ERIC Number: EJ1115053
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Aug
Pages: 27
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Analysis of Student and School Level Variables Related to Mathematics Self-Efficacy Level Based on PISA 2012 Results for China-Shanghai, Turkey, and Greece
Usta, H. Gonca
Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, v16 n4 p1297-1323 Aug 2016
This study aims to analyze the student and school level variables that affect students' self-efficacy levels in mathematics in China-Shanghai, Turkey, and Greece based on PISA 2012 results. In line with this purpose, the hierarchical linear regression model (HLM) was employed. The interschool variability is estimated at approximately 17% in China-Shanghai, approximately 22% in Turkey, and approximately 23% in Greece. This study showed a positive association between variables of "self-confidence," "teacher support," and "attitude toward school," all of which are among Level 1 variables, and mathematics self-efficacy in all three countries. A negative association was observed to exist between the variables "socio-cultural index" and "educational opportunities at home" and mathematics self-efficacy in all three countries. While "pre-school education" in China-Shanghai and Turkey were negatively associated with students' mathematics self-efficacy levels, the same variable was positively associated with students' mathematics self-efficacy in Greece. While the variable "mathematical anxiety" was negatively associated with students' mathematics self-efficacy in China-Shanghai and Greece, it was positively associated with students' mathematics self-efficacy in Turkey. The variable "interest in mathematics," in turn, was negatively associated with mathematics self-efficacy solely in China-Shanghai. Regarding the association between mathematics self-efficacy levels and the school level variables, a near-zero positive association was found between "class size," deemed significant for Turkey, and self-efficacy levels. The association between "teacher to student ratio in school" and self-efficacy levels was found to be negative in all three countries. The variable "teacher's morale," however, was positively associated with self-efficacy level in China-Shanghai and Turkey.
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, International Assessment, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Institutional Characteristics, Student Characteristics, Statistical Analysis, Mathematics Teachers, Regression (Statistics), Correlation, School Attitudes, Teacher Student Relationship, Self Esteem, Educational Opportunities, Preschool Education, Mathematics Anxiety, Student Interests, Class Size, Teacher Student Ratio, Teacher Morale
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education; Preschool Education; Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China (Shanghai); Greece; Turkey
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Program for International Student Assessment
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