The Analysis of Influencing Factors of Youth Science Achievement in Korea by TIMSS 2019

Objectives The purpose of this study is to analyze for factors affecting adolescents' science achievement by multiple level. Methods To do this, the multiple membership multiple level model was applied to the 168 schools, 235 teachers, 4404 students by Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study(TIMSS 2019). Results The results of the results study are as follows. First, according to the final model, the amount of explanation of variables by level for adolescents' science achievement was high in the order of school, teacher, and student. Second, at the student level, it was found that the science achievement had been affected by gender, degree of family learning support. The teacher-level variable was not statistically significant. At the school level, it was found that the size of the city at the school location had an effect. Conclusions It is expected to improve the level of science achievement and provide basic data for improving educational environment and innovation.