Does private tutoring increase students' academic performance? Evidence from Turkey

This paper investigates the effectiveness of private tutoring in Turkey. The authors introduce their study by providing some background information on the two major national examinations and three different kinds of tutoring. They then describe how they aimed to analyse whether attending private tut...

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Veröffentlicht in:International review of education 2014-10, Vol.60 (5), p.683-701
Hauptverfasser: Berberoğlu, Giray, Tansel, Aysit
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This paper investigates the effectiveness of private tutoring in Turkey. The authors introduce their study by providing some background information on the two major national examinations and three different kinds of tutoring. They then describe how they aimed to analyse whether attending private tutoring centres (PTCs) enhances Turkish students' academic performance. By way of multiple linear regression analysis, their study sought to evaluate whether the impact of private tutoring varies in different subject areas, taking into account several student-related characteristics such as family and academic backgrounds as well as interest in and perception of academic success. In terms of subject areas, the results indicate that while private tutoring does have a positive impact on academic performance in mathematics and Turkish language, this is not the case in natural sciences. However, as evidenced by the effect sizes, these impacts are rather small compared to the impacts of other variables such as interest in and perception of academic success, high school graduation fields of study, high school cumulative grade point average (CGPA), parental education and students' sociocultural background. While the authors point out that more research on the impact of further important variables needs to be done, their view is that school seems to be an important factor for determining students' academic performance. Les auteurs de cet article explorent l'efficacité des cours particuliers dispensés en Turquie. Ils présentent leur étude en fournissant quelques informations de fond sur les deux principaux examens nationaux et trois formes différentes de soutien scolaire. Ils décrivent ensuite l'approche qu'ils ont adoptée pour déterminer si la fréquentation des centres privés de soutien scolaire améliore les performances des étudiants turcs. Au moyen d'une analyse par régression linéaire multiple, ils ont cherché à établir si l'impact du soutien privé varie en fonction des disciplines, en intégrant plusieurs critères relatifs aux étudiants tels que le contexte familial et universitaire ainsi que l'intérêt et la perception pour le succès universitaire. En ce qui concerne les disciplines, les résultats indiquent que si le soutien privé a effectivement un impact positif sur les performances universitaires en mathématiques et en langue turque, il n'en est pas le cas dans le domaine des sciences naturelles. Néanmoins, comme le démontrent les tailles d'effet, ces impacts sont p
ISSN:0020-8566
1573-0638
DOI:10.1007/s11159-014-9436-y