Traditional bullying and cyberbullying as main drivers of low mathematics achievement in South African schools : evidence from TIMSS 2019

dc.contributor.authorGraham, Marien Alet
dc.contributor.emailmarien.graham@up.ac.zaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-21T12:41:32Z
dc.date.available2024-10-21T12:41:32Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.descriptionAVAILABILITY OF DATA AND MATERIALS : Datasets are available at: IEA TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center repository (https://timssandpirls.bc.edu/)en_US
dc.description.abstractSouth African children have a right to equitable education free from harm. Still, news of school bullying incidents continues to grab South African news headlines. Creating a safe environment conducive to learning is vital in learners’ mathematics achievement (MA). We investigated the association between bullying and Grade 9 MA in South African schools. We followed a quantitative design with a research paradigm of positivism and a secondary data analysis study design. We analysed TIMSS 2019 data and proposed a model containing 21 constructs; 20 independent variables (gender, socio-economic status (SES) and 18 variables about bullying) and one dependent variable (MA). The multi-level analysis showed refusing to talk to learners, insulting their families, making them do things they didn’t want to do, sending nasty, hurtful messages or embarrassing photos of them online, physically hurting them, saying mean things about their physical appearance, stealing from them, physical injury to other learners and SES are significant predictors of MA. Learners must be reminded that there are clear regulations in place to penalise bullies. Due to the exponential growth of e-Learning over the past two years as a result of COVID-19, we recommend the incorporation of cyber-safety and cyber-protection techniques into every learner-teacher training.en_US
dc.description.departmentScience, Mathematics and Technology Educationen_US
dc.description.librarianhj2024en_US
dc.description.sdgSDG-04:Quality Educationen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe National Research Foundation (NRF).en_US
dc.description.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/journals/zedu20en_US
dc.identifier.citationMarien Alet Graham (2025) Traditional bullying and cyberbullying as main drivers of low mathematics achievement in South African schools: Evidence from TIMSS 2019, Education Inquiry, 16:2, 157-176, DOI: 10.1080/20004508.2023.2173122.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2000-4508 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1080/20004508.2023.2173122
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/98692
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_US
dc.rights© 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).en_US
dc.subjectBullyingen_US
dc.subjectMathematics achievementen_US
dc.subjectTrends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)en_US
dc.subjectSDG-04: Quality educationen_US
dc.titleTraditional bullying and cyberbullying as main drivers of low mathematics achievement in South African schools : evidence from TIMSS 2019en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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