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Predicting Academic Resilience with Reading Engagement and Demographic Variables: Comparing Shanghai, Hong Kong, Korea, and Singapore from the PISA Perspective
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Cheung, Kwok-cheung; Sit, Pou-seong; Soh, Kay-cheng; Ieong, Man-kai; Mak, Soi-kei – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2014
Reading literacy is the main focus of the international comparative study of PISA 2009 (OECD, "PISA 2009 results: What students know and can do: Student performance in reading, mathematics and science," 2010a) based on the results of which 65 economies were arranged in a league table. PISA also gathers background information which…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Academic Persistence, Predictor Variables, Prediction
How Socioeconomic Status, Executive Functioning and Verbal Interactions Contribute to Early Academic Achievement in Chinese Children
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Chung, Kevin K. H.; Liu, Hongyun; McBride, Catherine; Wong, Anita M. -Y.; Lo, Jason C. M. – Educational Psychology, 2017
The present study investigated the relative importance of executive functioning, parent-child verbal interactions, phonological awareness and visual skills on reading and mathematics for Chinese children from low-versus middle-socio economic status (SES) backgrounds. A total of 199 kindergarten children were assessed on executive functioning,…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Academic Achievement, Executive Function, Path Analysis