The Role of National Culture in Student Acquisition of Mathematics and Reading Skills

Autor/in	Breton, Theodore R.
Titel	The Role of National Culture in Student Acquisition of Mathematics and Reading Skills
Quelle	In: Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 53 (2023) 1, S.55-71 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-7925
DOI	10.1080/03057925.2020.1870100
Schlagwörter	Cultural Influences; Skill Development; Mathematics Skills; Reading Skills; Family Characteristics; Institutional Characteristics; Achievement Tests; International Assessment; Secondary School Students; Foreign Countries; Comparative Education; Power Structure; Collectivism; Masculinity; Femininity; Program for International Student Assessment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Sekundarschüler; Ausland; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Männlichkeit; Femaleness; Weiblichkeit
Abstract	International tests demonstrate that students' mathematics and reading skills vary widely across countries. I investigate whether a country's cultural characteristics are the fundamental cause of these differences, while family and school characteristics are the proximate causes. I find that while either cultural characteristics or family and school characteristics can explain average student scores on PISA mathematics and reading literacy tests across countries, when the effects of both types of characteristics are examined together, the cultural characteristics explain most of the differences. These results indicate that families and schools function as agents of society and that schools have a limited capability to improve students' skills absent accompanying changes in a country's cultural characteristics. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01