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Roth, Tobias; Salikutluk, Zerrin – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2012
Previous international research has shown that educational goals are fundamental for explaining differences in the educational attainment between individuals. For a better understanding of educational inequality, it is therefore crucial to know more about the mechanisms leading to different expectations. Our paper contributes to this field of…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Educational Attainment, Academic Aspiration, Foreign Countries
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Nagy, Gabriel; Trautwein, Ulrich; Baumert, Jurgen; Koller, Olaf; Garrett, Jessica – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2006
Predictions about processes linking gender to students' choices of advanced courses were derived from the internal/external frame of reference (I/E) model and expectancy value (EV) theory. The predictions were tested for the domains of mathematics and biology using data from 1,148 students attending academically oriented secondary schools in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 10, High School Students, Females