NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
López, Verónica; Salgado, Mauricio; Berkowitz, Ruth – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2023
Supportive school and classroom climates can add to student achievement and compensate for the negative contribution of low-socioeconomic status (SES) to academic achievement. We tested the added contribution of school and classroom climate to Chilean students' mathematics test scores. We performed a secondary analysis of 151,015 eighth-grade…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Junior High School Students, Socioeconomic Status
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Berkowitz, Ruth – Youth & Society, 2022
This study carefully examined compensating, mediating, and moderating effects of positive school climate on the relationship of socioeconomic status (SES) and achievement in a nationally representative sample of ethnocultural minority Arabic speaking students in Israel (N = 21,873). Positive school climate was predominantly influential in schools…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Socioeconomic Status, Achievement Gap, Academic Achievement
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Berkowitz, Ruth – School Psychology International, 2014
School bullying is a worldwide worrisome phenomenon that occurs within a broad context in which pupils and teachers can either reinforce or undermine violent behavior through interaction. Based on a nationally representative sample of students in Israel, this study examined patterns in student perceptions of student and teacher responses to school…
Descriptors: Bullying, Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Victims