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Cornelius, Bernedette Umali; Enukoha, Ukpepi Obinna I.; Esu - In: Journal of Social Sciences (COES&RJ-JSS) 2 (2013) 3, pp. 159-166

The method a teacher employs in the classroom matter a lot. For this can hinder or enhance pupils understanding of any subject .Science is a subject with complex concepts which may mean different things in the child’s language. The method a teacher uses in the class to communicate science...

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External Influence as an Indicator of Scholarly Importance

Chan, Ho Fai; Frey, Bruno S.; Gallus, Jana; Schaffner, … - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2013

The external influence of scholarly activity has to date been measured primarily in terms of publications and citations, metrics that also dominate the promotion and grant processes. Yet the array of scholarly activities visible to the outside world are far more extensive and recently developed...

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Parental involvement, parenting style, secondary school student attitude towards schooling and academic performance in Kenya

Njagi, Simon Njogu; Migosi, Joash A.; Mwania, Jonathan M. - In: International Journal of Education Economics and Development 5 (2014) 2, pp. 152-171

school and academic performance. A correlational survey research design was used. Cronbach's alpha (α) for questionnaires ….8, permissive parenting style α = 0.6 and attitude towards school had α = 0.6. Pearson correlation test on data from a sample of 200 … positive significant relationship with both students attitude towards school and academic performance, authoritarian style had …

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Student support and academic performance: experiences at private universities in Mexico

Canton, Erik; Blom, Andreas - In: Education Economics 18 (2010) 1, pp. 49-65

Financial aid to students in tertiary education can contribute to human capital accumulation through two channels: increased enrollment and improved student performance. We pay particular attention to the latter channel, and study its quantitative importance in the context of a student support...

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The Effect of One Laptop per Child on Teachers' Pedagogical Practices and Students' Use of Time at Home

Yamada, Gustavo; Lavado, Pablo; Montenegro, Guadalupe - 2016

This document investigates the effect that the delivery of XO laptops in Peru has had on teachers' pedagogical practices and students' use of time in the home based on information from a randomized control trial. The results show that the delivery of XO laptops reduces the probability that...

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Peers' Composition Effects in the Short and in the Long Run: College Major, College Performance and Income

Anelli, Massimo; Peri, Giovanni - 2015

In this paper we use a newly constructed dataset following 30,000 Italian individuals from high school to labor market … and we analyze whether the gender composition of peers in high school affected their choice of college major, their … academic performance and their labor market income. We leverage the fact that the composition of high school classmates (peers …

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Time Preferences, Study Effort, and Academic Performance

Non, Arjan; Tempelaar, Dirk - 2015

We analyze the relation between time preferences, study effort, and academic performance among first-year business and economics students. Time preferences are measured by stated preferences for an immediate payment over larger delayed payments. Data on study efforts are derived from an...

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Class size and class heterogeneity

De Giorgi, Giacomo; Pellizzari, Michele; Woolston, … - 2009

We study how class size and composition affect the academic and labor market performances of college students, two crucial policy questions given the secular increase in college enrollment. We rely on the random assignment of students to teaching classes. Our results suggest that a one standard...

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The Educational Achievement of Pupils with Immigrant and Native Mothers: Evidence from Taiwan

Lin, Eric S.; Lu, Yu-Lung - 2015

This paper takes advantage of the Taiwan Assessment of Student Achievement data set to empirically evaluate whether the test score differentials between pupils with immigrant and native mothers are substantial across subjects, grades and years. Our results show that there exist test score...

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The Educational Consequences of Language Proficiency for Young Children

Yao, Yuxin; Ohinata, Asako; van Ours, Jan C. - 2016

This paper studies the educational consequences of language proficiency by investigating the relationship between dialect-speaking and academic performance of 5-6 year old children in the Netherlands. We find that dialect-speaking has a modestly negative effect on boys' language test scores. In...

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