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math and language. The impact of gifted students is, however, highly heterogeneous along three dimensions. First, we … presence of gifted peers in all subjects regardless of their gender, whereas female students seem to benefit primarily from the …This paper examines how exposure to students identified as gifted (IQ ≥ 130) affects achievement in secondary school …
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There is a perception among native born parents in the U.S. that the increasing number of immigrant students in schools … though negligible peer effects of Limited English (LE) students on achievement of other students, potential peer effects of … selectivity across time and schools. On average we find no evidence of negative peer effects of LE students on females and white …
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exposure to high-performing female peers in mathematics increases the likelihood that women choose a science track during high … mathematics provide an affirmation effect that encourages female classmates to pursue a STEM track. …
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There is a perception among native born parents in the USA that the increasing number of immigrant students in schools … suggests negative though negligible peer effects of Limited English (LE) students and black students on the achievement of … other students, potential peer effects of students from Latin America in general have not been considered. In this paper, we …
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math and language. The impact of gifted students is, however, highly heterogeneous along three dimensions. First, we … presence of gifted peers in all subjects regardless of their gender, whereas female students seem to benefit primarily from the …This paper examines how exposure to students identified as gifted (IQ ≥ 130) affects achievement in secondary school …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012425699
math and language. The impact of gifted students is, however, highly heterogeneous along three dimensions. First, we … presence of gifted peers in all subjects regardless of their gender, whereas female students seem to benefit primarily from the …This paper examines how exposure to students identified as gifted (IQ ≥ 130) affects achievement in secondary school …
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achievement. We exploit random assignment of students to university sections and find that students perform better in the presence … of more persistent peers and more risk-averse peers. In particular, low-persistence students benefit from highly …-persistent peers without devoting additional efforts to studying. However, highly-persistent students are not affected by the …
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a novel large scale field experiment at university, where students are randomized into work groups based on their score …. Further analysis suggests that students exposed to creative peers become more creative, but do not adjust their overall study … effort. This is in line with the idea that creative approaches and questions of peers help students to master the study …
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a higher share of female classmates on students' disruptive behavior, engagement, test scores, and major choices in … disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged schools. We exploit the random assignment of students to classrooms in early high school in … that feature two novel contributions. Unlike other gender peer effects studies, a) we use a rich sample of schools and …
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