ERC WORKING PAPERS
Does
private tutoring increase students’ academic performance?
Evidence from Turkey
Giray
Berberoglu and Aysit Tansel
Abstract:
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.
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