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Table 4 The effects of supportive climate variables and student characteristics on science achievement within Nordic countries
Denmark | Finland | Iceland | Norway | Sweden | ||||||
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Model 1 without control variables | Model 2 with control variables | Model 1 without control variables | Model 2 with control variables | Model 1 without control variables | Model 2 with control variables | Model 1 without control variables | Model 2 with control variables | Model 1 without control variables | Model 2 with control variables | |
Mean intercept (S.E.) | 14.88*** (1.29) | 14.31*** (1.24) | 21.43*** (2.02) | 21.10*** (1.93) | 22.34*** (3.38) | 21.69*** (2.87) | 18.68*** (1.66) | 17.96*** (1.55) | 11.39*** (1.33) | 11.11*** (1.25) |
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) | |
Student level predictors | ||||||||||
TEACHSUP | 0.09*** (0.02) | 0.06** (0.02) | 0.08*** (0.02) | 0.06*** (0.02) | 0.05* (0.02) | 0.03 (0.02) | 0.07** (0.02) | 0.05* (0.02) | 0.05* (0.02) | 0. 01 (0.02) |
FAIR | 0.22*** (0.02) | 0.21*** (0.02) | 0.24*** (0.02) | 0.22*** (0.02) | 0.18*** (0.03) | 0.18*** (0.02) | 0.17*** (0.02) | 0.18*** (0.02) | 0.21*** (0.02) | 0.19*** (0.02) |
PERFEED | − 0.10*** (0.02) | − 0.12*** (0.02) | − 0.15*** (0.01) | − 0.13*** (0.01) | − 0.15*** (0.02) | − 0.13*** (0.02) | − 0.11*** (0.02) | − 0.09*** (0.02) | − 0.13*** (0.02) | − 0.10*** (0.02) |
DISCLISCI | 0.03 (0.02) | 0.02 (0.02) | 0.04* (0.02) | 0.05** (0.02) | 0.00 (0.02) | − 0.00 (0.02) | 0. 02 (0.02) | 0. 01 (0.02) | − 0. 00 (0.02) | 0. 00 (0.02) |
GENDER | 0.14*** (0.02) | 0.00 (0.02) | 0.08*** (0.02) | 0.13*** (0.02) | 0.11*** (0.02) | |||||
IMMIG2 | 0.10*** (0.01) | 0.09*** (0.01) | 0.03 (0.02) | 0.09*** (0.01) | 0.11*** (0.02) | |||||
IMMIG1 | 0.07*** (0.02) | 0.12*** (0.02) | 0.10*** (0.02) | 0.10*** (0.02) | 0.17*** (0.02) | |||||
ESCS | 0.13*** (0.02) | 0.16*** (0.02) | 0.12*** (0.02) | 0.14*** (0.02) | 0.13*** (0.02) | |||||
EDUASPIR | 0.31*** (0.02) | 0.24*** (0.01) | 0.26*** (0.02) | 0.25*** (0.02) | 0.33*** (0.02) | |||||
Level-1 variance explained (R2) | 6.9% | 23.0% | 10.0% | 22.5% | 6.1% | 18.2% | 4.6% | 17.1% | 6% | 24.7% |
Level-1 units | 6073 | 5974 | 5381 | 5331 | 2967 | 2934 | 5017 | 4959 | 4845 | 4705 |