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The effect of private tutoring on performance in mathematics in Turkey: A comparison across occupational types
2010
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
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In Turkey, while overall involvement in public education has increased significantly, there still remain important inequalities between social groups in academic achievement and admission to higher education. This study estimates the effect of private tutoring (dersane) in Turkey in 15-year-old students with parents in four occupational categories. Analyzing PISA (2006) data, we found that the effect of private tutoring in math was relatively strong for all four occupational strata: one hour of
doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.03.899
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