higher education performance. This study was conducted to investigate the impact of educational spaces coloring on learning and academic achievement of elementary school students in the acad...

abstract the present study aims to investigate the relationship of self-efficacy and emotional intelligence on educational achievement among high school students martyrs girls. the method of this study in nature is descriptive and correlation. the population size of this study consists of 215 students were selected as sample from all high school of zahedan city for this study.187 students respo...

The paper investigates the impact of homogeneous vs. heterogeneous grouping of students with respect to their social origin on the differences in educational achievement. There are two competing hypotheses in this respect: heterogeneous grouping increases students’ educational outcomes, or homogeneous grouping is the proper solution for improving students’ achievement. Further hypotheses refer ...

Achievement gaps, as measured by standardized tests, are inextricably related to educational goals, standards, norms, and benchmarks for student learning outcomes. I revisit conventional approaches to educational testing to measure achievement gaps—norm-referenced, criterion-referenced, and potential-referenced tests. I explore and discuss a paradigm shift from “passive” tests to “responsive” t...

This study aims to identify the most important social factors that affect educational achievement. The qualitative descriptive analytical approach was used in this study, this approach describes the phenomenon as it is, then analyzes it. The study reported that the most effective factor on educational achievement is the family, society, school and If the student belongs to a certain social econ...