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http://dx.doi.org/10.14697/jkase.2022.42.1.149

Analysis of Structural Relationship between Science Academic Achievement, Learning Support from Teachers, Students' Attitude toward Science, and School Life from TIMSS 2019, and National Assessment of Educational Achievement  

Rho, Jaehee (Yonsei University)
Ryoo, Ji Hoon (Yonsei University)
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Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education / v.42, no.1, 2022 , pp. 149-160 More about this Journal
Abstract
Comparative studies using large-scale data such as TIMSS, PIRLS, and PISA inform us of the effectiveness of each educational system. Even though samples in the large-scale studies were representative, admitting potential discrepancy when applying the findings of the large-scale studies to local educational system is still needed. This study examines the structural relationship among students' attitude towards science, learning support from teachers, school life, and science academic achievement with both large-scale data and local comparative study data utilizing same variables. Responses on the TIMSS 2019 of 5,554 Korean seventh-grade students and National Assessment of Educational Achievement (NAEA) 2019 of 6,365 third-grade middle school students were used. The results indicate that: a) school life did not affect the science achievements in both data. However, in NAEA 2019, students' attitude mediated the relationship between school life and science achievement; b) learning support from teachers had a significant impact on TIMSS science achievements, and also had positive effect on achievement through students' attitude in TIMSS. On the other hand, learning support had a positive effect on achievement only when student's attitude mediated the relationship in NAEA; c) students 'attitude toward science had positive effect on science achievement on both data; d) the impact of gender was different on school life, academic achievement, students 'attitude towards science, and learning support from teachers on both data; and e) the impact of the number of books differed as well. There were differences in results between the international and domestic research, which inform us that we need to pay attention when interpreting the domestic environment through the results of international research.
Keywords
TIMSS 2019; NAEA 2019; science attitude; achievement; teacher support; school life;
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