TY  - JOUR
TI  - How Critical is Preschool Attendance for Students to Build a Higher Science Self-efficacy? A Comparative Study of Finland, Singapore, and Turkey Using PISA 2015 Data
AB  - Preschool attendance rates have been increasing in recent decades yet there is some level ofdeviation throughout the participating countries in PISA. Finland and Singapore are the countries with avery high level of preschool attendance rates while the attendance rate in Turkey lags evidently behindthe OECD average. In this study, we investigate the association between preschool attendance andscience self-efficacy for these countries using the PISA 2015 data. PISA is an international survey studyon 15-year-old students’ science, mathematics and reading literacies to evaluate the education systemsin the participating countries. Regression analyses for each country have revealed that students’preschool attendance is associated with their science self-efficacy scores to some degree in all threecountries. The difference in self-efficacy seems to be getting larger as the preschool attendanceincreases. Singapore has the highest effect size while Turkey has the lowest one considering themagnitude of the association.
AU  - Ustun, Ulas
AU  - Ozdemir, Ertugrul
AU  - Cansiz, Nurcan
AU  - CANSIZ, Mustafa
PY  - 2020
JO  - Türk Psikolojik Danışma ve Rehberlik Dergisi
VL  - 10
IS  - 56
SN  - 1302-1370
SP  - 81
EP  - 103
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/419365
ER  -