Vino vecchio in botti nuove: i test di intelligenza, la valutazione scolastica e il benessere della società [PDF]
L'articolo ricostruisce la storia dei test di intelligenza con il fine di evidenziare alcune analogie presenti fra le prove INVALSI e i test intellettivi.
Renato Foschi
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Dalla povertà educativa alla valutazione del successo scolastico: concetti, indicatori e strumenti validati a livello nazionale [PDF]
The article discusses several models for contrasting educational poverty, demonstrating the need for actions aimed at increasing the resilience of disadvantaged children and adolescents.
Fabio Alivernini +2 more
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Families between care, education and work: The effects of the pandemic on educational inequalities in Italy and Milan. [PDF]
Abstract Italy was the first Western country affected by the pandemic. The school closures that followed lasted for a full school semester, including final exams. Italy is already known as a country with a high degree of educational inequality, where reproduction of social disadvantages by social origins is prominent.
Cordini M, De Angelis G.
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What does gender has to do with math? Complex questions require complex answers
Abstract Whether mathematics is a gendered domain or not is a long‐lasting issue bringing along major social and educational implications. The females' underrepresentation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) has been considered one of the key signs of the math gender gap, although the current view largely attributes the origin ...
Luisa Girelli
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Teacher allocation and school performance in Italy
Abstract Italy's secondary school system faced budget cuts, which limit availability of new permanent job slots for teachers. The allocation of these slots favours teachers with more seniority such that the age distribution of teachers across schools reflects older teachers' preferences for being close to urban centres.
Alex Bryson +2 more
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Goals and Gaps: Educational Careers of Immigrant Children
We study the educational choices of children of immigrants in a tracked school system. We first show that immigrants in Italy enroll disproportionately into vocational high schools, as opposed to technical and academically‐oriented ones, compared to natives of similar ability.
Michela Carlana +2 more
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What should we do (or should not) with INVALSI data
The present contribution examines the debate in the press following the publication of the results of the Invalsi tests in July 2019, pointing out hasty interpretations, or misleading ones, proposed by journalists.
Alberto Sobrero
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Structured task vs open-ended task: effects on students’ achievement in Italian language
Didactic practices, i.e. choices and actions taken intentionally to realize an educational goal, play a crucial role in students' learning achievement.
Giuseppina Le Rose, Veronica Ricciardi
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SPERIMENTAZIONE DI UNA PROVA INVALSI: PER COSTRUIRE UN CURRICOLO DI LETTURA
Che cosa sono le prove INVALSI? Che cosa valutano e a che cosa servono? E ancora, quale contributo possono offrire alla didattica della lettura?
Augusto Campagnolo
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Assessing concept possession as an explicit and social practice [PDF]
We focus on issues of learning assessment from the point of view of an investigation of philosophical elements in teaching. We contend that assessment of concept possession at school based on ordinary multiple-choice tests might be ineffective because it
Marabini, Alessia, Moretti, Luca
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