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Teaching with Technology to Engage Students and Enhance Learning

Lass, Daniel; Morzuch, Bernard; Rogers, Richard - 2015

larger classes. The experiment was conducted using just one class, but factors usually unaccounted for in assessment research …

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Financial Aid, Income, and the Choice of College Curriculum : Is the Economics Major a Normal Good?

Lang, David M. - 2006

This paper examines the role of family income, net tuition, ability, and gender as determinants of a student's choice in college major - focusing on the Economics major in particular. A Multinomial Logit model is utilized using data from the 1993-94 Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study....

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A Study of Analysis of Gap in the Employability Skills and Attributes of Management Students with Respect to Academic Output and Industry Requirement

Timane, Rajesh; Wandhe, Priyanka; Band, Gayathri - 2021

Today businesses and industry need highly educated and skilled employees. Employers are looking for individuals who have skills and attributes in the various field in which they work. Employers will seek individuals who can think, conduct research, and adapt to change. Numerous challenges in the...

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Does eligibility requirements matter for academic achievements? : a quasi-experimental retrospective study of students studying intermediate statistics

Pettersson, Nicklas; Karlsson, Niklas; Andrén, Daniela - 2023

Student achievements are expected to be affected by both educational activities and learning during a course and previous teaching and learning, and earlier eligibility requirements. Using data from a quasi-experimental retrospective study, we estimated the effect on exam scores in an...

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Choosing a Proxy for Academic Aptitude

Grove, Wayne A. - 2013

undergraduate student learning by testing over 150 specifications of a single model, each including a different combination of 11 …

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Maybe the Issue is not Who Economists Are, but What Economics Is and How it’s Taught : Changing Course Content and Structure to Improve Retention of Women in Undergraduate Economic...

Avery, Mallory; Caldwell, Jane; Schunn, Chris; Wolfe, … - 2021

Economics continues to struggle with gender representation throughout the education pipeline. One reason that has been highlighted for this problem is the presentation of economics in introductory courses. In contrast to prior interventions that were primarily messaging-centered around "who"...

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Absenteeism and Undergraduate Exam Performance

Marburger, Daniel R. - In: Journal of Economic Education 32 (2001) 2, pp. 99-109

The author investigates the relationship between studentsâ€™ absenteeism during a principles of microeconomics course and their subsequent performance on exams. Records were maintained regarding the specific class periods that each student missed during the semester. Records were also kept...

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Does Mandatory Attendance Improve Student Performance?

Marburger, Daniel R. - In: Journal of Economic Education 37 (2006) 2, pp. 148-155

investigates the impact of enforcing an attendance policy on absenteeism and student performance. The evidence suggests that an … enforced mandatory attendance policy significantly reduces absenteeism and improves exam performance. …

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Social class and undergraduate degree subject in the UK

Bratti, Massimiliano - 2006

undergraduate level. Using Universities' Statistical Record data for the period 1981-1991, we find no social class effect on … students' undergraduate degree subjects enrolled. Our analysis suggests that in a period pre-dating the mass expansion of … higher education, the replacement of student grants with student loans and the introduction of undergraduate student tuition …

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Social Class and Undergraduate Degree Subject in the UK

Bratti, Massimiliano - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

undergraduate level. Using Universities’ Statistical Record data for the period 1981-1991, we find no social class effect on … students’ undergraduate degree subjects enrolled. Our analysis suggests that in a period pre-dating the mass expansion of … higher education, the replacement of student grants with student loans and the introduction of undergraduate student tuition …

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