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| Titel: |
A comparison of factors affecting achievement in the University of Cambridge GCE A-level geography examination in Jamaica and England |
| Auteur: |
Webb, Graham |
| Verschenen in: |
Educational research |
| Paginering: | Jaargang 29 (1987) nr. 3 pagina's 220-227 |
| Jaar: |
1987-11 |
| Inhoud: |
Factors affecting achievement in the University of Cambridge GCE A-level geography examination are compared for the differing educational environments of Jamaica and England. Samples comprising 155 students in Jamaica and 470 students in England were selected, and data collected on 16 independent variables for both groups. Composite factor variables were constructed and these were entered into path analyses. In Jamaica four factors were defined, and of these, the school influence factor had the most important effect upon A-level achievement. The factor of study orientation played a minor role, while the factors of family background and cognitive ability were of little importance. In England the study orientation factor had the highest association with achievement, with cognitive ability having a minor effect. Family background was shown to be unimportant once more, and no school influence factor was extracted. All of the effects from the path analyses were direct; there was no mediation of indirect effects by intervening factor variables. The consequences of the research point to differing aspects of the educational environment affecting achievement in A-level geography in Jamaica and England. This, in turn, suggests that differing priorities and emphases should be defined by those concerned with achievement in this field in the two countries. |
| Uitgever: |
Routledge |
| Bronbestand: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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