Estimating the Academic Performance of Secondary Education Mathematics Students: A Gain Lift Predictive Model
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Materia
Mathematics education Educational innovation School environment High School Academic performance School failure
Date
2020Referencia bibliográfica
Trujillo-Torres, J.-M.; Hossein-Mohand, H.; Gómez-García, M.; Hossein-Mohand, H.; Hinojo-Lucena, F.-J. Estimating the Academic Performance of Secondary Education Mathematics Students: A Gain Lift Predictive Model. Mathematics 2020, 8, 2101. https://doi.org/10.3390/math8122101
Résumé
Several socioeconomic, environmental, ethnic, family, and educational factors influence
an individual’s academic performance and can determine their school performance in mathematics.
Mathematical competence is one of the skills that allow students to build visions of the future from
performance in the present. However, the perception that students have of mathematics, in addition
to the teacher–student relationship, the classroom, gender, teaching–learning, and motivation are
crucial factors for achieving an optimal academic performance and preventing school failure. The aim
of the present study was: (1) to examine which variables of the dimensions “Learning Mathematics”
and “School Environment” significantly contribute to the marks in the second quarter and quantify
their relative importance; (2) to determine the optimal algorithm model for predicting the maximum
gain in students’ marks in the second quarter and quantifying it; and (3) to analyze the maximum gain
in terms of gender. A total of 2018 high school students in Melilla were included in this cross-sectional
study. Mathematical learning and the school environment were assessed using a validated 14-item
questionnaire. Gain lift was employed to quantify the improvement in students’ performance. The role
of the classroom and teacher–student relationship had a greater influence on mathematics scores than
affinity indicators, teaching, study time, teaching resources used, study aids, and motivation.