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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 …
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can play. Not only do they want to use technology to directly aid learning, but they also want to ensure that students in …. Researchers suggested this could be because teachers and students mainly used the computers to learn how to use computers, instead …
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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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their peers' ability to perform at the next level. Alternatively, promoting students into grades for which they are not … of Pakistan, students are promoted primarily on the basis of merit. An econometric decomposition of promotion decisions … by whether learning has taken place, and that grade promotion that is uncorrelated with merit has a negligible impact on …
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education spending toward core teaching and learning matters further hinder service delivery and result in inadequate learning … policy note highlights the following areas that require attention: equitable access; learning outcomes; quantity, quality …, and management of teachers; school learning environment; the curriculum and language of instruction; national examinations …
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"Expanding and improving basic education in developing countries requires, at a minimum, teachers who are present in the classroom and motivated to teach, but this essential input is often missing. This paper describes the findings of a series of recent World Bank and other studies on teacher...
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"A substantial gap in test scores exists between indigenous and non-indigenous students in Latin America. Using test … score data for 3rd and 4th year primary school pupils in Guatemala and Peru, and 5th grade pupils in Mexico, the authors …
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"Vermeersch and Kremer examine the effects of subsidized school meals on school participation, educational achievement, and school finance in a developing country setting. They use data from a program that was implemented in 25 randomly chosen preschools in a pool of 50. Children's school...
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quality and equity of the education system. The country has seen a negative trend in student learning outcomes as measured by …
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