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Immigrant Students in Denmark: Why Are They Disadvantaged in Civic Learning?
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Zhu, Jinxin; Chiu, Ming Ming – Educational Psychology, 2020
Although native family students often learn more than immigrant family students in school (e.g. civics), scholars have not systematically demonstrated the mechanisms through which native family students outperform immigrant family students. The "Opportunity-Propensity" framework guides this study. We examine the link between students'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Civics, Citizenship Education
Early Home Numeracy Activities and Later Mathematics Achievement: Early Numeracy, Interest, and Self-Efficacy as Mediators
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Zhu, Jinxin; Chiu, Ming Ming – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2019
Parents are their children's most influential educators, and their joint activities can influence these children's early learning. Past studies with small, non-representative samples do not show a consistent link between early numeracy activities at home and children's mathematics achievement. Specifically, whether or how "early numeracy…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Self Efficacy, Parents as Teachers, Early Experience
Reflective Teaching via a Problem Exploration--Teaching Adaptations--Resolution Cycle: A Mixed Methods Study of Preservice Teachers' Reflective Notes
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Hayden, H. Emily; Chiu, Ming Ming – Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 2015
We explore development of elementary preservice teachers' reflective practices as they solved problems encountered while teaching in a reading clinic. Written reflections (N = 175) were collected across 8 weeks from 23 preservice teachers and analyzed to investigate relationships among problem exploration, teaching adaptations, and problem…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary Education, Reflective Teaching, Mixed Methods Research
Classmate Characteristics and Student Achievement in 33 Countries: Classmates' Past Achievement, Family Socioeconomic Status, Educational Resources, and Attitudes toward Reading
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Chiu, Ming Ming; Chow, Bonnie Wing-Yin – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2015
Classmates can influence a student's academic achievement through immediate interactions (e.g., academic help, positive attitudes toward reading) or by sharing tangible or intangible family resources (books, stories of foreign travel). Multilevel analysis of 141,019 fourth-grade students' reading achievements in 33 countries showed that…
Descriptors: Peer Influence, Student Characteristics, Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement
The Occupational Commitment and Intention to Quit of Practicing and Pre-Service Teachers: Influence of Self-Efficacy, Job Stress, and Teaching Context
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Klassen, Robert M.; Chiu, Ming Ming – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2011
The purpose of the present study was to explore the occupational commitment and quitting intention of practicing and pre-service teachers. We used a cross-sectional survey design to examine the impact of teachers' self-efficacy, job stress, and contextual factors on occupational commitment and quitting intention of 434 practicing teachers and 379…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Employee Attitudes, Intention, Work Ethic
Ecological, Psychological, and Cognitive Components of Reading Difficulties: Testing the Component Model of Reading in Fourth Graders across 38 Countries
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Chiu, Ming Ming; McBride-Chang, Catherine; Lin, Dan – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2012
The authors tested the component model of reading (CMR) among 186,725 fourth grade students from 38 countries (45 regions) on five continents by analyzing the 2006 Progress in International Reading Literacy Study data using measures of ecological (country, family, school, teacher), psychological, and cognitive components. More than 91% of the…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Student Attitudes, International Studies, Family Characteristics
Family and Reading in 41 Countries: Differences across Cultures and Students
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Chiu, Ming Ming; McBride-Chang, Catherine – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2010
Family characteristics' links to literacy learning and their differences across macrosystems (economic and cultural contexts) were explored in multilevel analyses of the reading tests and questionnaire responses of 193,841 fifteen-year-olds across 41 countries. Students who had two parents, had higher family socioeconomic status (SES), were native…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Characteristics, Relationship, Reading Achievement