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Antra Ozola

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THE IMPACT OF FAMILY AND INDIVIDUAL FACTORS ON 4TH GRADE STUDENTS’ SELF-CONFIDENCE IN READING LITERACY: RESULTS FROM PIRLS 2016

2021

The self-confidence of a child and an adult is associated with performance and achievement results. It is well-studied, and the correlation has been proved that higher self-efficacy leads to higher achievements and performance, including better performance in reading literacy. It is also known that both a family and a home environment have a tremendous impact on the child’s development and academic performance. This article focuses on the 4 th graders and their family factor impact on the development of a child’s self-confidence and concepts related to self-confidence. The purpose of this article is to define concepts that are closely related to self-confidence and to identify family factor…

Self-efficacyHome environmentmedia_common.quotation_subjecteducationSelf-esteemPIRLS self-confidence self-efficacy self-esteem students’ reading literacySelf-confidenceReading literacyReading (process)Correlation analysisMathematics educationPsychologyResearch questionmedia_commonSOCIETY. INTEGRATION. EDUCATION. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference
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PARENTS’ IMPACT ON STUDENTS’ READING ACHIEVEMENT

2020

Scientific studies have proved that a family has a high impact on the students’ academic achievement, including their reading literacy. This paper focuses on the parents’ undertaken activities for promoting the development of child’s reading literacy at the preschool age (reading together, singing, discussing the read text with a child, playing together, etc.) to explore the impact of these activities upon the reading literacy achievement of students in Grade 4. The research problem addresses the following questions: whether and to what extent the parents’ undertaken activities for promoting the development of child’s reading literacy at the preschool age have an impact on students’ reading…

Preschool childmedia_common.quotation_subjecteducationAcademic achievementDevelopmental psychologychildren’s reading literacy; parents; PIRLSPromotion (rank)Reading (process)Correlation analysisSingingAssociation (psychology)Psychologymedia_commonStorytellingSOCIETY. INTEGRATION. EDUCATION. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference
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Teachers’ Job Satisfaction: Findings from TALIS 2013 Study

2015

<p><em>This paper examines teachers’ satisfaction with their profession and work environment in relation to other environmental factors in schools. Latvian data from the OECD TALIS 2013 study are used in the data analysis. The aim of the study was to find out whether there is any relationship between teacher satisfaction with their work environment and profession and a varietyofvariablescharacterizingschoolsandstudents. The research question is: what are the most important factors associated with teachers' satisfaction with their job at school? Applied research methods are frequency analysis and measures of central tendency. The results of the research reveal that overall Latvia…

Central tendencyPolitical scienceMathematics educationlanguageLatvianApplied researchJob attitudeJob satisfactionOECD TALIS; OECD PISA; teachers’ job satisfaction; attitude towards workSchool cultureResearch questionWork environmentlanguage.human_languageSOCIETY, INTEGRATION, EDUCATION. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference
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Informatīvā bāze izglītības vadības lēmumu pieņemšanai par dzimuma faktora ietekmes mazināšanu uz zēnu sasniegumiem tekstizpratībā vispārējās pamatiz…

2012

Anotācija Promocijas darba pētījuma mērķis - pamatojoties uz teorētiskajām atziņām par cēloņiem, kāpēc atšķiras zēnu un meiteņu mācību sasniegumi, izpētīt zēnu sasniegumu tekstizpratībā uzlabošanas iespējas, kompensējot bioloģiski noteikto dzimuma faktoru ar sociāliem faktoriem, tādējādi panākot, lai pētījuma rezultātus varētu izmantot par informatīvo bāzi izglītības vadības lēmumu pieņemšanā, veidojot uz pierādījumiem balstītu izglītības politiku. Pētījuma bāze - Starptautiskā lasītprasmes novērtēšanas pētījuma PIRLS 2006 dati par 4. klašu skolēniem. Pētījuma rezultātā konstatēts, ka samazinot atšķirības starp dzimumiem pirmsskolas prasmēs, attieksmē pret lasīšanu un lasīšanas aktivitātēs …

Izglītības vadībaVadība un administrēšana un nekustamo īpašumu pārvaldība
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Zēnu tekstizpratības uzlabošanas iespējas izglītības vadības kontekstā

2012

Promocijas darba pētījuma mērķis - pamatojoties uz teorētiskajām atziņām par cēloņiem, kāpēc atšķiras zēnu un meiteņu mācību sasniegumi, izpētīt zēnu sasniegumu tekstizpratībā uzlabošanas iespējas, kompensējot bioloģiski noteikto dzimuma faktoru ar sociāliem faktoriem, tādējādi panākot, lai pētījuma rezultātus varētu izmantot par informatīvo bāzi izglītības vadības lēmumu pieņemšanā, veidojot uz pierādījumiem balstītu izglītības politiku. Pētījuma bāze - Starptautiskā lasītprasmes novērtēšanas pētījuma PIRLS 2006 dati par 4. klašu skolēniem. Pētījuma rezultātā konstatēts, ka samazinot atšķirības starp dzimumiem pirmsskolas prasmēs, attieksmē pret lasīšanu un lasīšanas aktivitātēs ārpus skol…

VadībzinātneEducation ManagementIzglītības vadībaManagement science
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Role of school principals in high achievement of students

2019

The role of the principal in a school is critical because a principal is not only an administrator, but also a manager, initiator of various processes and, ideally, also a school leader who furthers various processes in the school and facilitates high achievement among the students. It is therefore important to study the role of the principal and how the principal can facilitate student achievement. The aim of the research study is to carry out a comparative analysis of data from several countries to find out the factors associated with the activities of the principal (directions of professional activity, factors created by the school culture and environment) that facilitate high achievemen…

PIRLSAukšti mokinių pasiekimaiHigh student achievementMokyklinis ugdymasMokyklų direktoriaiSchool educationeducationRaštingumasReading literacySchool principalsSkaitymo raštingumas
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