Mathematics Achievement of Mainland Immigrant Students in Hong Kong

Autor/inn/en	Zhu, Yan; Leung, Frederick K. S.
Titel	Mathematics Achievement of Mainland Immigrant Students in Hong Kong
Quelle	In: Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 31 (2011) 4, S.471-485 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0218-8791
DOI	10.1080/02188791.2011.621673
Schlagwörter	Mathematics Achievement; Foreign Countries; Immigrants; Achievement Gap; Migrant Children; Achievement Tests; Comparative Analysis; Comparative Testing; Cross Cultural Studies; School Demography; Performance Factors; Socioeconomic Background; Achievement Rating; Hong Kong; Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Ausland; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Schulbesuchsrate; Leistungsindikator; Sozioökonomische Lage; Rating; Beurteilung; Hongkong
Abstract	One of the main features of globalization is the increasing mobility of population. As an immigrant society, Hong Kong has witnessed waves of Mainland Chinese arrivals and assimilation into her mainstream, particularly around the change of sovereignty period. School-aged children constitute a substantial fraction of the new population. Given their potential impact on Hong Kong's present and future, how these immigrant youngsters perform in school has always been a concern to the public as well as the government. This study compared Hong Kong 8th-graders' mathematics performance in the four rounds of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study by their immigrant status. The results showed that the first-generation immigrant students' performance had obvious retrogression compared to native students in the past years. Among the natives, non-local-born students with only their father born in Hong Kong had the most similar performance as the first-generation immigrants. The causes for the differences are explored from both internal and external perspectives. (Contains 4 figures, 2 tables, and 5 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10