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Francisco J García-Crespo1, Javier Suárez-Álvarez, Rubén Fernández-Alonso
1Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
Psicothema
|April 29, 2022
Summary
European Union (EU) educational policies help resilient students overcome disadvantages. Student confidence and prior school linguistic tasks are key factors, showing EU policies can compensate for socioeconomic challenges.
Area of Science:
- Educational Psychology
- Sociology of Education
- Comparative Education
Background:
- Academic resilience is defined as high student performance despite socioeconomic disadvantages.
- This study investigates factors contributing to academic resilience within the European Union (EU).
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify personal, school, and national factors associated with academic resilience in EU fourth-grade students.
- To analyze the effectiveness of EU educational policies in fostering resilience.
Main Methods:
- Utilized data from 96,556 fourth-grade students across 21 EU countries from the TIMSS-2019 assessment.
- Employed two three-level logistic regression models to analyze the factors influencing academic resilience.
Main Results:
- Approximately 25.67% of EU students demonstrated resilience in mathematics and 24.16% in science.
- Student confidence and prior linguistic tasks were significant predictors of resilience, even considering gender and immigrant background.
- EU countries effectively mitigated disadvantages for immigrant students, with higher proportions of low-performing students correlating with fewer resilient students.
Conclusions:
- EU member states' educational policies, particularly social support for students, families, and schools, largely compensate for unfavorable starting socioeconomic positions.
- Targeted interventions can enhance academic resilience among disadvantaged student populations in the EU.
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