Socio-economic and cultural mediators of mathematics achievement and between-school equity in mathematics education at the global level

Type Journal Article - ZDM
Title Socio-economic and cultural mediators of mathematics achievement and between-school equity in mathematics education at the global level
Author(s)
Volume 46
Issue 7
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2014
Page numbers 1025-1037
URL http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11858-014-0593-z
Abstract
This paper aims at identifying and understanding how and to what extent socioeconomic and cultural factors mediate mathematics achievement and between-school equity in mathematics education among countries. First, under the assumption that equity and quality of education are independent constructs, the construct of equity-in-quality in mathematics education is developed. Second, the 18 countries that were identified in the previous work of the author Jurdak in (Toward equity in quality in mathematics education. Springer, New York, 2009) as being diverse in mathematics education will serve as study cases to illustrate, compare, and contrast the mediatory role of socio-economic and cultural factors in mathematics achievement and between-school equity in mathematics education. The results show that the differences in mathematics achievement and between-school equity in mathematics education at the country level are associated with, and can be accounted for in some cases, by socioeconomic and cultural factors.

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