Migrants in Education – what factors are important? A study of European countries participating in TIMMS2007
This report on migrant students overall mathematical ability is part of a larger project on migrants in education. Within the same project a parallel report focuses on what matters for migrant students’ overall reading ability . Both reports address 4th grade migrant students’ achievement in European countries. The present report makes use of the IEA study TIMSS2007. The parallel report on migrant students overall reading ability makes use of the IEA study PIRLS2006.
This report focuses on 12 European countries participating in TIMSS2007 and who met the criteria of at least 3 percent migrant students in their samples. As the analysis demonstrates a large impact on achievement from individual backgrounds it does point to the significance of teaching and school factors. More noticeable is the effect of teachers’ educational levels and eventual specialization in math. Also some specific teaching practices in math have an effect of math achievement. The study argues the importance of acknowledging the difference within the migrant student group where special analyses are performed for 1st and 2nd generation migrant students. The findings are discussed in terms of possible country actions/policy implications.
WIREN Eva;
2013-01-25
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC77646
978-92-79-28147-1,
1831-9424,
EUR 25742 EN,
OP LB-NA-25742-EN-N,
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC77646,
10.2788/78189,
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