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Smartphone Use and Academic Performance: a Literature Review

Amez, Simon; Baert, Stijn - 2019

We present the first systematic review of the scientific literature on smartphone use and academic success. We synthesise the theoretical mechanisms, empirical approaches, and empirical findings described in the multidisciplinary literature to date. Our analysis of the literature reveals a...

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Bachelor-Studierende mit Nebenjobs haben kaum schlechtere Noten, brauchen für ihr Studium aber etwas länger

Staneva, Mila - In: DIW Wochenbericht 85 (2018) 20, pp. 433-442

Viele Bachelor-Studierende in Deutschland sind neben ihrem Studium erwerbstätig. Sie investieren dabei nicht unerheblich viel Zeit in ihren Nebenjob: Gemessen an der Regelstudienzeit beträgt das Arbeitsvolumen im Durchschnitt rund 20 Prozent. Bei einer durchgehenden Erwerbstätigkeit während...

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Smartphone Use and Academic Performance: Correlation or Causal Relationship?

Baert, Stijn; Vujic, Suncica; Amez, Simon; Claeskens, Matteo - 2018

After a decade of correlational research, this study is the first to measure the causal impact of (general) smartphone use on educational performance. To this end, we merge survey data on general smartphone use, exogenous predictors of this use, and other drivers of academic success with the...

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Class Size and Student Achievement: Experimental Estimates of Who Benefits and Who Loses from Reductions

Ding, Weili; Lehrer, Steven - 2005

of class size reductions across schools and in parental and school behavioural responses. …

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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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Short-Term Events, Long-Term Friends? Freshman Orientation Peers and Academic Performance

Brade, Raphael - 2024

Many organizations use onboarding programs to assist newcomers with the transition process. Are brief social interactions during such programs sufficient to create lasting performance spillovers? Exploiting quasi-random assignment to groups of a two-day freshman orientation program for...

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Can conditional cash transfers alter the effectiveness of other human capital development policies?

Beuermann, Diether W.; Bonilla, Andrea Ramos; Stampini, … - 2024

receiving PATH since childhood altered the academic gains from attending a more preferred public secondary school. To uncover … the academic gains from attending a preferred school. However, boys exposed to PATH experienced significantly lower gains … from preferred school attendance with respect to comparable peers who did not receive PATH. These results highlight the …

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Microanalyses of Voting, Regulation and Higher Education

Meya, Johannes - 2015

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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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Smartphone Use and Academic Performance: A Literature Review

Amez, Simon; Baert, Stijn - 2019

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