scholarly journals Top-performing math students in 82 countries: An integrative data analysis of gender differences in achievement, achievement profiles, and achievement motivation.

Author(s):  
Lena Keller ◽  
Franzis Preckel ◽  
Jacquelynne S. Eccles ◽  
Martin Brunner
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lena Keller ◽  
Franzis Preckel ◽  
Jacquelynne Eccles ◽  
Martin Brunner

The present integrative data analysis examined gender differences in achievement, achievement profiles, and achievement motivation in mathematics, reading, and science among 115,481 top-performing adolescent math students (top 5% in their respective countries). To do this, we applied the same analysis protocol to representative individual participant data from six cycles of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA 2000–2015, 82 countries) and integrated the results by using meta-analytical random coefficient models. We found that in the group of top-performing math students, male students were overrepresented (female-to-male ratio 1:1.50). Furthermore, female students possessed better reading skills (d = –0.23) and more positive reading attitudes (–0.64 ≤ d ≤ –0.38). Male students had stronger math self-efficacy (d = 0.32) and demonstrated mathematics-oriented achievement profiles, whereas female students’ profiles were more balanced across domains. Moreover, female students were more interested in organic and medical fields (–0.44 ≤ d ≤ –0.30), whereas male students showed greater interest in physics-related topics (0.39 ≤ d ≤ 0.54). Gender equality indicators moderated the proportion of female students in the top 5% in mathematics and explained variability in achievement profiles across countries. Results are explained by social role theory and expectancy–value theory, and implications for women’s underrepresentation in (specific) STEM fields are discussed.


Author(s):  
Suhardi Suhardi

Mental revolution of education requires efforts to print educated human beings by having the motivation to meet the standards of achievement excellence, such as ethos of progress, ethics, achievement motivation, discipline, optimistic, productive, innovative and active views. This can be implemented with character education. Character education is one of the soft skill tools that can be integrated in learning in each subject. Learning activities using an active learning approach have a strategic role in instilling national character values so that students are able to behave and act on values that have become their personality. The purpose of this study was to find and analyze about: 1) Implementation of Character Education to Build Adiwiyata-Based Mental Revolution and Multiculturalism; 2) Implementation of Character Education to Build Mental Revolution in Organizational Culture. This study uses a qualitative approach with phenomenological naturatistics (phenomenology approach), with a descriptive type of case study research design. Data were analyzed using data analysis techniques: data reduction, data analysis and conclusions. The results of the study are: The application of character education to develop a mental revolution can be started from the character of building the environment. Environmental character is very important for individual development. The implementation of character education in building a mental revolution can emphasize the internalization of multicultural values and Adiwiyata which in the end will form a loving environmental awareness and foster a spirit of tolerance.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
pp. 820
Author(s):  
Raja Revolin Ismail

This research is a school action research that aims to improve teacher achievement through academicsupervision. This research was conducted at SD Negeri 009 Teluk Pauh, Cirenti District. The subjects of thisstudy were teachers of SD Negeri 009 Teluk Pauh, Cirenti Subdistrict with a total number of 12 people,consisting of 4 men and 8 women. This research was carried out in two cycles carried out based on the stages ofplanning, implementation and reflection. The data used is physical data. The average data analysis technique isdescriptive method. The results showed that teacher achievement motivation in the first cycle was 60.1% withgood categories and the cycle increased to 81.6% with very good categories.


