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Do Parents' Occupations Have an Impact on Student Performance?
OECD - 2014
Students whose parents work in professional occupations generally outperform other students in mathematics, while … students whose parents work in elementary occupations tend to underachieve compared to their peers. The strength of the …. Finland and Japan achieve high levels of performance by ensuring that the children of parents who work in elementary …
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Students’ numeracy skills and practices
OECD - 2018
The results of the Survey of Adult Skills confirm that there is a strong link between the level of numeracy performance and the use of these skills in practice. In view of these findings, countries could further encourage the teaching of numeracy-related disciplines in a wider variety of higher...
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Does it matter how much time students spend on line outside of school?
OECD - 2016
In 2012, 15-year-old students spent over two hours on line each day, on average across OECD countries. The most common …% of students doing one of these every day or almost every day. Students who spent more than six hours per day on line … average across OECD countries, 7% of students spend this much time on line during a typical weekday. …
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The High Cost of Low Educational Performance : The Long-run Economic Impact of Improving PISA Outcomes
2010
This report uses recent economic modelling to relate cognitive skills – as measured by PISA and other international instruments – to economic growth, demonstrating that relatively small improvements to labour force skills can largely impact the future well-being of a nation. The report also...
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How has Student Performance Evolved Over Time?
2015
Every three years, when PISA results are published, the world’s media focuses on countries’ rankings in mathematics, reading and science performance. Often, what is lost in the subsequent national-level soulsearching about how to improve student performance is the fact that many countries...
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PISA 2015 Results (Volume III) : Students' Well-Being
2017
The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) examines not just what students know in science, reading … other countries. PISA 2015 Results (Volume III): Students’ Well-Being, is one of five volumes that present the results of … promote healthy development (e.g. interest, engagement, motivation to achieve). Children spend a considerable amount of time …
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Ready to learn : students' engagement, drive and self-beliefs; programme for International Student Assessment
2014 - rev. vers.
volume identifies the roles schools can play in shaping the well-being of students and the role parents can play in promoting … their children’s engagement with and dispositions towards learning. Changes in students’ engagement, drive, motivation and …This third volume of PISA 2012 results explores students’ engagement with and at school, their drive and motivation to …
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Closing the Gap for Immigrant Students : Policies, Practice and Performance
2010
, participation and performance of immigrant students and their native peers and identifies a set of policy options based on solid …
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PISA 2009 Results: Learning to Learn : Student Engagement, Strategies and Practices (Volume III)
2010
proficiency. Chapter 2 examines how much students read for enjoyment, what they read, and how much they enjoy reading. Chapter 3 …
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PISA 2015 Results (Volume IV) : Students' Financial Literacy
2017
The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) examines not just what students know in science, reading … other countries. PISA 2015 Results (Volume IV): Students’ Financial Literacy, is one of five volumes that present the … results of the PISA 2015 survey, the sixth round of the triennial assessment. It explores students’ experience with and …
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