background & aim: self-esteem, self-confidence and self-assertiveness play essential roles in mental health. this study was aimed to assess the effect of social learning model education on self-confidence, self-esteem, self-assertiveness and academic achievement in students of intermediary schools in chahar mahal and bakhtiari province. methods and materials: this was a semi-experimental study ...

International surveys of students like PIRLS and PISA provide comparisons of learning achievement across participating countries. Although country rankings usually receive considerable attention, other results are far less discussed. While ranking position of a country is clearly important when assessing the overall potential of its students, this is less informative for education policy as the...

In China, a growing awareness that many areas have been left behind during an era characterized by market reform has raised concerns about the impact of community disadvantage on schooling. In this paper, I investigate whether villages exert distinct influences on student achievement. Building on these results, I explore the relationship between student achievement and resources present in the ...

This study examines the generalizability of a previously validated model on how student perceptions of the school culture affects student achievement. Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) data were collected from 1026 eighth-grade students in secondary schools in Cyprus. The results indicated that achievement scores can be explained by student perceptions of the school cult...

ver the last eighteen years, changes in the American economy have dramatically increased the skills workers need to earn a middle-class living. However, almost half of American students now leave high school without the requisite skills. The mismatch between the growing skill demands of employers and the skills of graduating students creates a need for dramatic school improvement. Yet improveme...

This paper examines the extent to which family wealth mediates the race-child achievement association for young children. Our analyses focus on black-white achievement differences and are based on data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. We find weak evidence that wealth mediates the black-white test scores gap. However, wealth has some direct and indirect impact on children's test scores....

The quality of students in school has a lot diversity, this makes have different levels understanding. This can be seen from the variety student scores obtained on report card scores, needs to concern for school, especially teachers. One them is by forming effective study groups so that every opportunity excel. So research was carried out with aim helping schools, teachers, map evenly based car...