Acta Gymnica, 2016 Background: Lower level of motor competences may result in unsuccessful engaging of children in physical activities as early as pre-school age and also prepubescent ages. This may subsequently lead to a spiral of forming negative attitudes towards
Ingrid Ružbarská
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Educational Status, Cancer Stage, and Survival in South India: A Population-Based Study
JCO Global Oncology, 2020 PURPOSELower socioeconomic status is associated with more advanced cancer at the time of cancer diagnosis. It is unknown whether this leads to inferior survival in low- and middle-income countries.
Aleyamma Mathew +6 more
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Recommendation, Class Repeating, and Children's Ability: German School Tracking Experiences [PDF]
While the 2006 Progress in International Reading Literacy Study assesses the average ability of German primary school students as being higher than average, the Programme for International Student Assessment studies (2000, 2003, 2006) ranks German ...
Carsten Ochsen
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SportsSports participation according to socioeconomic status (SES) was related to children in high-income Western countries. This study aimed to examine whether family or neighborhood-level SES is associated with current and continued organized sports ...
Chiaki Tanaka +2 more
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SCHOOL CHARACTERISTICS AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN UGANDA: EVIDENCE FROM 2001 PRIMARY LEAVING EXAMINATIONS RESULTS [PDF]
Effect of staffing, supplies and facilities on primary school performance in Uganda was estimated using OLS on district level data. Parameter estimates and significance tests show that textbooks have an important influence on performance under prevailing
Nyankori, James Cyprian Okuk +1 more
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Schools meals, educational achievement and school competition: evidence from a randomized evaluation [PDF]
This paper examines the effects of subsidized school meals on school participation, educational achievement, and school finance in a developing country setting. The paper uses data from a program that was implemented in 25 randomly chosen preschools in a
Kremer, Michael, Vermeersch, Christel
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Causes of Low Secondary School Enrollment in Indonesia [PDF]
, 2006 In this study we investigate the causes of low secondary school enrollment in Indonesia despite near universal primary school attendance. we then find that attrition during the transition between primary and junior secondary education levels is the main ...
Sumarto, S. (Sudarno) +5 more
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The National Singing Programme for primary schools in England: an initial baseline study [PDF]
, 2009 The ‘Sing Up’ National Singing Programme for Primary schools in England was launched in November 2007 under the UK Government’s ‘Music Manifesto’.
Hill, Joy +9 more
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Marginal willingness to pay for education and the determinants of enrollment in Mexico [PDF]
Standard benefit-incidence analysis assumes that the subsidy, and quality of education services are the same for all income deciles. This strong assumption tends to minimize the distributional inequity at various education levels.
Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys, Salinas, Angel
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Did social safety net scholarships reduce drop-out rates during the Indonesian economic crisis? [PDF]
The author uses regression and matching techniques to evaluate Indonesia's Social Safety Net Scholarships Program, which was developed to keep large numbers of children from dropping out of school as a result of the Asian crisis.
Cameron, Lisa A.
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