Chilean Teenagers from Upper Social Strata with Low Reading Skills
The article examines a little-studied phenomenon: the existence of students from privileged social strata who have poor learning outcomes. We argue their theoretical interest and proposes some elements for understanding from empirical data. Using logistic regression, we analyze the factors associate...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidad de Navarra
2014-06-01
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| Series: | Estudios sobre Educación |
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| Online Access: | https://www.unav.edu/publicaciones/revistas/index.php/estudios-sobre-educacion/article/view/1863 |
| Summary: | The article examines a little-studied phenomenon: the existence of students from privileged social strata who have poor learning outcomes. We argue their theoretical interest and proposes some elements for understanding from empirical data. Using logistic regression, we analyze the factors associated with Chilean students of high socio-economic status, who scored low on the test of reading achievement from PISA 2009. The model variables of students had greater predictive power than the school. We discuss how these results hint at the action of the families.. |
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| ISSN: | 1578-7001 2386-6292 |