Published in:Melbourne Institute Working Paper ; No. 22/16
Extent:
1 Online-Ressource (47 p)
Language:
English
DOI:
10.2139/ssrn.2815258
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Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments July 27, 2016 erstellt
Description:
This study looks at whether differences in student attitudes towards mathematics and science between Victorian students and those in selected other countries can explain differences in student achievement between them. We find that they cannot. In general, in the 2011 Trends in Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) data used here, Victorian school students have more positive attitudes towards mathematics and science than students in high achievement countries. These results also hold where we remove any language effects from the way people respond to attitudinal questions, or any cultural or social-desirability induced elements of the responses. Further, the most reliable estimates of the relationship between attitudes and achievement point to quite small effects, suggesting any increase in achievement associated with improved student attitudes could only be small