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'Teaching to Teach' Literacy
Machin, Stephen J. - 2016
Significant numbers of people have very low levels of literacy in many OECD countries and, because of this, face significant labour market penalties. Despite this, it remains unclear what teaching strategies are most useful for actually rectifying literacy deficiencies. The subject remains...
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The Effects of a High School Curriculum Reform on University Enrollment and the Choice of College Major
Goerlitz, Katja - 2015
This paper evaluates the effects of a high school curriculum reform on students' probability to enroll at university …-in-differences model. The results show that the reform increased university enrollment rates for both gender. With regard to choosing STEM …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013023766
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Breadth of University Curriculum and Labor Market Outcomes
Seah, Kelvin - 2020
We explore whether the choice of broad versus specialized university curricula affects subsequent labor market outcomes …, as measured by earnings, full-time permanent employment, and unemployment six months after university graduation. We … exploit a unique episode in the history of the National University of Singapore, in which a university-wide revision in …
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Students are Almost as Effective as Professors in University Teaching
Feld, Jan - 2019
In a previous paper, we have shown that academic rank is largely unrelated to tutorial teaching effectiveness. In this paper, we further explore the effectiveness of the lowest-ranked instructors: students. We confirm that students are almost as effective as senior instructors, and we produce...
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Which Factors Determine the Grades of Undergraduate Students in Economics? Some Evidence from Spain
Dolado, Juan Jose; Morales, Eduardo - 2021
track at high school and the grades at the university entry exam are the key factors we examine. Our main findings are that …
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Lost in Translation? Teacher Training and Outcomes in High School Economics Classes
Valletta, Robert G. - 2012
Using data on 24 teachers and 982 students from a 2006 survey of California high school economics classes, we assess the effects of student and teacher characteristics on student achievement. We estimate value-added models of outcomes on multiple choice and essay exams, with matched classroom...
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Widening the High School Curriculum to Include Soft Skill Training : Impacts on Health, Behaviour, Emotional Wellbeing and Occupational Aspirations
Lordan, Grace - 2019
evidenced based health related quality of life (HRQoL) curriculum called Healthy Minds that ran in 34 high schools in England …
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Does More Math in High School Increase the Share of Female Stem Workers? Evidence from a Curriculum Reform
Biewen, Martin - 2019
This paper studies the consequences of a curriculum reform of the last two years of high school in one of the German …
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Intensive Math Instruction and Educational Attainment : Long-Run Impacts of Double-Dose Algebra
Cortes, Kalena E. - 2014
We study an intensive math instruction policy that assigned low-skilled 9th graders to an algebra course that doubled instructional time, altered peer composition and emphasized problem solving skills. A regression discontinuity design shows substantial positive impacts of double-dose algebra on...
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Does Updating Education Curricula Accelerate Technology Adoption in the Workplace? Evidence from Dual Vocational Education and Training Curricula in Switzerland
Schultheiss, Tobias; Backes-Gellner, Uschi - 2022
new technologies faster into firms' workplaces. We study technology changes and curriculum updates from an early wave of … job advertisements), we use an event study design. Our results show that curriculum updates substantially shorten the time …
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