Abstract
Students choose subjects in secondary schools that can be major determinants for their future educational career. This paper systematically reviews the literature on the effect of secondary school course-taking on educational outcomes in secondary and tertiary institutions. The findings of the review and the meta analysis suggest that course-taking predicts a number of educational outcomes such as further course-taking in secondary school, tertiary course-taking, and secondary school grades. However, these effects could not be easily disentangled from the diversity of factors, such as ethnicity, socioeconomic status (SES) and prior achievement that are co-correlated with course-taking and its outcomes.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3401-3406 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published or Issued - 2010 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 2nd World Conference on Educational Sciences, WCES-2010 - Istanbul, Turkey Duration: 4 Feb 2010 → 8 Feb 2010 |
Keywords
- Australia
- Meta analysis
- Systematically reviews
- academic achievements
- educational career
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Sciences(all)
- Psychology(all)