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Student and school SES, gender, strategy use, and achievement
Author(s) -
Callan Gregory L.,
Marchant Gregory J.,
Finch W. Holmes,
Flegge Lindsay
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/pits.22049
Subject(s) - psychology , socioeconomic status , psychological intervention , academic achievement , developmental psychology , memorization , multilevel model , metacognition , control (management) , mathematics education , cognition , demography , population , sociology , neuroscience , computer science , economics , management , machine learning , psychiatry
Abstract A multilevel mediated regression model was fit to Programme for International Student Assessment achievement, strategy use, gender, and family‐ and school‐level socioeconomic status (SES). Two metacognitive strategies (i.e., understanding and summarizing) and one learning strategy (i.e., control strategies) were found to relate significantly and positively to achievement. These strategies were used more by females and students attending higher SES schools. In contrast, males and students attending lower SES schools tended to use a greater number of learning strategies that did not relate to achievement, including memorization and elaboration. In addition, the strategies that did not relate to achievement were used more frequently by students from higher SES families. The findings suggest that schools, as opposed to families, may be the primary vehicle for developing effective strategy use practices for students and thus, targeted interventions may be particularly useful for male students attending low SES schools.