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IC technology and learning : an impact evaluation of cl ssi2.0
Checchi, Daniele; Rettore, Enrico; Girardi, Silvia - 2015
In this paper we present a counterfactual evaluation of the effect of ICT resources at school on student achievements conducted in Italy. In 2009 156 classes at 6th grade were endowed with additional resources earmarked for purchasing ICT equipments only. By selecting an equivalent number of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010510702
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Cognitive ability, character skills, and learning to play equilibrium : a level-k analysis
Gill, David; Prowse, Victoria L. - 2014
understand better how subjects with different cognitive abilities learn differently, we estimate a structural model of learning … ability to that of character skills, and find that both cognition and personality affect behavior and learning. More agreeable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010364492
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Teacher quality and learning outcomes in kindergarten
Araujo, María Caridad; Carneiro, Pedro; Cruz Aguayo, … - 2016
We assigned two cohorts of kindergarten students, totaling more than 24,000 children, to teachers within schools with a rule that is as-good-as-random. We collected data on children at the beginning of the school year, and applied 12 tests of math, language and executive function (EF) at the end...
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The dynamics of domestic violence: learning about the match
Anderberg, Dan; Mantovan, Noemi; Sauer, Robert M. - 2021
We present a dynamic lifecycle model of women's choices with respect to partnership status, labour supply and fertility when they cannot directly observe whether a given male partner is of a violent type or not. The model is estimated by the method of simulated moments using longitudinal data...
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Upside-down down-under: cold temperatures reduce learning in Australia
Johnston, David; Knott, Rachel; Mendolia, Silvia; … - 2021
Understanding how variation in weather and climate conditions impact productivity, performance and learning is of …
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Inequality of learning in industrialised countries
Micklewright, John (contributor);  … - 2006
investigate where inequality is greatest, the association between inequality in learning and average levels of learning, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003523160
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Does learning beget learning throughout adulthood? : evidence from employees' training participation
Kramer, Anica; Tamm, Marcus - 2016
Individuals with more years of education generally acquire more training later on in life. Such a relationship may be due to skills learned in early periods increasing returns to educational investments in later periods. This paper addresses the question whether the complementarity between...
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Grades and employer learning
Hansen, Anne Toft; Hvidman, Ulrik; Sievertsen, Hans Henrik - 2021
This study examines the labor-market returns of skill signals. We identify the labor-market effect of grade point averages (GPA) by leveraging a nationwide change in the scaling of grades in Danish universities. Results show that a reform-induced increase in GPA that is unrelated to ability...
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Double machine learning based program evaluation under unconfoundedness
Knaus, Michael C. - 2020
This paper consolidates recent methodological developments based on Double Machine Learning (DML) with a focus on …
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Isolating the "Tech" from EdTech : experimental evidence on computer assisted learning in China
Ma, Yue; Fairlie, Robert W.; Loyalka, Prashant; … - 2020
EdTech which includes online education, computer assisted learning (CAL), and remote instruction was expanding rapidly … even before the current full-scale substitution for in-person learning at all levels of education around the world because …-based instruction, but often additional non-technology based inputs such as more time on learning and instructional support by …
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