A Comparative Study of Variables Related to Students’ Success in the 2015 International TIMSS Test

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Department of Distance Education Planning, Payame Noor, University of Astara, Astara, Iran.

2 Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran.

10.32598/JSPI.9.4.4

Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the factors affecting students' academic achievement based on Thames international test data.
Methods: The method of this study is quantitative comparative. The statistical sample of this study consists of eighth-grade students from 57 countries who participated in the 2015 Thames International Test. The data set was analyzed using the fuzzy logic approach.
Results: The necessary and sufficient individual conditions showed that the conditions of the relationship between home and school, school social atmosphere, students' attitudes, and educational activities in the classroom are each a necessary condition, and family background is a sufficient condition for achievement (academic achievement).
Conclusion: In the causal and combined causes, among the many causal paths, only one causal path based on theoretical and experimental adequacy criteria (coverage and adaptation coefficient) was of theoretical and experimental importance was necessary. In this causal path, family background and the relationship between home and school in combination provided a sufficient turning point in the occurrence of the desired result (academic success).

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Journal of School Psychology
Volume 9, Issue 4
January 2021
Pages 46-61

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