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Are Equally Competent Roma-Minority Students Perceived as Less Smart than Their Non-Roma Classmates? Ethnic Differences in Teachers' Ability Attributions
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Kisfalusi, Dorottya – Journal for Multicultural Education, 2023
Purpose: Teachers' ability attributions play an important role in students' educational outcomes. Perceptions of academic abilities, however, are subject to biases. This study aims to examine ethnic biases in homeroom teachers' ability attributions in Hungarian primary schools. Design/methodology/approach: Using a unique database combining survey…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Migrants, Population Groups
Whose Children Gain from Starting School Later?--Evidence from Hungary
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Altwicker-Hamori, Szilvia; Kollo, Janos – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2012
We look at the effect of school starting age on standardized test scores using data covering all Grade 4 and Grade 8 students in Hungary. Instrumental variables estimates of the local average treatment effect suggest that children generally gain from starting school 1 year later, and the effects are much stronger in the case of students coming…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Grade 4
Rural/Urban Disparities in Science Achievement in Post-Socialist Countries: The Evolving Influence of Socioeconomic Status
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Kryst, Erica L.; Kotok, Stephen; Bodovski, Katerina – Global Education Review, 2015
Disparities in educational outcomes exist between students in rural areas as compared to students in urban settings. While there is some evidence that these rural disparities are present in eastern Europe, little is known about young peoples' lives in the rural areas of this region. This paper presents an analysis of science achievement by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Systems, Science Achievement, Achievement Gap
Teacher-Directed Student Use of Technology and Mathematics Achievement: Examining Trends in International Patterns
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Wang, Yang; O'Dwyer, Laura – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 2011
Using data from the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2003 and 2007 administrations, this study examines international trends in technology use and explores the international patterns in how teacher-directed, student-use of technology is related to eighth grade mathematics achievement. Descriptive patterns in…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Tests, Program Effectiveness, Scores
Tracking and Inequality of Learning Outcomes in Hungarian Secondary Schools
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Horn, Daniel; Balazsi, Ildiko; Takacs, Szabolcs; Zhang, Yanhong – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2006
Findings from the recent OECD PISA studies highlight the need for the Hungarian school system to improve both effectiveness and equality. Hungarian 15-year-old students scored somewhat below or around the OECD average in the areas of reading, mathematical, and scientific literacy. In addition, students differ less in academic achievement within…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Family Characteristics, Vocational Education
The CTD Reading Study.
Kadar-Fulop, Judit – Evaluation in Education: An International Review Series, 1985
Reading ability of fourth- and eighth-grade Hungarians was assessed as part of the national CTD-80 (Curriculum Theory Department) survey. The texts used in the reading tests are analyzed, as are the reading tasks involved. Resulting achievement test results are presented and described in terms of the text characteristics. (GDC)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries