This report aims to explore the following: (i) how does the performance (as well as attendance/absenteeism) of socially disadvantaged Moldovan secondary students compare to that of better-off students; (ii) what are the determinants of performance and attendance, in particular those that are...

This paper describes a classroom experiment suitable for elementary school students in which participants are actively engaged in making trading decisions. Students are provided an endowment of gum and are asked to make trading decisions to acquire chocolate. As the opportunity cost of acquiring...

This study aims at to find out whether parental involvement affects student academic scores and whether or not children’s self-efficacy mediates between parental involvement and students’ scores. The candidate explanatory variable Parental involvement (PI) is found statistically...

Education courses now involve homework assignments that require technology skill as well as domain knowledge. Yet there is little pedagogical and technological support for teaching “What” (statistical mean) while simultaneously teaching “How” (use the =average (Range) function in Excel)....

Young adult literature (YAL) is an important and necessary part of moral upbringing in teenagers and young adult lives The present study seeks to investigate the effect of young adult literature on the morals of students in high school. The study utilizedthe quasiexperimental cum survey design...

Gender differences in school performance, raises the question of why one gender under-performs. Discrimination is one potential reason, and here I exploit a systemic structure in Norwegian high schools that allows me to identify the level of gender discrimination in grade setting. The results...

This paper examines the nature and drivers of Vietnam's paradoxical performance in the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) – consistently high student achievement despite being the poorest of all participating countries and a centralized education system. We first document...

This paper examines the nature and drivers of Vietnam's paradoxical performance in the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) - consistently high student achievement despite being the poorest of all participating countries and a centralized education system. We first document...

Twitter is useful for academic economists to follow current research and public policy and to engage with their colleagues, students, and the general public. It is also a great place to gather information relevant to undergraduate economics courses. A course specific twitter hashtag embedded in...

This paper describes the results from a questionnaire administered to students of schools in the Emilia-Romagna Region who participated in the Banca d’Italia-Miur project in the field of economic and financial education during the 2016-7 school year. The results show a significant increase in...