Related Factors of Mathematics Achievement: From Taiwan 8th Grade Students’ Data in TIMSS 2007
Date Issued
2009
Date
2009
Author(s)
Li, Wen-Ya
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between students’ mathematics achievement and some related factors, including family factors, individual factors, and school factors. Besides, a factor model relating students’ mathematics achievement was constructed further. This was a secondary analysis of data from Taiwan’s eighth grade students in TIMSS 2007, and the sample consisted of 4046 participants. The main statistical methods applied to this study are Pearson’s product-moment correlation, factor analysis, and structural equation modeling (SEM). The major findings of this study are described as follows..Among the family factors discussed in this study, the major effects on students’ mathematics achievement are “self-expectation about education level”, “the amount of books in home’, and “highest education level of either parent”..Among the individual factors discussed in this study, the importance to students’ mathematics achievement are ranked as “self-confidence in learning mathematics”, “positive attitude toward mathematics”, and “values and motivations about mathematics”..Among the school factors discussed in this study, the major effects on students’ mathematics achievement are “the percentage of students come from economically disadvantaged/affluent homes”, “class size”, and “the number of people within the school district”..Regarding the proposed factor model, most goodness of fit indices demonstrated an acceptable fit with the Taiwan sample in TIMSS 2007. And about 62% of total variance of achievement can be accounted for by the factors in this model..As a whole, the family and individual factors have the relatively major effects on students’ mathematics achievement in contrast with the school factors.
Subjects
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)
mathematics achievement
eighth grade
school factors
family factors
structural equation modeling (SEM)
Type
thesis
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