Just do it! Study time increases mathematical achievement scores for grade 4-10 students in a large longitudinal cross-country study

• Markus Wolfgang Hermann Spitzer ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Freiburg

     University of Freiburg

     Stadtkreis Freiburg im Breisgau, Alemania

     
• Localización: European journal of psychology of education, ISSN-e 1878-5174, ISSN 0256-2928, Vol. 37, Nº 1, 2022, págs. 39-53
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1007/s10212-021-00546-0
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• Resumen

  • Decades of research produced inconsistent findings on whether study time can lead to achievement gains in mathematics. Data generated by more than six thousand students from three different countries who solved more than 1.1 million problem sets using a dedicated mathematics software are analyzed regarding the effect of study time on students’ achievements in mathematics. Results showed that more study time led to higher performance scores in mathematics. Further analyses revealed that low-performing students in the first school year (2017-2018) who increased their study time in the following year (2018-2019) revealed greatest gains in performance in the same school year (2018-2019) and even in the year after (2019-2020). Finally, results replicated previous observations of robust performance scores within students over the three school years, with performance scores in 2017-2018 predicting those of 2018-2019 which predicted those of 2019-2020. These results support the idea that students, in particular low-performing students, can boost their academic abilities to upper levels when increasing their study time.

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