Study On The Achievement Influential Factors Of Uygur Junior High School Student In Xinjiang

Discussion on academic achievement is a timeless classic topics, academic achievement is mainly reflected of students’ academic level and also an important measure of their studies or not. Exploreing the academic achievement and it`s factors of minority has important significance in showing the gap of education level between inter-ethnic and promoting educational opportunities of ethnic.This research selects Uygur of Kashi as research area to study local junior high school students. To explore the difference of students’ academic performance of on urban and rural areas, social background, national, school and individual factors, by adopting the principle of combining the quantification and qualitative, study on the basis of a large-scale survey questionnaire and the interview data for the secondary. By analysis of variance, regression analysis of large-scale survey data analyzed to render differences of student achievement between different dimensions. Using regression models showing differences in factors ’contributing, and evaluate the level of educational equality. The interview data could explain the cultural dimension of ethnic factors which is difficult to quantify, contribute to analysis the deep reason and presenting a comprehensive factors of academic achievement.The study found that a combination of ascriptive and achieved factors determine Uygur students’ academic achievement. Academic level of Uygur students have difference on urban and rural, social stratum background, school, national culture and regional.First and foremost, Urban students’ academic level is better than rural students.The enrollment rate of city junior high school is higher than countryside. Educational resources and the teachers level in town schools are better than rural’s. Urban parents have higher education degree. Parents’ occupation category are also differences. Parents have higher expectation for their children in urban. Rural people have lower fertility concept.Second, social stratum background is an important factor affecting academic achievement.Parents engaged in precision technology industries,their children have better academic performance. The higher parents’ literacy rate, the better children’s academic achievement. The effects of father’s education level especially important. Relaxed family atmosphere and close parent-child relationship help children get a better grades. Stern and democratic parenting style better than laissez faire way. The influence of family income on children’s academic performance is not significant.Third, National culture is the key of Uygur students’ academic level.Differences language is one of the reasons that hider Uygur Students’ academic. Ideology, cultural atmosphere and other cultural factors affects Uygur Students’ enrollment, attendance and academic performance. Family economic burden, low population quality and traditional reproductive concepts are the reason for low academic level. The impact of ethnic and religious ideas affects education and teaching work in the school, then affect students’ academic level.Fourth, the software and hardware facilities of the school affect teaching quality, teachers are the significant others influence students’ academic achievement.Education quality is proportional to school size, teachers’ educational level and educational resources. More big the school covers, more number students, the students’ academic level are more better. The proportion of teacher with Bachelor above degree is higher, the quality of teaching in schools is better, more number of bound volumes per student school, the academic level more better.Harmonious relationship between teachers and students can help students get good grades. To teacher’s trust and students perceived the education expectations from teacher affect students’ learning attitude and academic achievement, student with the higher degree of trust and the higher expectations of education can get good grades.Fifth, the individual factor have important influence on students’ academic performance.Self educational expectation affect students’ academic level, good learning attitudes and ideas also have important impact on students to get good grades. Student will get better academic achievement, while they work alone and learning extracurricular knowledge active.Thinking about the achievement of Uygur junior high school student:First, academic level of Uygur students need to be improved. The academic performance is generally low of subjects, and truancy phenomenon is obvious in township.Second, Occupancy of resources is unequal leads to different academic achievement. The unequal distribution of resources include both regional inequality also contains the unequal in classes and family units. Therefore, our country should continue to adjustment policy to improve and guarantee equal educational opportunity of minority students, especially the lower social class students.Third, individual effort is the important way to get success. Students can get good grades through good learning attitude and positive learning behavior. Fourth, social stability is a prerequisite for the development of education. The factor of ethnic and religious are the key to influence the Uygurs’ academic, the social environment of studying also can not be ignored. Turbulent social order interfere with the normal school work seriously. Stable social environment is the premise and basis for the development of education.