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Furthermore, there was also a positive corre -
lation between achievement in mathematics and
scores on a factor measuring parents’parents
support as reported by the students. On the
other hand, there was no correlation between
achievement and scores on the factors social
connections and activities, oractives, and how
happy the students are with their school. Factor
analysis of the parents’ responses produced
factors includingas their child’schild happiness
with school, their support of the child, the social
well-being of students and pressure to do well
in school. The last two factors had no corre -
lation with their child’schild achievement, but
support correlated with scores in mathematics
in grade 7. The child’schild happiness with
school was positively correlated with achieve -
ment in both grades and subjects. These find -
ings are in line with the studies reviewed.
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