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Home and school contributions to science achievement in elementary schools in israel
Author(s) -
Zuzovsky Ruth,
Tamir Pinchas
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of research in science teaching
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.067
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1098-2736
pISSN - 0022-4308
DOI - 10.1002/tea.3660260806
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , mathematics education , psychology , academic achievement , primary education , science education , variance (accounting) , sociology , demography , population , accounting , business
This article reexamines the relative status of “school variables” versus “home variables” in explaining the variance in science achievement, based on data from Israeli elementary schools in 1984. The contribution of school variables was found to be “subject specific”—larger in subjects taught in school and less dependent on general ability, and “system specific”—larger in low socioeconomic schools and small in high socioeconomic schools.