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Kim, Suehye; Choi, Jungah – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2021
This cross-cultural study examines national variations in the association of youths' attitudinal characteristics and socio-psychological resources at school with their mathematics achievements between South Korea and the US. Using the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study 2015 data, it finds comparative results between two…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Mathematics Achievement
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Kim, Jihyun; Park, Hyungmin; Lee, Moosung – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2021
Adolescents' peer networks are integral part of their lives in school. In South Korea, where the demographics of adolescent population is rapidly changing with a growing influx of immigrants, providing opportunities for quality education for adolescents from immigrant and/or interracial families (called "damnuhwa" families in South…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, Ethnicity, Peer Relationship, Social Networks
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Yu, Baeksan; Lim, Hyejung; Kelly, Sean – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2019
A common rationale for providing free lunch for all students is that selectively receiving a free meal at school generates stigma. This study examines the hypothesis that eligibility to receive a school free lunch has negative effects on student educational outcomes, and that this stigma-effect is more severe in schools where a low proportion of…
Descriptors: Social Bias, Lunch Programs, Outcomes of Education, Academic Achievement
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Lee, Moosung; Ju, Eunsu – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2016
Reflecting on the fast-growing number of adolescents involved in part-time work in South Korea, we pay special attention to the effects of part-time work on school disengagement in this age group. While research on this issue in Korea is still scarce, a handful of existing studies have documented the undesirable effects of part-time work on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Part Time Employment, Learner Engagement, Education Work Relationship