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- Title
THE IMPACT OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY OF MADRID.
- Authors
Sotoca Sienes, Esmeralda; Muñoz Hueso, Ana C.
- Abstract
The purpose of this chapter is to analyze if there are differences in academic achievement among students, Years 3 to 6 Primary Education, depending on their attendance in bilingual or non-bilingual public schools in Madrid. A quasi-experimental approach has been adopted with nonequivalent control group. The sample consisted of 2,153 students enrolled in 12 public schools located in the eastern part of Madrid. The statistical analyses performed are: univariate descriptive statistics and Student's-t test. The academic achievement is measured by Grade Point Average (GPA) and external examinations (Diagnosis Test for Year 4 and CDI Test for Year 6). From the results, the external tests show significant differences in favour of bilingual schools in Language and Mathematics in Year 6. But there were no significant differences in Year 4. However, in the GPA, there are significant differences in favour of non-bilingual schools in Science and English. These results could be because teachers in bilingual schools demand a higher level from the students in the areas of Science and English because these two areas are taught in English. The achievement of better results in the external test of 6th grade by bilingual schools can show that these students have a higher performance level in Language and Mathematics than the students educated in monolingual schools, at least evaluated using these external tests.
- Publication
Journal of Education Research, 2015, Vol 9, Issue 1, p27
- ISSN
1935-052X
- Publication type
Academic Journal