Mathematics Achievement of Immigrant Students
This book examines the mathematics achievement of immigrant students on the basis of data from the IEA Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). It combines an analysis of large-scale assessment data with an in-depth exploration of po
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Mathematics Achievement of Immigrant Students
Mathematics Achievement of Immigrant Students
Dirk Hastedt
Mathematics Achievement of Immigrant Students
Dirk Hastedt IEA Amsterdam, The Netherlands
ISBN 978-3-319-29310-3 ISBN 978-3-319-29311-0 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-29311-0
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Preface
This book is a modified version of a dissertation prepared at the University of Vienna for a PhD in education. When I started working on this undertaking, I aimed to examine changes of populations in international large-scale assessments where the populations of countries are usually assumed to be constant in most research. This topic was brought to my attention by Hans Wagemaker, to whom I am indebted not only for this inspiration but also for his encouragement while I was working on the dissertation. In view of current events in Europe and the Middle East, the topic of immigrants, and immigrants in education systems, has provoked keen interest and gained relevance – especially in these regions. I hope that this publication helps to better understand the situation of immigrant students and that it inspires researchers as well as policy makers to improve the situation of immigrants and education systems that face severe challenges due to high immigration rates. The examples of Singapore and Canada show that improving the situation for immigrants in schools is not only a matter of education policies. It also seems to be influenced by the opinions toward immigrants and by policies fostering positive attitudes toward immigrants in general. Some of the results presented, such as the differences between immigrant boys and girls, will hopefully encourage some study participants, e.g., East
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