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We develop and estimate a joint model of the education and teacher-expectation production functions that identifies both the distribution of biases in teacher expectations and the impact of those biases on student outcomes via self-fulfilling prophecies. The identification strategy leverages...
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Administrative data from a large and diverse community college are used to examine if underrepresented minority students benefit from taking courses with underrepresented minority instructors. To identify racial interactions we estimate models that include both student and classroom fixed...
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We examine the empirical determinants of student achievement in higher education, focusing our attention on its small-group teaching component (classes or seminars) and on the role of attendance, number of students per class, peers, and tutors. The empirical analysis is based on longitudinal...
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12. This idea is also accurate in teaching English in the transition year of Junior High School. In Systems Plus College … curriculum, the Junior High School of SPCF English language proficiency is "Developing" with an overall index performance of 42 … serve as the role model supporting the English Program at the school …
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We use several data sets to consider the effect of teaching practices on student beliefs, as well as on organization of firms and institutions. In cross-country data, we show that teaching practices (such as copying from the board versus working on projects together) are strongly related to...
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We use several data sets to consider the effect of teaching practices on student beliefs, as well as on organization of firms and institutions. In cross-country data, we show that teaching practices (such as copying from the board versus working on projects together) are strongly related to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013119011
Education is an essential human capital input for any country to build strong society and economy. Education is a sign of advancement of particular country towards develop starts through supportive policies from Government. Teacher role in education is critical and decisive, so this present...
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Using unique data on preference rankings for all high school students who apply for college in Ireland, we investigate … whether, conditional on absolute achievement, within school-cohort rank in English and math affects choice of college major … large as the effects of absolute performance in math and English. We identify subject choice in school as an important …
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-student variation across subfields in natural science (i.e., physics, chemistry, biology, and Earth science). Using middle-school …
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This study is aimed to investigate the impact of teacher’s ability, student’s work ethics and institutional environment on performance of students in University of Gujrat. Student’s performance at university level majorly depends upon the effort of the student. Yet there are certain...
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