Search Results - "Test scores"

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The effect of refugees on native adolescents’ test scores: Quasi-experimental evidence from PISA

by Tumen, Semih Published in Journal of development economics (01.05.2021)

“...Existing evidence suggests that low-skilled refugee influx may increase educational attainment among native adolescents due to reduced opportunities and...”

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A Test Score-Based Approach to Stochastic Submodular Optimization

by Sekar, Shreyas Vojnovic, Milan Yun, Se-Young Published in Management science (01.02.2021)

“...We study the canonical problem of maximizing a stochastic submodular function subject to a cardinality constraint, where the goal is to select a subset from a...”

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Estimating the technology of cognitive and noncognitive skill formation

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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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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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 Raj Chetty John N. Friedman Jonah E. Rockoff 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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School Tracking and Development of Cognitive Skills

by Sari Pekkala Kerr Tuomas Pekkarinen Roope Uusitalo Published in Journal of labor economics (01.07.2013)

“...We evaluate the effects of the school system on mathematical, verbal, and logical reasoning skills using data from the Finnish comprehensive school reform that...”

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Effects of a Multifaceted Education Program on Enrollment, Learning, and Gender Equity : Evidence from Rajasthan, India

by Delavallade, Clara Griffith, Alan Thonrton, Rebecca
01.12.2020

“...The Sustainable Development Goals set a triple educational objective: improve access to, quality of, and gender equity in education. This note documents the...”

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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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Reading Literary Fiction Improves Theory of Mind

by David Comer Kidd Emanuele Castano 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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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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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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Effectiveness of Intelligent Tutoring Systems: A Meta-Analytic Review

by James A. Kulik J. D. Fletcher 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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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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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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Quantitative psychology under scrutiny: Measurement requires not result-dependent but traceable data generation

by Uher, Jana Published in Personality and individual differences (15.02.2021)

“...Various lines of critique of quantitative psychology, well-established and new, are used to trace along the field's typical steps of research a complex network...”

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Unequal Returns to Education: How Female Teachers Narrow the Gender Gap in Political Knowledge

by Giersch, Jason Kropf, Martha Stearns, Elizabeth Published in The Journal of politics (01.04.2020)

“...Where it concerns traditional political knowledge, on average, men have outscored women. Research indicates that part of the knowledge gap originates before...”

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