Investigating the Relationship Between Math and Science Achievement: Parallel Process Model

• In Event: Poster Session 15
  In Poster Session: Poster Fair B: Data Use and Research in the Schools

Abstract

Very little research on the relationship between mathematics and science achievement is available to us. Instead, attention has focused on achievement in either math or science, independently of each other (Robitaille & Beaton, 2002). Historically, however, mathematics’ development has closely been linked with the sciences and the methods of mathematics have dominated the theoretical divisions of the sciences (Browder, 1988). In addition, since parents are children’s first teachers, it can be hypothesized that parents’ educational level would probably influence their children’s initial scores and/or the growth rates of math and science achievement. This research will show the relationship between math and science achievement, the effect of parents’ educational level, and what kind of relationship the growth model shows.

Author

• Sungmin Moon, University of California - Santa Barbara