What types of cultural capital benefit students' academic achievement at different educational stages? Interrogating the meta-analytic evidence

CY Tan, B Peng, M Lyu - Educational Research Review, 2019 - Elsevier
The present study challenges the assumption that cultural capital benefits students'
academic achievement regardless of their educational stages. Meta-analytic results from …

Academic benefits from parental involvement are stratified by parental socioeconomic status: A meta-analysis

CY Tan, M Lyu, B Peng - Parenting, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Objective. The present study critically evaluates the assumption that parental involvement
benefits students' achievement regardless of their socioeconomic status (SES). Design. A …

Factors associated with high school learners' poor performance: a spotlight on mathematics and physical science

A Mji, M Makgato - South African journal of education, 2006 - ajol.info
This study, using a non-experimental, exploratory and descriptive method, established
learners' and educators' views about factors that contribute to poor performance in …

Effect of Problem-Based Learning on Students' Achievement in Chemistry.

B Aidoo, SK Boateng, PS Kissi, I Ofori - Journal of Education and Practice, 2016 - ERIC
The study investigated the effect of problem-based learning (PBL) on students' achievement
in chemistry. Learners' low achievement in Science in South Africa has been a concern to …

Family background and academic achievement: Does self-efficacy mediate outcomes?

DA Weiser, HR Riggio - Social Psychology of Education, 2010 - Springer
Research indicates both family background and self-efficacy influence academic outcomes;
however, family background also impacts self-efficacy development. The purpose of the …

[PDF][PDF] Relationship between parental involvement and academic performance of senior high school students: The case of Ashanti Mampong Municipality of Ghana

MO Amponsah, EY Milledzi, ET Ampofo… - American Journal of …, 2018 - academia.edu
The study explored the relationship between parental involvement in education and
academic performance of senior high school students in the Ashanti Mampong Municipality …

Parental involvement, familismo, and academic performance in Hispanic and Caucasian adolescents.

AE Niemeyer, MM Wong… - North American Journal …, 2009 - search.ebscohost.com
This study examined the effects of parental involvement and familismo on academic
performance in Hispanic and Caucasian adolescents (N= 163; 59% female; Mean age …

[PDF][PDF] The impact of parental involvement on student performance: a case study of a South African secondary school

P Mutodi, H Ngirande - Mediterranean Journal of Social …, 2014 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
The purpose of this study was to ascertain how parental involvement in South African
schools affects the academic performance of students in mathematics. Literature often claim …

A parental involvement and academic socialization model: A cultural approach.

H Chun, E Devall - School Psychology, 2019 - psycnet.apa.org
Utilizing ecological theory and multiple world theory, the current study investigated the
effects of cultural factors (ie, Familismo and school climate), parental involvement, and …

The influence of family on academic performance of Mozambican university students

AD Silva, J Vautero, C Usssene - International Journal of Educational …, 2021 - Elsevier
Past research indicates that the family plays an important role in academic outcomes. This is
an important topic for unequal family contexts such as those in Mozambique. The objective …