Empirical evidence for the hypothetical contrast of sociocultural theory; case of a semi-rural high school in Tamaulipas.

Abstract

The objective of this work is to empirically test the hypothesis of sociocultural educational theory. From the survey of 113 high school students, a comparison of the means of school performance of independent samples was made. It was sought to know if there is a significant difference taking into account social control variables (father and mother's degree of study) and economic (monthly income and number of siblings). The findings show that, according to the sample analyzed, the hypothesis of sociocultural influence on academic performance is partially supported. It was shown that the students born to mothers with a higher level of education tend to significantly outperform their peers in terms of academic performance.