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50 Years of ERIC
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Does It Matter Who Your Schoolmates Are? An Investigation of the Association between School Composition, School Processes and Mathematics Achievement in the Early Years of Primary Education
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Boonen, Tinneke; Speybroeck, Sara; de Bilde, Jerissa; Lamote, Carl; Van Damme, Jan; Onghena, Patrick – British Educational Research Journal, 2014
Although many studies have focused on the importance of school composition for student achievement, there is still no consensus on "whether" school composition matters to student achievement, and, if so, "why". Therefore, the present study investigates the association between school composition and mathematics achievement at…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Investigations, Elementary School Mathematics, Socioeconomic Status
Inequality in Language Achievement Growth? An Investigation into the Impact of Pupil Socio-Ethnic Background and School Socio-Ethnic Composition
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Belfi, Barbara; Goos, Mieke; Pinxten, Maarten; Verhaeghe, Jean Pierre; Gielen, Sarah; De Fraine, Bieke; Van Damme, Jan – British Educational Research Journal, 2014
This paper investigates how pupils' growth trajectories in three language domains (reading fluency, spelling, and reading comprehension) are related to their own socioeconomic and ethnic background and to the socioeconomic and ethnic composition of their primary school. Using multilevel piecewise growth curve analysis, the growth trajectories…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Spelling, Reading Comprehension, Socioeconomic Background
Do School Context, Student Composition and School Leadership Affect School Practice and Outcomes in Secondary Education?
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Opdenakker, Marie-Christine; Van Damme, Jan – British Educational Research Journal, 2007
This study examined effects of school context, student composition and school leadership on school practice and outcomes in secondary education in Flanders. The study reveals that relations between school characteristics do exist and that it is possible to explain an important part of the differences in mean effort and mathematics achievement of…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, Teacher Collaboration, Teacher Influence, Instructional Leadership
The Short-Term and the Long-Term Effect of Primary Schools and Classes on Mathematics and Language Achievement Scores
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Pustjens, Heidi; Van de gaer, Eva; Van Damme, Jan; Onghena, Patrick; Van Landeghem, Georges – British Educational Research Journal, 2007
A considerable body of previous research has demonstrated that differences between schools and classes have an impact on students' learning and acquisition of skills. It is not yet clear, however, whether the effects persist in the longer term. The present study examines the effect of primary schools and classes on language and mathematics…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Secondary Schools, Comparative Analysis, Language Arts
The Effect of Schools and Classes on Language Achievement
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De Fraine, Bieke; Van Damme, Jan; Van Landeghem, Georges; Opdenakker, Marie-Christine; Onghena, Patrick – British Educational Research Journal, 2003
This study addresses the effects of secondary schools and classes on language achievement in Flanders, Belgium. The results of a three-level analysis (students within classes within schools) indicate that the group composition at the class level is very important. In classes with a high average initial cognitive ability or a large proportion of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Practices, Cognitive Ability, Elementary School Students
Relationship between School Composition and Characteristics of School Process and Their Effect on Mathematics Achievement.
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Opdenakker, Marie-Christine; Van Damme, Jan – British Educational Research Journal, 2001
Explores the relationship between school composition and characteristics of school process. Investigates their effect on mathematics achievement in Belgian (Flemish) secondary education with multilevel analysis. Confirms important relationships. Finds addition of school composition variables to models with school process variables caused a decline…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Improvement, Educational Research, Foreign Countries