factors affecting achievement

• internal factors affecting achievement


  • setting & streaming
  • mixed ability teaching
  • teacher expectation/labelling
• external factors affecting achievement


  • parental values
  • cultural deprivation
  • material deprivation
• setting & streaming


  INTERNAL factor

  setting - pupils are in different sets fir different subjects.

  streaming - in the same ability set for all subjects.

  • improves achievement - pupils in higher sets could be challenge.
  • could decrease achievement in lower sets.

  STUDY - ball; beachside comprehensive (1981)
• mixed ability teaching


  INTERNAL factor

  • the opposite to setting/streaming where all abilities are taught together.
  • improves achievement - higher ability could help lower ability but could mean they are not ‘challenged’ or are held back.
• teacher expectations - labelling


  INTERNAL factor

  • teachers could label pupils because of stereotypes which could lead to a self-fulfilling prophecy.
  • improves achievement - if pupils accept positive label, could decrease achievement if pupils accept the negative label.
• parental values


  EXTERNAL factor

  1. parents may value education and see it as important so encourage their child to work hard, get them a tutor, etc.
  2. parents may not value education and don’t see it as important so dont encourage their children.
• cultural deprivation


  EXTERNAL factor

  • children may not learn the correct norms and values to succeed in education (could affect working class children).
• material deprivation


  EXTERNAL factor

  • parents may ’lack money‘ and the things that money can buy so van not afford resources for their child to succeed (e.g - revision books, a computer, etc) or may nit have a quiet place for them to study.