Binary logistic regression analysis of instructional leadership factors affecting English language literacy in primary schools

This paper discusses the factors contributing to student achievement in English language literacy in primary schools within Sibu division, Sarawak, Malaysia. The study involved 694 teachers who taught in 105 lower primary schools. Binary logistic regression was applied to predict the instructional...

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Main Authors:	Sio, Jarrod Jyh Lih, Ramlee Ismail
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Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13983/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13983/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13983/1/30098-104043-2-PB.pdf

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spelling	ukm-139832020-01-23T23:41:44Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13983/ Binary logistic regression analysis of instructional leadership factors affecting English language literacy in primary schools Sio, Jarrod Jyh Lih Ramlee Ismail, This paper discusses the factors contributing to student achievement in English language literacy in primary schools within Sibu division, Sarawak, Malaysia. The study involved 694 teachers who taught in 105 lower primary schools. Binary logistic regression was applied to predict the instructional leadership’s influence on student achievement in literacy. The findings revealed that one dimension of instructional leadership - supervising and evaluating instruction - emerged as strong predictors of literacy. The result indicated that schools were more than 17 times more likely to achieve 100% literacy rate when the instruction processes were supervised and evaluated by the headmasters. Supervision and evaluation of instruction had a positive influence on students’ achievement for English language literacy, hence making this a possible course of action for school heads. More comprehensive studies are needed to ascertain its consistency as well as investigating other predictors for literacy. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13983/1/30098-104043-2-PB.pdf Sio, Jarrod Jyh Lih and Ramlee Ismail, (2019) Binary logistic regression analysis of instructional leadership factors affecting English language literacy in primary schools. 3L; Language,Linguistics and Literature,The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies., 25 (2). pp. 22-37. ISSN 0128-5157 http://ejournals.ukm.my/3l/issue/view/1196
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description	This paper discusses the factors contributing to student achievement in English language literacy in primary schools within Sibu division, Sarawak, Malaysia. The study involved 694 teachers who taught in 105 lower primary schools. Binary logistic regression was applied to predict the instructional leadership’s influence on student achievement in literacy. The findings revealed that one dimension of instructional leadership - supervising and evaluating instruction - emerged as strong predictors of literacy. The result indicated that schools were more than 17 times more likely to achieve 100% literacy rate when the instruction processes were supervised and evaluated by the headmasters. Supervision and evaluation of instruction had a positive influence on students’ achievement for English language literacy, hence making this a possible course of action for school heads. More comprehensive studies are needed to ascertain its consistency as well as investigating other predictors for literacy.
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author	Sio, Jarrod Jyh Lih Ramlee Ismail,
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title	Binary logistic regression analysis of instructional leadership factors affecting English language literacy in primary schools
title_short	Binary logistic regression analysis of instructional leadership factors affecting English language literacy in primary schools
title_full	Binary logistic regression analysis of instructional leadership factors affecting English language literacy in primary schools
title_fullStr	Binary logistic regression analysis of instructional leadership factors affecting English language literacy in primary schools
title_full_unstemmed	Binary logistic regression analysis of instructional leadership factors affecting English language literacy in primary schools
title_sort	binary logistic regression analysis of instructional leadership factors affecting english language literacy in primary schools
publisher	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2019
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13983/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13983/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13983/1/30098-104043-2-PB.pdf
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Binary logistic regression analysis of instructional leadership factors affecting English language literacy in primary schools

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