Excellence without Equity in Student Mathematics Performance: The Case of Taiwan from an International Perspective

Autor/in	Huang, Min-Hsiung
Titel	Excellence without Equity in Student Mathematics Performance: The Case of Taiwan from an International Perspective
Quelle	In: Comparative Education Review, 61 (2017) 2, S.391-412 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0010-4086
DOI	10.1086/691091
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Mathematics Achievement; Achievement Gap; Family Characteristics; Family Influence; High School Students; Admission Criteria; Tests; Grade 9; Admission (School); Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Admission; Admission procedures; Zulassungsbedingung; Zulassungsverfahren; Zulassung; Examination; Prüfung; Examen; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09
Abstract	As Taiwanese students progress from elementary to junior high school, there is a remarkable increase in the inequality of achievement in mathematics. This increase is of a magnitude not seen in other countries. Findings show that the widening-gap phenomenon is accompanied by an exceptional increase in the percentage of students reaching the advanced international benchmark and a significant growth in the influence of family background on student performance. In Taiwan, the widening-gap phenomenon commonly manifests among students of different school entry cohorts, genders, and residential areas; the phenomenon occurs mainly within classrooms. Taiwanese students from more favorable family backgrounds are seen to improve significantly more in mathematics as they progress through the school grades, and they experience a less significant widening-gap phenomenon among themselves. This study explains the widening-gap phenomenon in relation to a national senior high school entrance examination administered to nearly all Taiwanese ninth graders. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01