ERIC Number: EJ1380042
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-0144-3410
EISSN: EISSN-1469-5820
Epistemic Beliefs in Science, Socio-Economic Status, and Mathematics and Science Test Results in Lower Secondary Education: A Multilevel Perspective
Rozgonjuk, Dmitri; Konstabel, Kenn; Barker, Kayla; Rannikmäe, Miia; Täht, Karin
Educational Psychology, v43 n1 p22-37 2023
The role of epistemic beliefs in science (EBS) and socio-economic status (SES) on mathematics and science test results on both student- and school-level data was investigated via a secondary analysis of Estonian Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2015 survey data. The effective sample comprised 3991 students (52% girls, 48% boys) from 81 schools. Complementing bivariate correlation analysis, two-level regression models were computed where mathematics and science test scores were predicted from student- and school-level EBS as well as SES. Mathematics and science test scores had a medium-sized correlation with both EBS as well as SES on the student-level data. These correlations were larger on the school-level data. Multilevel analyses showed that both higher mathematics and science scores were predicted by male gender, higher student-level SES and EBS, and higher school-level SES. Higher school-level EBS significantly predicted better science test scores, but this was not the case with mathematics.
Descriptors: Epistemology, Beliefs, Scientific Attitudes, Socioeconomic Status, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Science Tests, Mathematics Tests, Science Achievement, Mathematics Achievement
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Estonia
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Program for International Student Assessment
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