An Investigation of the PISA 2009 Reading Literacy in Terms of Socio-Economical Backgrounds and Receiving Pre-School Education “Turkey Example”

PISA 2009 Okuma Becerileri Yeterliklerinin Sosyoekonomik Alt Yapı ve Okul Öncesi Eğitime Katılım Açısından İncelenmesi “Türkiye Örneği”

Özet

Öz There are many factors that affect the student success. According to the results of PISA, the factors affecting student success include the socio-economical background, family structure, the vicinity in which the school is located, reading habits, learning strategies, receiving pre-school education, etc. The aim of this study is to determine whether the socio-economical backgrounds and receiving pre-school education predict the level of reading literacy of the students who took part in PISA 2009 in Turkey.This research is a kind of predictive correlational survey model that has been used logistic regression analysis. Accordingly, it was found that the socioeconomical backgrounds and receiving pre-school education for more than one year are significant predictors of the students’ levels of proficiency

Keywords: Anahtar Kelimeler programme for international student assessment (PISA), reading literacy, pre-school education, socio-economical background, logistic regression analysis