Education and Family Support, and Mathematics Achievement in Two Different Sociodemographic Contexts
Educación y apoyo familiar, y logro en matemáticas en dos contextos sociodemográficos diferentes
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This paper presents the results of a non-experimental cross-sectional study conducted under a mixed explanatory design (with manifest and latent variables), in an indigenous school in a rural area and an urban school in Morelos (Mexico). The sociodemographic context of the schools of origin was considered as a predictor variable of Mathematics achievement in 6th grade of primary school, and the educational level of the parents and family support were considered as mediating variables. At the end of 6th grade, students from both schools answered a scale on family support and a short test on two mathematical competencies: Communicating mathematical information and Using techniques efficiently. The data were analyzed with two structural regression models of relationships between manifest variables (school context and parents' educational level) and latent variables (family support with eight items and mathematics achievement with two mathematics competency indexes). Mathematics achievement was the final latent variable to be explained. Both resulting models showed that mathematics achievement was significantly and positively explained by the latent variable Family Support, and indirectly and positively by the manifest variable Parental Education, which in turn was significantly but negatively explained by the manifest variable School context. The findings support the hypothesis that students' learning opportunities depend to a large extent on the socioeconomic and educational context of the families, which are determined by the demographic and physical environment where they live and study.
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