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"Educated parents tend to have educated children. But is intergenerational transmission of human capital more nature … parents and the type of relationship that links the children to their 'adoptive 'families. The results of the analysis suggest …, more nurture, or both? De Walque uses household survey data from Rwanda that contains a large proportion of children living …
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, and parenting quality in a developing country. They use a sample of over 3,000 predominantly poor pre-school age children … for older than younger children, and there is greater dispersion in scores among older children. They find that household … socioeconomic characteristics, in particular wealth and parental education, are "protective"-children from wealthier households with …
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, corporate trainers, students and researchers interested in design and facilitation of online learning for a global audience … of new environments on children's language ability: a case study / Ursula Thomas -- Using literacy response activities … with early childhood English language learners and immigrant students / Erin M. Casey -- Building on what they bring …
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surviving children. Studies have found substantial variability across countries in the negative impacts of orphanhood on child …
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This book aims to contribute to the World Bank's education agenda by communicating research findings on the impact of education quality on economic growth. Eric Hanushek and Ludger Wößmann show that indeed the quality of education, rather than mere access to education, is what impacts economic...
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1. Use of technology to motivate students / Deepak Verma -- 2. "No/low paper" policy and equipment upkeep / Alicia … / Blanca Rodriguez -- 9. Emotional and behavioral disorders students using computer-assisted devices / Martina Ramos-Rey -- 10 …. Pop quiz debacle / Leanne Spinale -- 11. Principal's letter to parents: take kids off social networking sites / Irene Chen …
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The following report is the first of a two-stage video study to examine teaching practices and activities in Indonesian classrooms. The first stage is linked to results of the 2007 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) where 100 of the 150 classes that participated in the...
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education policy literature. This study seeks to identify the good policies and practices that lead students in some municipal …
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Educators and education policy makers are concerned with creating the best possible learning environment for students … subject of policy debates in many parts of the world. Should teachers be paid more? Can students be rewarded for good test … results? Do schools need more supplies and better infrastructure? Should parents have access to better information about the …
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Uzbekistan is a lower middle-income country of 29.5 million people, located in Central Asia, with an economy that has … be realized from investing in pre-primary education ranging from promoting children s school readiness to equalizing … opportunities across the income distribution, policymakers are keen to explore ways to expand access and promote the provision of …
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