Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/101890 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 8343
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
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.
Subjects: 
private tutoring
academic performance
regression analysis
Turkey
JEL: 
I20
I21
I22
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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