Author(s):  
Wina Lova Riza

The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation between interpersonal communication and emotional intelligence with achievement motivation in packaged home schooling community students. The population in this study were 50 packaged home schooling community students, where the sampling technique was saturated sampling (census), because the population was the same as the sample. Based on the results of data analysis using multivariate correlation with the help of SPSS 15.0, research results obtained with a correlation coefficient of 0.657 with p <0.05, then H0 which states there is no correlation between interpersonal communication and emotional intelligence is rejected, while Ha which states there is a correlation between Interpersonal communication and emotional intelligence are accepted. Based on the description above it can be concluded that there is a significant correlation with the positive direction between interpersonal communication and emotional intelligence with achievement motivation in packaged home schooling community students. So, the better interpersonal communication and the higher the emotional intelligence will be followed by the higher achievement motivation Keywords: Interpersonal Communication, Emotional Inteligence, Achievemnet Motivation.   Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui korelasi antara komunikasi interpersonal dan kecerdasan emosi dengan motivasi berprestasi pada siswa komunitas home schooling Berkemas. Populasi pada penelitian ini siswa komunitas home schooling berkemas yang berjumlah 50 orang, dimana tehnik pengambilan sampel adalah sampling jenuh (sensus), karena populasi sama dengan sampel. Berdasarkan hasil analisis data dengan menggunakan multivariate correlation dengan bantuan program SPSS 15.0 diperoleh hasil penelitian dengan koefisien korelasi sebesar 0,657 dengan p<0,05, maka H0 yang menyatakan tidak ada korelasi antara komunikasi interpersonal dan kecerdasan emosi ditolak, sedangkan Ha yang menyatakan ada korelasi antara komunikasi interpersonal dan kecerdasan emosi diterima. Berdasarkan uraian diatas dapat ditarik kesimpulan bahwa ada korelasi yang signifikan dengan arah positf antara komunikasi interpersonal dan kecerdasan emosi dengan motivasi berprestasi pada siswa komunitas home schooling Berkemas. Jadi, semakin baik komunikasi intepersonal dan semakin tinggi kecerdasan emosi akan diikuti dengan semakin tingginya motivasi berprestasi.   Kata Kunci: Komunikasi Interpersonal, Kecerdasan Emosional, Motivasi Berprestasi.


Author(s):  
Eun-Young Mun ◽  
Anne E. Ray

Integrative data analysis (IDA) is a promising new approach in psychological research and has been well received in the field of alcohol research. This chapter provides a larger unifying research synthesis framework for IDA. Major advantages of IDA of individual participant-level data include better and more flexible ways to examine subgroups, model complex relationships, deal with methodological and clinical heterogeneity, and examine infrequently occurring behaviors. However, between-study heterogeneity in measures, designs, and samples and systematic study-level missing data are significant barriers to IDA and, more broadly, to large-scale research synthesis. Based on the authors’ experience working on the Project INTEGRATE data set, which combined individual participant-level data from 24 independent college brief alcohol intervention studies, it is also recognized that IDA investigations require a wide range of expertise and considerable resources and that some minimum standards for reporting IDA studies may be needed to improve transparency and quality of evidence.


Author(s):  
Daniel R. Isbell ◽  
Young-A Son

Abstract Elicited Imitation Tests (EITs) are commonly used in second language acquisition (SLA)/bilingualism research contexts to assess the general oral proficiency of study participants. While previous studies have provided valuable EIT construct-related validity evidence, some key gaps remain. This study uses an integrative data analysis to further probe the validity of the Korean EIT score interpretations by examining the performances of 318 Korean learners (198 second language, 79 foreign language, and 41 heritage) on the Korean EIT scored by five different raters. Expanding on previous EIT validation efforts, this study (a) examined both inter-rater reliability and differences in rater severity, (b) explored measurement bias across subpopulations of language learners, (c) identified relevant linguistic features which relate to item difficulty, and (d) provided a norm-referenced interpretation for Korean EIT scores. Overall, findings suggest that the Korean EIT can be used in diverse SLA/bilingualism research contexts, as it measures ability similarly across subgroups and raters.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (suppl_1) ◽  
pp. 375-375
Author(s):  
E K Graham ◽  
S J Weston ◽  
A N Hall ◽  
Scott M Hofer ◽  
D K Mroczek

BMJ Open ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. e014179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ranadip Chowdhury ◽  
Sunita Taneja ◽  
Sarmila Mazumder ◽  
Nita Bhandari ◽  
Tor A Strand

ObjectiveTo examine gender differences in infant survival on the first day of life, in the first week of life, and in the neonatal and post-neonatal periods by socio-demographic and economic variables.DesignSecondary data analysis was performed on data from a cluster randomised trial on the effect of implementation of the Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness programme, India.SettingsThe study setting was Palwal and Faridabad, districts of Haryana, a state in North India.MeasuresMultiple logistic regression models taking the cluster design into account were used to estimate gender differences in mortality in different periods of infancy.ResultsA total of 60 480 infants were included in these analyses. Of 4060 infant deaths, 2054 were female (7.2% of all females born) and 2006 were male (6.3% of all males born). The death rate was significantly higher in females in the post-neonatal period but not during the neonatal period. The odds of death at 29–180 days and at 181–365 days were 1.4 (95% CI 1.3 to 1.6) and 1.7 (95% CI: 1.4 to 2.0) higher in females compared with males, respectively. This increase was seen across all socio-demographic and economic strata.ConclusionGender differences during the post-neonatal period are a major threat to the survival and health of female infants in India. Programmes need to identify measures that can specifically reduce female mortality.Trial registrationClinical trialsNCT00474981


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