Search Results - "Test scores"

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Upside-Down Down-Under: Cold Temperatures Reduce Learning in Australia

by Johnston, David W Knott, Rachel Mendolia, Silvia Siminski, Peter Published in Economics of education review (01.12.2021)

“...Understanding how variation in weather and climate conditions impact productivity, performance and learning is of crucial economic importance. Recently,...”

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Understanding why immigrant children underperform: evidence from Italian compulsory education

by Triventi, Moris Vlach, Eleonora Pini, Elisa Published in Journal of ethnic and migration studies (//)

“...We aim to investigate the extent to which children of immigrants achieve lower levels of academic proficiency in reading and mathematics compared to native...”

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College entrance exam‐taking strategies in Georgia

by Bloem, Michael D Pan, Weixiang Smith, Jonathan Published in Southern economic journal (01.10.2021)

“...Using administrative data from Georgia, we provide the first study of the full set of college entrance exam‐taking strategies, including who takes the ACT and...”

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Estimating the technology of cognitive and noncognitive skill formation
Manuscript received June, 2006; final revision received November, 2009.

by Cunha, Flavio Heckman, James J Schennach, Susanne M Published in Econometrica (2010)

“...This paper formulates and estimates multistage production functions for children's cognitive and noncognitive skills. Skills are determined by parental...”

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Teacher Peer Observation and Student Test Scores: Evidence from a Field Experiment in English Secondary Schools

by Burgess, Simon Rawal, Shenila Taylor, Eric S Published in Journal of labor economics (01.10.2021)

“...This paper reports on a field experiment in 82 high schools trialing a low-cost intervention in schools’ operations: teachers working in the same school...”

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Standardized Test Proficiency in Public Montessori Schools

by L. Snyder, Allyson Tong, Xin Lillard, Angeline S Published in Journal of school choice (//)

“...Although Montessori is the most common unconventional education model, no multi-state study has compared standardized test proficiency of Montessori schools...”

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Reading Literary Fiction Improves Theory of Mind

by KIDD, David Comer CASTANO, Emanuele Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (18.10.2013)

“...Understanding others' mental states is a crucial skill that enables the complex social relationships that characterize human societies. Yet little research has...”

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How Much Does Education Improve Intelligence? A Meta-Analysis

by Ritchie, Stuart J Tucker-Drob, Elliot M Published in Psychological science (01.08.2018)

“...Intelligence test scores and educational duration are positively correlated. This correlation could be interpreted in two ways: Students with greater...”

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Measuring the Impacts of Teachers I: Evaluating Bias in Teacher Value-Added Estimates

by Chetty, Raj Friedman, John N Rockoff, Jonah E Published in The American economic review (01.09.2014)

“...Are teachers' impacts on students' test scores (value-added) a good measure of their quality? One reason this question has sparked debate is disagreement about...”

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Personality‐achievement associations in adolescence—examining associations across grade levels and learning environments

by Tetzner, Julia Becker, Michael Brandt, Naemi D Published in Journal of personality (01.04.2020)

“...Objective This study examined associations between the five‐factor personality traits and indicators of academic achievement (grades and test scores). A...”

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Effectiveness of Intelligent Tutoring Systems: A Meta-Analytic Review

by Kulik, James A Fletcher, J. D Published in Review of educational research (01.03.2016)

“...This review describes a meta-analysis of findings from 50 controlled evaluations of intelligent computer tutoring systems. The median effect of intelligent...”

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Emotional Intelligence Predicts Academic Performance: A Meta-Analysis

by MacCann, Carolyn Jiang, Yixin Brown, Luke E. R Double, Kit S Bucich, Micaela Minbashian, Amirali
edited by Albarracín, Dolores
Published in Psychological bulletin (01.02.2020)

“...Schools and universities devote considerable time and resources to developing students' social and emotional skills, such as emotional intelligence (EI). The...”

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Measuring the impacts of teachers, [part] II: teacher value-added and student outcomes in adulthood

by Chetty, Raj Friedman, John N Rockoff, Jonah E Published in The American economic review (2014)

“...Are teachers' impacts on students' test scores (value-added) a good measure of their quality? This question has sparked debate partly because of a lack of...”

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Achievement Emotions and Academic Performance: Longitudinal Models of Reciprocal Effects

by Pekrun, Reinhard Lichtenfeld, Stephanie Marsh, Herbert W Murayama, Kou Goetz, Thomas Published in Child development (01.09.2017)

“...A reciprocal effects model linking emotion and achievement over time is proposed. The model was tested using five annual waves of the Project for the Analysis...”

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Heritability of autism spectrum disorders: a meta-analysis of twin studies

by Tick, Beata Bolton, Patrick Happé, Francesca Rutter, Michael Rijsdijk, Frühling Published in Journal of child psychology and psychiatry (01.05.2016)

“...Background The etiology of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has been recently debated due to emerging findings on the importance of shared environmental...”

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Regression Discontinuity Designs in Economics

by Lee, David S Lemieuxa, Thomas Published in Journal of economic literature (01.06.2010)

“...This paper provides an introduction and "user guide" to Regression Discontinuity (RD) designs for empirical researchers. It presents the basic theory behind...”

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Large Cross-National Differences in Gene × Socioeconomic Status Interaction on Intelligence

by Tucker-Drob, Elliot M Bates, Timothy C Published in Psychological science (01.02.2016)

“...A core hypothesis in developmental theory predicts that genetic influences on intelligence and academic achievement are suppressed under conditions of...”

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Spaced mathematics practice improves test scores and reduces overconfidence

by Emeny, William G Hartwig, Marissa K Rohrer, Doug Published in Applied cognitive psychology (01.07.2021)

“...The practice assignments in a mathematics textbook or course can be arranged so that most of the problems relating to any particular concept are massed...”

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