The Relationships Among School Climate, Students' Motivation, and Achievement: Evidence From TIMSS 2019

• In Event: Examining Factors That Mediate Student Achievement

Abstract

This study examined the effects of students’ motivational factors, students’ experience of bullying, students’ sense of school belonging, and school climate factors on eighth-grade math and science achievement in U.S. using data from
the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) of 2019. Two-level cross-sectional hierarchicaln linear models were developed to analyze the data. The results showed that there was a significant variation in math and science achievement across U.S. schools. It also showed that only students’ confidence in math and school SES had
a statistically significant effect on students’ math achievement. Only school location and school SES had a significant effect on science achievement. How to improve students' math and science achievement were discussed.

Authors

• Yao Yang, Yale University
  Presenting Author

• Tugce Karatas, Purdue University
  Presenting Author

• Ty'Bresha Glass, Purdue University
  Presenting Author

• Yukiko Maeda, Purdue University
  Presenting Author