ERIC Number: EJ835687
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Jun
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Social Capital and Student Achievement in Norwegian Secondary Schools
Huang, Lihong
Learning and Individual Differences, v19 n2 p320-325 Jun 2009
This paper investigates student social capital in Norwegian secondary schools and its effects on student achievement. Using data from the national survey "Young in Norway 2002", it explores the concept and measurement of social capital in the school context by applying factor analysis. The paper also tests an analytical model that links student home background, social capital at school and student academic achievement, using a structural modelling technique. Control variables in the analysis are student age, gender, school size and home community. Testing the analytical model with female and male student subgroup data takes gender perspectives into consideration. Finally, statistical results are presented and discussed, and implications for further research are provided. The study finds that student social capital, generated from student social relations with parents, teachers and peers, has a significant influence on student achievement. (Contains 1 figure and 4 tables.)
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Academic Achievement, School Size, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries, Social Capital, Norwegian, National Surveys, Models, Age, Gender Differences, Parent Child Relationship, Teacher Student Relationship, Interpersonal Relationship
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Norway
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