An empirical approach is adopted in this article to explore a possible model for the prediction of students’ science achievement in China and the United States. The construction of the model was based on the ninth-grade data base from Phase 11 of the . . .

Parental influence has been identified as an important factor affecting student achievement, but the variables addressed by various parent-school partnership programs vary, and lack literature support. This deficiency was ameliorated in this study thr . . .

Middle school data from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) are analyzed in this article to compare achievement difference between seventh and eighth grades. The statistical computing involves a selective subtraction of item . . .

A national data base from the Longitudinal Study of American Youth (LSAY) was employed to examine the effects of family commitment in education on student achievement in seventh grade science. The backward elimination procedure in the Statistical Anal . . .

School physics was transplanted from the west to China by the end of the 19th century. At the initial stage, traditional Chinese schools were filled with Confucian classics, and the classic Chinese language was too awkward to translate physics concept . . .