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Gavin T. L. Brown

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arXiv2025

Examining Gender Differences in the Impact of Instructional Clarity on Year 9 Students' Mathematics Interest in New Zealand: A Multi-Group Comparison of 2019 TIMSS Data

Grounded in Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT), this study explores how teacher instruction clarity impacts Year 9 students' mathematics interest through the mediating roles of confidence and value, with a focus on gender differences. Structural equation modelling applied to the 2019 New Zealand TIMSS dataset (2,594 girls and 2,651 boys) supports the SCCT framework. While confidence and value have similar mediating effects for boys, confidence plays a more pivotal role for girls. Gender differences are primarily observed in the value-mediated pathway, underscoring persistent challenges to achieving educational equity through teachers' instruction in New Zealand.

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arXiv2025

Exploring the relation between mathematical values and achievement among girls: A comparative analysis in single-sex vs. coeducational settings using TIMSS 2019 NZ data

Grounded in the social cognitive career theory, this study investigates the influence of values on girls' mathematics achievement across socio-economic status (SES) settings, contrasting single-sex and coeducational schools. An analysis of variance (ANOVA) on 2019 TIMSS New Zealand data (N = 2,898) revealed that single-sex education was associated with enhanced girls' mathematical values in high-SES settings. However, its effect on translating these values into improved mathematics performance was relatively limited. Affluent learning resources were the more immediate factor in improving mathematics performance. Moreover, in low-SES environments, the relation between values and mathematics achievement exhibited a complex nonlinear pattern.

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