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Zhao, Hui; Akiba, Motoko – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2009
While schools play a major role in promoting parental involvement in schooling in many countries, few comparative studies examined the level of school expectation for parental involvement and its effect on student achievement. Using the TIMSS 1999 dataset, this study examined the level of school expectation for various types of parental…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Role, Parent School Relationship, Parent Participation
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Akiba, Motoko; Han, Seunghee – Compare: A Journal of Comparative Education, 2007
Whilst school violence is a major public concern and a focus of educational reforms both in the USA and South Korea, few studies have comparatively examined the rates of school violence and school factors associated with them. Analysing nationally-representative data from eighth graders, their mathematics teachers and principals in 150 South…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Mathematics Teachers, Academic Achievement