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Type | Journal Article - Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice |
Title | Revisiting the relationship between students' achievement and their self-perceptions: A cross-national analysis based on TIMSS 1999 data |
Author(s) | |
Volume | 9 |
Issue | 2 |
Publication (Day/Month/Year) | 2002 |
Page numbers | 161-184 |
URL | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/0969594022000001913 |
Abstract | Using the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 1999 data, this study investigates the relationship between 8th graders' mathematics and science achievement and their self-perceptions. For within-country data, there is generally a positive relationship between students' achievement and three measures of their self-perception: how much they like the two subjects, their self-perceived competence in the subjects and their perceived easiness of the subjects. However, on a between-country analysis (the unit of analysis being the country) the findings are the opposite, i.e. there is a negative relationship between self-perceptions and achievement. These findings are consistent with the findings from a previous study based on TIMSS 1995 data, even though the sample of countries is different and an additional measure of self-perception is applied. Among several possible explanations, the author suggests that this pattern may reflect high academic standards in high performing countries and low academic standards in low performing countries. |
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Shen, Ce. "Revisiting the relationship between students' achievement and their self-perceptions: A cross-national analysis based on TIMSS 1999 data." Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice 9, no. 2 (2002): 161-184.