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Cross-cultural considerations in the education of young immigrant learners

Keengwe, Jared (ed.); Onchwari, Grace (ed.) - 2014

, corporate trainers, students and researchers interested in design and facilitation of online learning for a global audience … of new environments on children's language ability: a case study / Ursula Thomas -- Using literacy response activities … with early childhood English language learners and immigrant students / Erin M. Casey -- Building on what they bring …

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Cases on educational technology integration in urban schools

Chen, Irene (contributor); McPheeters, Dallas (contributor) - 2012

1. Use of technology to motivate students / Deepak Verma -- 2. "No/low paper" policy and equipment upkeep / Alicia … / Blanca Rodriguez -- 9. Emotional and behavioral disorders students using computer-assisted devices / Martina Ramos-Rey -- 10 …. Pop quiz debacle / Leanne Spinale -- 11. Principal's letter to parents: take kids off social networking sites / Irene Chen …

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Methodologies for effective writing instruction in EFL and ESL classrooms

Mahrooqi, Rahma (ed.); Thakur, Vijay Singh (ed.); … - 2015

"This book brings together research and practices for successful written communication teaching among students of … students"--Provided by publisher. … generation 1.5 ESL classrooms: instructors' and students' perspectives / Semire Dikli, Justin Jernigan, Susan Bleyle -- Process …

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Learner experience and usability in online education

Bouchrika, Imed (ed.); Harrati, Nouzha (ed.); Vu, Phu (ed.) - 2018

students: a case study of three deployment modes -- Chapter 5. The evaluation of learner experience in serious games -- Chapter …

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Education and Wage Inequality in Portugal

Budria, Santiago; Nunes, Celso - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005

This article summarises the recent literature on the relationship between inequality in wages and education for Portugal. The main conclusions are the following. First, Portu-gal is one of the OECD countries with lowest educational level. At the same time, re-turns to education are large, and...

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Language Skills and Economic Returns

Garrouste, Christelle - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

This article focuses on the contributions from the emerging positivist epistemological approach, endorsed by the economics of language and the economics of education, to study the returns to language skills, assuming that language competencies constitute key components of human capital. It...

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Educational Qualifications and Wage Inequality: Evidence for Europe

Budria, Santiago; Telhado-Pereira, Pedro - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005

This paper explores the connection between education and wage inequality in nine European countries. We exploit the quantile regression technique to calculate returns to lower secondary, upper secondary and tertiary education at different points of the wage distribution. We find that in most...

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Wage inequality and returns to schooling in Europe: a semi-parametric approach using EU-SILC data

Biagetti, Marco; Scicchitano, Sergio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

In this paper we apply a semi-parametric approach (quantile regression - QR) to the last 2007 wave of the EU-SILC data set, in order to explore the connection between education and wage inequality in 8 European countries. We find that wages increase with education and this holds true across the...

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Inter-industry Wage Premia in Portugal: Evidence from EU-SILC data

Biagetti, Marco; Scicchitano, Sergio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

In this paper we investigate whether inequality in the inter-industry wage premia may be explained by unobserved differences in workers’ educational skills. We use the 2007 EU-SILC data set for Portugal, a nation which can be considered a case-study, due to its high inter-industry wage...

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Education, Educational Mismatch, and Wage Inequality: Evidence for Spain

Budria, Santiago; Moro-Egido, Ana - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004

In this paper we explore the connection between education and wage inequality in Spain for the period 1994-2001. Drawing on quantile regression, we describe the conditional wage distribution of different populations groups. We find that higher education is associated with higher wage dispersion....

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