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Direct linkKyei, Pearl – Africa Education Review, 2021
Sub-Saharan African countries have made remarkable strides in closing the gender gap in primary enrolment and more girls than ever are attending school. With the existing gender differentials in youth literacy rates, an important question is whether they are learning as well as their male classmates. This article explored factors that contribute…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Reading Achievement, Reading Skills, Grade 6
Mahuro, G. M.; Hungi, N. – Cogent Education, 2016
Educational research has linked parental participation in children's schooling with a wide range of children's academic outcomes. Parental involvement involves time and resource commitment towards children's academic performance. This paper extracts data from a cross-sectional survey involving 2,669 grade six students attending public and private…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Participation, Academic Achievement, Grade 6
Download full textWamala, Robert; Kizito, Omala Saint; Jjemba, Evans – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2013
The study investigates the influence of a father and mother's education on the academic achievement of their child. The investigation is based on data sourced from the 2009 Southern African Consortium for Monitoring Education Quality survey comprising 5,148 records of sixth grade students enrolled in Ugandan primary schools. Students' percentage…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 6, Regression (Statistics), Geographic Regions
Wamala, Robert; Seruwagi, Gerald – Journal of International Education Research, 2013
The study investigates the influence of teacher competence on the academic achievement of sixth grade students in Uganda. The investigation is based on data sourced from the 2009 Southern African Consortium for Monitoring Education Quality (SACMEQ) survey comprising 5,148 records of sixth grade students enrolled in primary schools in Uganda. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Grade 6, Elementary School Students
