An Examination of the Relationship among High School Size, Social Capital, and Adolescents' Mathematics Achievement

Autor/in	Carolan, Brian V.
Titel	An Examination of the Relationship among High School Size, Social Capital, and Adolescents' Mathematics Achievement
Quelle	In: Journal of Research on Adolescence, 22 (2012) 3, S.583-595 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1050-8392
DOI	10.1111/j.1532-7795.2012.00779.x
Schlagwörter	High Schools; Family Characteristics; Mathematics Achievement; Academic Achievement; School Size; Adolescents; Social Capital; Longitudinal Studies; Prediction; Achievement Gains; Social Networks + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; Oberschule; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Schulleistung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Sozialkapital; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Vorhersage; Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk
Abstract	In an effort to enhance both adolescents' social capital and increase achievement, public school districts across the United States have created small high schools. Using data derived from a longitudinal and nationally representative study of U.S. high school students, the Educational Longitudinal Study of 2002, results show that when adolescents' parents know their friends' parents math achievement is significantly predicted. This association, however, is nonsignificant when conditioned on standard measures of prior achievement and family background, among others. In addition, while this relationship is also strong and significant within small high schools, it, too, is eliminated when conditioned on select confounding variables. These findings are discussed in terms of current efforts to improve achievement through reductions in school size. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10