Placement Of Students To High School In Turkey: Factors Affecting Student Achievement In Placement Tests

The objective of the research is to identify factors that affect the degree the most successful and the most unsuccessful ten students get at their class levels and in their dwelling units in “Level Determination Examination” which is a form of placement test held at provincial levels in allocation...

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Published inInternational journal of human sciences Vol. 7; no. 1
Main Author Gündüz,Hasan Basri
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published J-Human Sciences 01.01.2010
Subjects
Arkeoloji
Felsefe & Psikoloji & Sosyoloji
Mimarlık ve Tasarım
Siyasal Bilimler
Turizm
Sakarya
Türkiye
school choice
inequality in school systems
Achievement goal orientations
Locus of Control
Digital divide
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Summary:The objective of the research is to identify factors that affect the degree the most successful and the most unsuccessful ten students get at their class levels and in their dwelling units in “Level Determination Examination” which is a form of placement test held at provincial levels in allocation of students from elementary to secondary education. The research was conducted in Sakarya Province. The sample of the research comprised of 420 6th, 7th and 8th grade students in total who ranked among the first and the last 10 groups in dwelling units in the examination held at provincial level. It was ascertained that 82% (Nagelkerke R2 = 0.82) of student’s ranking among the first most successful or the last most unsuccessful group of ten people in their own dwelling unit and at their own class level in the Placement Test could be predicted by TE, PA, BÇG, BY, SiD and Ç factors according to Stepwise logistic regression analysis. AKD, AiFK and AO are the variables which were not found to be meaningful in the last regression equation.
ISSN:2458-9489
1303-5134