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Beyond cognition: The relation between parents’ reading-related activities and reading-related achievement emotions in Chinese students
Numerous studies have revealed the benefits of parents’ reading-related activities that support children’s cognitive development. However, little is...
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The influence of SES, migration background, and non-cognitive abilities on PISA reading and mathematics achievement: evidence from Sweden
The current study analysed the relationships between socio-economic status, migration background, and non-cognitive factors and PISA reading and...
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School closure policies and student reading achievement: evidence across countries
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted education worldwide as educational systems made the decision to close schools to contain the spread of the virus. The...
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Mediating effects of motivation and socioeconomic status on reading achievement: a secondary analysis of PISA 2018
BackgroundResearch has shown that students from socially disadvantaged backgrounds are more likely to have lower academic performance compared to...
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Gender gap in reading achievement: the mediating role of metacognitive strategies and reading-related attitudes
The purpose of this study is to explain the gender differences in reading achievement with the mediating role of metacognitive strategies and...
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Gender differences in reading and numeracy achievement across the school years
Develo** students’ reading and numeracy skills remain key goals of contemporary schooling. In Australia, the National Assessment Program – Literacy...
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The role of perspective-taking in mediating the relationship between teacher feedback and reading achievement
Teacher feedback has been acknowledged as an important facilitator for students’ learning performance. However, teachers’ feedback efforts are not...
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Language learning environments and reading achievement among students in China: evidence from PISA 2018 data
In this study, we examined relationships between learning environment characteristics (disciplinary climate, teacher support, and teacher feedback)...
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What Is the Source of the Correlation Between Reading and Mathematics Achievement? Two Meta-analytic Studies
Two meta-analyses assessed whether the relations between reading and mathematics outcomes could be explained through overlap** skills (e.g.,...
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The impacts of performance-based assessment on reading comprehension achievement, academic motivation, foreign language anxiety, and students’ self-efficacy
The types of assessment tasks affect the learners’ psychological well-being and the process of learning. For years, educationalists were in search of...
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Inattentiveness Predicts Reading Achievement in Primary School, but with Hyperactivity/Impulsivity It’s More Complicated
This chapter describes the results of the study that was aimed at investigating the relationship between pupils’ ADHD symptoms and their reading...
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The achievement gap in reading competence: the effect of measurement non-invariance across school types
BackgroundAfter elementary school, students in Germany are separated into different school tracks (i.e., school types) with the aim of creating...
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Assessing Japanese junior high school students’ English achievement through computer-based testing in the classroom: a case of integrated reading-into-writing continuous task
IntroductionThis paper describes the exploratory case and initial evaluation of the computer-based testing (CBT) prototype. The advantage of CBT over...
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Investigating the Impact of Collaborative Strategic Reading on Reading Comprehension and Reading Anxiety Among High School EFL Lower Attainers
Compared to foreign language (FL) communication anxiety, less is known about FL reading anxiety, especially among novice EFL readers. This is a...
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The relationship among personal achievement motives, school relational goal structures and learning outcomes: a multilevel analysis with PISA 2018 data
The influence of achievement motives and relational goal structures embedded in schools on learning outcomes as well as their interaction has...
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Egalitarian gender role attitudes give girls the edge: Exploring the role of students’ gender role attitudes in reading and math
Gender differences in reading and math have been reported for many years. Girls outperform boys in reading (representing a school domain stereotyped...
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School socio-economic context and student achievement in Ireland: an unconditional quantile regression analysis using PISA 2018 data
BackgroundThe existence of a multiplier, compositional or social context effect is debated extensively in the literature on school effectiveness and...
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International Achievement in Mathematics, Science, and Reading
Minimum proficiency is an indicator used to monitor progress toward UN Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4). Using the TIMSS and PIRLS Low...
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Spatial variations of school-level determinants of reading achievement in Italy
The study of the territorial difference in educational achievement is a widely debated topic, in particular in Italy for the presence of the...
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Effectiveness of the reflection-based reciprocal teaching approach for reading comprehension achievement in upper secondary school in Myanmar
This study investigates the effectiveness of the reflection-based reciprocal teaching (RBRT) approach for Myanmar upper secondary school students’...
