Researching shadow education: Methodological challenges and directions [PDF]
, 2010 Research on shadow education has considerably increased in volume and has helped to improve understanding of the scale, nature, and implications of the phenomenon. However, the field is still in its infancy.
A Ventura +37 more
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Cross‐country data on skills and the quality of schooling: A selective survey
Journal of Economic Surveys, Volume 38, Issue 1, Page 3-26, February 2024.Abstract Scores in standardized international student achievement tests and some recent adult literacy studies provide interesting data on the quality of educational outputs and on the skill level of the population that can be a useful complement to the data on the quantity of schooling which have been most commonly used in the growth literature.
Ángel de la Fuente, Rafael Doménech
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First‐year undergraduate students’ statistical problem‐solving skills
Teaching Statistics, Volume 46, Issue 1, Page 8-23, Spring 2024.Abstract This study investigated first‐year undergraduate statistics students’ statistical problem‐solving skills on the probability of the union of two events, conditional probability, binomial probability distribution, probabilities for x‐limits using the z‐distribution, x‐limit associated with a given probability for a normal distribution ...
Eva G. Makwakwa +2 more
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Schulleistungsuntersuchungen in Afrika. MLA, PASEC, SACMEQ
, 2005 Tertium comparationis 11 (2005) 2, S.
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Three lessons for educational quality in post-2015 goals and targets: Clarity, measurability and equity [PDF]
, 2014 Amongst those engaged in devising post-2015 education targets, there is general agreement on the centrality of quality. However, there is greater debate on whether the quality of education can and should be measured by learning outcomes. Even if learning
Rose, P
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An evaluation of guided reading in three primary schools in the Western Cape [PDF]
, 2010 CITATION: Kruizinga, A. & Nathanson, R. R. 2010. An evaluation of guided reading in three primary schools in the Western Cape. Per Linguam : a Journal of Language Learning, 26(2): 67-76, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5785/26-2-22.The original publication ...
Kruizinga, Alide, Nathanson, Renee R.
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The cost-effectiveness of inputs in primary education: Insights from recent student surveys for sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]
, 2007 With SACMEQ and PASEC there are now two large data bases available on student achievement, socio-economic background and school and teacher characteristics in both anglophone and francophone Sub-Saharan Africa.
Fehrler, Sebastian +2 more
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Do the maths: An analysis of the gender gap in mathematics in Africa [PDF]
, 2013 This paper uses microdata for 19 African countries to examine the gender difference in maths test scores amongst primary school children. There is a significant difference in maths test scores in favour of boys, similar to that previously observed in ...
Dickerson, Andy P. +2 more
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Using the hierarchical linear model to understand school production in South Africa [PDF]
The emphasis placed in the existing South African school production function literature on better skilled teachers and better school management is discussed.
Martin Gustafsson
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Gender Equity in Mathematics Achievement in East African Primary Schools: Context Counts [PDF]
Although primary school enrollment is gradually on the increase in the developing world, differences in mathematics achievement between girls and boys persist. A complex combination of factors that is related to issues of the home environment, the school
Tia L. Zuze, Valerie E. Lee
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