Conference presentation
'Many roads lead to Rome': Pathways to high national maths performance in PISA
PISA Conference (Dubrovnik, Croatia, 29/11/2024–30/11/2024)
30/11/2024
Abstract
The quality of maths education is a cornerstone of a nation’s economic prosperity, driving innovation and fostering countries’ long-term growth. As a proxy for maths education quality, maths performance has attracted many researchers and policymakers’ attention. However, a systematic cross-national comparison to identify the pathways (combinations of interacting conditions) to high national maths performance has not yet been conducted. Utilising secondary data on 13 conditions ranging from students to their immediate environment (households, schools) to remote environmental contexts(education systems, societies), I conducted the first Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) identifying the pathways that explain high national maths performance across 49 countries. I found that high human development is a necessary condition, and that sufficient financial resources for education exist in almost all high-preforming countries. Five distinct yet complex pathways lead to high national maths performance, emphasising the interplay of conditions and unique contextual diversity of each country. The findings offer a theoretical guideline for selecting countries for comparison. They provide researchers and policymakers with nuanced insights into diverse national contexts, enhancing maths education quality through policy and practice borrowing.
Details
- Title
- 'Many roads lead to Rome': Pathways to high national maths performance in PISA
- Authors/Creators
- Xiaofang (Sarah) Wang (Presenter) - Murdoch University, School of Education
- Conference
- PISA Conference (Dubrovnik, Croatia, 29/11/2024–30/11/2024)
- Identifiers
- 991005779933207891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Education
- Resource Type
- Conference presentation
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