Effects of Opportunity to Learn on Students' Mathematics Self-Efficacy and Math Performance: Evidence From PISA

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Abstract

With 63 countries and economies datasets from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2012, the research questions centered on the universals and specifics of the contribution of mathematics self-efficacy, students’ opportunity to learn (OTL), and their interaction effects on math performance, also the role of OTL to mathematics self-efficacy. The present study confirms mathematics self-efficacy, student-level OTL, and school-level OTL have significant impacts on students’ math performance across and within various countries/districts; indicates an overall effect of mathematics self-efficacy to math performance varies between OTL levels (though patterns are country specific). To maximize the effect of self-efficacy on math performance, students need to be exposed enough knowledge/content; illustrates that OTL is a key predictor for improving mathematics self-efficacy.

Author

• Xuran Wang, Michigan State University