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Table 5 The effects of supportive climate variables (school means) and school characteristics on science achievement within Nordic countries
Denmark | Finland | Iceland | Norway | Sweden | ||||||
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Model 3 without control variables | Model 4 with control variables | Model 3 without control variables | Model 4 with control variables | Model 3 without control variables | Model 4 with control variables | Model 3 without control variables | Model 4 with control variables | Model 3 without control variables | Model 4 with control variables | |
Intercept estimate (S.E.) | 12.69*** (1.22) | 12.67*** (1.47) | 16.21*** (2.45) | 18.82*** (2.68) | 23.29*** (3.67) | 22.35*** (3.83) | 16.36*** (1.57) | 15.30*** (1.68) | 9.37*** (0.79) | 9.27*** (0.79) |
B (S.E.) | B (S.E.) | B (S.E.) | B (S.E.) | B (S.E.) | B (S.E.) | B (S.E.) | B (S.E.) | B (S.E.) | B (S.E.) | |
School level predictors | ||||||||||
M_TEACHSUP | 0.25 (0.15) | 0.29 (0.16) | 0.23 (0.15) | 0.29 (0.17) | 0.02 (0.16) | 0.15 (0.17) | 0.29 (0.16) | 0.35* (0.15) | 0.05 (0.13) | − 0.00 (0.12) |
M_FAIR | 0.07 (0.08) | 0.11 (0.08) | 0.16 (0.16) | 0.16 (0.19) | 0.20 (0.19) | 0.08 (0.20) | 0.23* (0.11) | 0.21 (0.11) | 0.28** (0.10) | 0.20 (0.11) |
M_PERFEED | − 0.44*** (0.12) | − 0.49*** (0.12) | − 0.19 (0.13) | − 0.21 (0.13) | − 0.38** (0.14) | − 0.41** (0.14) | − 0.18 (0.10) | − 0.14. (0.11) | − 0.57*** (0.09) | − 0.49*** (0.09) |
M_DISCLISCI | 0.11 (0.14) | 0.12 (0.12) | 0.41*** (0.14) | 0.28. (0.14) | 0.35** (0.14) | 0.30* (0.14) | 0.29* (0.15) | 0.27 (0.14) | 0.57*** (0.12) | 0.63*** (0.13) |
STUBEHA | − 0.26** (0.09) | − 0.13 (0.08) | − 0.17 (0.13) | − 0.22* (0.11) | − 0.06 (0.06) | |||||
STRATIO | 0.09 (0.09) | − 0.10 (0.11) | − 0.24 (0.15) | 0.03 (0.11) | 0.26*** (0.07) | |||||
SCHLTYPE | − 0.06 (0.06) | − 0.14 (0.09) | − 0.07 (0.07) | 0.03 (0.09) | − 0.03 (0.06) | |||||
EDUSHORT | − 0.01 (0.02) | 0.02 (0.09) | − 0.19** (0.07) | − 0.09 (0.11) | 0.05 (0.06) | |||||
Level-2 variance explained (R2) | 29.7% | 48.5% | 50.5% | 38.6% | 30.5% | 40.3% | 35.7% | 46.6% | 68.8% | 74.8% |
Level-2 units | 326 | 246 | 162 | 155 | 124 | 114 | 228 | 177 | 200 | 190 |