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Early Skills as Predictors for Later Educational Outcome in Mathematics and Science in Finland, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark : A Further Analysis on TIMSS 2015 Data (2022)

Harju-Luukkainen, H., Nissinen, K., Vettenranta, J., & Garvis, S. (2022). Early Skills as Predictors for Later Educational Outcome in Mathematics and Science in Finland, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark : A Further Analysis on TIMSS 2015 Data. In S. Garvis, H. Harju-Luukkainen, & J. Kangas (Eds.), Assessing and Evaluating Early Childhood Education Systems (pp. 81-93). Springer. Early Childhood Research and Education : An Inter-theoretical Focus, 2. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99910-0_6

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All authors or editors: Harju-Luukkainen, Heidi; Nissinen, Kari; Vettenranta, Jouni; Garvis, Susanne

Parent publication: Assessing and Evaluating Early Childhood Education Systems

Parent publication editors: Garvis, Susanne; Harju-Luukkainen, Heidi; Kangas, Jonna

ISBN: 978-3-030-99909-4

eISBN: 978-3-030-99910-0

Journal or series: Early Childhood Research and Education : An Inter-theoretical Focus

ISSN: 2946-6091

eISSN: 2946-6105

Publication year: 2022

Publication date: 05/07/2022

Number in series: 2

Pages range: 81-93

Number of pages in the book: 192

Publisher: Springer

Place of Publication: Cham

Publication country: Switzerland

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99910-0_6

Publication open access: Not open

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Abstract

Parental education background, their expectations towards their child as well as socioeconomic variables have a significant impact on child’s educational outcome. In this study, our aim is to examine how parental attitudes and the socioeconomic status of student’s family are related to student’s early literacy and numeracy skills and, further, to student’s performance in mathematics and science in the TIMSS assessment. As data we use the TIMSS 2015 data collected from parents and students in Finland, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark and further as method we use path analysis. According to the results, all considered variables have a highly significant and positive direct effect on the 4th grade student performance in Finland. In Sweden and Denmark, it has an indirect effect. The results of this study highlight the importance of high-quality early childhood environments on students later educational outcome.

Keywords: children (age groups); lower comprehensive school; lower comprehensive school pupils; learning results; study performance; mathematics; natural sciences; family background; parents; socioeconomic factors; socioeconomic status; social background; social environment; attitudes; effects (results); early childhood education and care; international comparison

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Ministry reporting: Yes

Reporting Year: 2022

JUFO rating: 2