MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE PERFORMANCE OF PERSIAN AND NON–PERSIAN LANGUAGE STUDENTS

Authors

  • EBRAHIM MOHAMMADPOUR Faculty of Education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, UTM Johor Bahru, Johor Darul Ta'azim, Malaysia
  • MOHAMED NAJIB ABDUL GHAFAR Faculty of Education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, UTM Johor Bahru, Johor Darul Ta'azim, Malaysia
  • ROHANI OTHMAN Faculty of Education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, UTM Johor Bahru, Johor Darul Ta'azim, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11113/sh.v54n1.243

Keywords:

Mathematics, performance, Persian, science, students, TIMSS

Abstract

This study examined mathematics and science performance of students who frequently, sometimes or never spoke Persian at home. The data were obtained from 1914 Iranian fourth–grade students who participated in TIMSS 2003. One–way ANOVA and Kruskal–Wallis statistical tests were used to analyze the data. The results showed mathematics and science performance differs significantly among students who frequently, sometimes or never spoke Persian at home. Students who frequently spoke Persian achieved higher scores in both subjects than those who sometimes or never spoke the language at home. In addition, students who sometimes spoke Persian achieved higher scores in both subjects than those who never spoke it. Furthermore, the results indicated that having access to home educational resources, doing homework on mathematics and science, students’ self–confidence in learning mathematics and science were significantly different among the three groups and the differences were in favour of students who frequently and sometimes spoke Persian respectively.

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Published

2010-12-15

How to Cite

MOHAMMADPOUR, E., ABDUL GHAFAR, M. N., & OTHMAN, R. (2010). MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE PERFORMANCE OF PERSIAN AND NON–PERSIAN LANGUAGE STUDENTS. Sains Humanika, 54(1). https://doi.org/10.11113/sh.v54n1.243

Issue

Vol. 54 No. 1 (2011): Januari 2011

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