EFFECTS OF TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS ON MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT

TitleEFFECTS OF TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS ON MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2008
AuthorsIsmail, N
JournalProblems of Education in the 21st Century
Volume6
Start Page103-112
Date PublishedMay/2008
Type of ArticleOriginal article
ISSN1822-7864
Other NumbersICID: 860151
Keywordsacademic performance, mathematics achievement
Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of factors related to schools and teachers on mathematics achievement of Malaysian students in the Trend International Mathematics and Science Study conducted in 2003. A total of 150 schools were involved in the study and these schools were selected at random using simple random sampling from all secondary schools in Malaysia. This study employed a uni-variate analysis such as t-test or ANOVA to investigate the differences in mathematics achievement among groups. It was found that students taught by female teachers, participating in developing mathematics contents and mathematics curriculum, having few or no limitation on instruction, spent less time in reviewing homework and more on working problem on their own, students coming from economically less disadvantaged homes, good perception on the school climate and good class attendance had significantly higher mathematics achievement.

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Refereed DesignationRefereed
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