Does boarding benefit the mathematics achievement of primary and middle school students? Evidence from China

Guo, Siwen; Li, Lingyan; Sun, Yan; Houang, Richard T.; Schmidt, William H.

doi:10.1080/02188791.2020.1760081

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“…By contrast, Curto and Freyer (2014) made an opposite conclusion by investigating the SEED schools located in Washington, D.C. and Baltimore. Guo et al (2020) also confirmed the positive effects on eighth-grade students by investigating the data collected from eight provinces in China.…”

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Compensating for Family Disadvantage: An Analysis of the Effects of Boarding School on Chinese Students' Academic Achievement

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Bodovski²

2020

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China implemented a policy to improve education equity through investing in boarding programs of public schools in rural and less-developed areas. However, this policy has not been informed by empirical research in the Chinese context. By using the nationally representative longitudinal data, this study investigates whether and to what extent boarding schools compensate for children's family disadvantages in terms of mathematics and reading achievement. The findings, drawn from multilevel logistic regression and hierarchical models, indicate that students from low-SES families or rural areas tend to board at schools. Boarding students performed better than day students in 8th-grade mathematics tests. Among students with essential needs, those residing at school during the week significantly benefitted in their school performance in both subjects. Overall, it appears that governmental investment in boarding programs can, to some extent, compensate for some family disadvantages.

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“…This program improved the quality of educational resources in central schools. However, students from relatively remote villages might encounter the difficulties of commuting between home and school every day (Guo et al, 2020). In such areas, "boarding school" is a policy tool for concentrating educational resources.…”

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Compensating for Family Disadvantage: An Analysis of the Effects of Boarding School on Chinese Students' Academic Achievement

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Bodovski²

2020

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“…Another research on math anxiety in grade 8 junior high school students showed no difference in math anxiety in terms of gender (Amam et al, 2019). It is supported by other research results showing that there is no significant difference between men and women in math anxiety levels (Altakhyneh, 2020;Guo et al, 2021).…”

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The Effect of Math Anxiety on Boarding School Students' Mathematics Learning Outcomes during Online Learning

Omika¹

2022

JPP

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Currently, students face a lack of references to math anxiety in the context of boarding school education and online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aims to analyzes the effect of math anxiety on mathematics learning outcomes in boarding school students during online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. The sample of this research consisted of 182 class XII students in boarding schools. Sample selection uses a simple random sampling technique. The instrument used was a math anxiety questionnaire from Cooke et al. and a mathematics learning outcome document. The results of the instrument reliability test with a Cronbach alpha value of 0.968. Data analysis used descriptive analysis, linear regression test, and independent-sample t-test. The results of this study indicate that (1) the level of math anxiety in boarding schools is in a low category, (2) math anxiety has a significant effect on student learning outcomes based on a linear regression significance value of 0.02 which is a smaller than 0.05, and (3) there is a significant difference between the math anxiety levels of male and female students, where female students have higher math anxiety levels.

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“…That is not to say that there are no studies on mental health among rural students in China; however, most of those studies have solely examined prevalence and determinants of mental health. Likewise, a wide range of psychosocial factors—including low family income [ 43 ], low family support [ 44 ], less parental supervision at home [ 45 ], less involvement in activities at school [ 46 ], boarding at school [ 47 ], and peer-to-peer bullying [ 48 ]—have all been found to be related to poor academic performance; however, few studies have identified the association between mental health and academic performance in rural China, especially by using a multi-dimensional measure of mental health.…”

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Behavioral Strengths and Difficulties and Their Associations with Academic Performance in Math among Rural Youth in China

Abbey

Qian

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Behavioral strengths and difficulties among children and adolescents may be significantly associated with their academic performance; however, the evidence on this issue for rural youth in developing contexts is limited. This study explored the prevalence and correlates of mental health from three specific dimensions—internalizing problems, externalizing problems, and prosocial behavior—measured by the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), and the association of these dimensions with academic performance in math among a sample of 1500 students in rural China. Our findings indicated that students in rural China had worse behavioral difficulties and poorer prosocial skills when compared to most past studies conducted inside and outside of China. In addition, total difficulties and prosocial scores on the SDQ were significantly associated with student math test scores, as students whose externalizing, internalizing, and prosocial scores were in the abnormal range scored lower in math by 0.35 SD, 0.23 SD, and 0.33 SD, respectively. The results add to the growing body of empirical evidence related to the links between social environment, mental health, and academic performance in developing countries, highlighting the importance of students’ mental health for their academic performance, and of understanding risk factors in the social environment among rural youth in developing countries.

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Does boarding benefit the mathematics achievement of primary and middle school students? Evidence from China

Cited by 13 publications

References 49 publications

Compensating for Family Disadvantage: An Analysis of the Effects of Boarding School on Chinese Students' Academic Achievement

Compensating for Family Disadvantage: An Analysis of the Effects of Boarding School on Chinese Students' Academic Achievement

The Effect of Math Anxiety on Boarding School Students' Mathematics Learning Outcomes during Online Learning

Behavioral Strengths and Difficulties and Their Associations with Academic Performance in Math among Rural Youth in China

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