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due to the Covid-pandemic. Treated students met in small groups, in alternating weeks with and without a more senior … student tutor. The treatment improved study behavior and increased contact to other students. Tutored students achieved around …
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earned credits on average, but we demonstrate strong positive effects on the most able students. In contrast to prior … research, effects were more pronounced for male students. …
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We estimate the relationship between students ̕educational achievement and the availability and use of computers at … computers. Thus, the mere availability of computers at home seems to distract students from effective learning. But measures of …
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use in schools, and ii) home use by students. Theoretically, ICT investment and CAI use by schools and the use of …
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Student achievement has been identified as important contributor to economic growth. This paper investigates the relationship between redistributive government activities and investment in human capital measured by student performance in international comparative tests in Mathematics and Science...
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addressing unobserved residence-country features, we find similar results when assigning migrant students their country …
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the effect of proximity to previous Nobelists on winning the Nobel Prize. Conditional on being Nobel-worthy, students and …
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year before the referendum. This exercise reveals a decrease in exchange students studying in the UK of around 3.8% to 4 ….9%. While the number of non-EU students to the UK rises, a drop in EU student numbers drives this result. Similarly, 30% to 38 …% fewer UK students choose to study abroad. The estimated changes in international student stocks show that most other member …
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ideal for investigating this question. There, students are placed in exam schools based on a high-stakes national … large achievement gains and improved university placements for high achieving students. …
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of students to classrooms in Greece and identifying the effects of peer disruptiveness on academic performance and career … paths. Using suspension hours as a measure of disruptiveness, we find that students assigned to more disruptive classrooms … adverse effects are more pronounced for students from low-income areas, in larger classrooms, or with fewer female peers …
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