ERIC Number: EJ691557
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Jun
Pages: 26
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Modeling Mathematics Achievement of Jewish and Arab Eighth Graders in Israel: The Effects of Learner-Related Variables
Nasser, Fadia; Birenbaum, Menucha
Educational Research and Evaluation, v11 n3 p277-302 Jun 2005
This study examined a structural model of mathematics achievement of 2 culturally different groups of Jewish and Arab 8th graders in terms of 5 learner-related variables, namely, gender, epistemological beliefs, self-efficacy, attitudes, and mathematics anxiety. Multigroup structural modeling analysis indicated that the goodness of fit of the hypothesized structural model and the total effects of mathematics self-efficacy and epistemological beliefs were comparable in both groups. The 2 groups differed in the effects that gender, attitudes toward mathematics, and mathematics anxiety exerted on mathematics achievement. They also diverged in terms of the amount of variance in mathematics achievement that the 5 learner-related variables accounted for.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Self Efficacy, Mathematics Anxiety, Jews, Arabs, Mathematics Achievement, Cultural Differences, Student Attitudes, Gender Differences, Epistemology
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Grade 8
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Israel
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