What are students like as learners as they near the end of compulsory education? The answer matters greatly, not only … learners. This report analyses the results, focusing on students’ motivation, self-beliefs and use of various learning …

effective in fostering students’ sense of belonging and participation in school? These questions are of great concern to … information on students’ literacy skills, but also on their attitudes and values, their social backgrounds, and on important …

. Dealing with plagiarism as an ethical issue / Barbara Cogdell and Dorothy Aidulis -- 5. Working together to educate students … / Frankie Wilson and Kate Ippolito -- 6. EFL students : factors contributing to online plagiarism / Teresa Chen and Nai …-Kuang Teresa Ku -- 7. International students : a conceptual framework for dealing with unintentional plagiarism / Ursula McGowan …

to which students and schools with different socio-economic backgrounds have access to similar educational resources, and … and different aspects of socio-economic background. Chapter 4 compares the performance of students with an immigrant … background with the performance of other students. Chapter 5 analyses the impact of socio-economic background of schools on …

reading. It shows reading literacy levels of students aged 15, in 32 countries, in terms of how well they can use written …

Drawing on data from the OECD’s Programme for International Students Assessment (PISA), this report examines the … performance of students with immigrant backgrounds and compares it to that of their native counterparts. As well as providing … students’ performance – such as their attitudes to school, their motivation and learning strategies as well as their social …