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further suggest that the difference in the likelihood of admission is driven by candidates’ learning ability at primary school …This paper provides evidence of the effect of age at school entry on college admission. We do so by exploiting a number … different ages at school entry depending on whether they are born on December 31st or on January 1st, our estimates show that …
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This paper provides evidence of the effect of age at school entry on college admission and earnings. It does so by … applicants with different ages at school entry depending on whether they were born on December 31 or on January 1, our estimates …
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the costs and benefits of smaller classes concludes that other education policies, such as tutoring, early childhood …
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school and college students to voting outcomes. It also contains a rich set of demographic and academic variables, to account … engagement among students who enroll in courses and eventually major in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (i … relationship between studying STEM and voting. To do so, we create a dataset of over 23 million students in the U.S. matched to …
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examiner sets the predictability of exam content in the first stage (via content clue provision) and students exert learning …The present study takes examinations as a mechanism by which to elicit student learning and compares student learning …-generated) test,” “spoon-feeding” information to students, reviewing to the test, and re-testing students. Moreover, an instructor …
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South Korean high school seniors’ performance in the college entrance examination and college attendance. The results with …-educational schools but not in raising four-year college attendance. We find no differences in academic outcomes of high school seniors … effects of single-sex schooling are heterogeneous across school ownership types and gender, indicating some interaction …
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students in the California Community College System, the largest higher-education system in the country. Enrollment dropped … precipitously during the pandemic – the total number of enrolled students fell by 11 percent from fall 2019 to fall 2020 and by … another 7 percent from fall 2020 to fall 2021. The California Community College system lost nearly 300,000 students over this …
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This paper contributes to the economics of examination rules. We show how rational students reallocate their learning …
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effects were substantial for students at California Community Colleges, the largest higher education system in the country … outcomes of these students through the first four semesters after it started. Consistent with national trends, enrollment … dropped precipitously during the pandemic – the total number of enrolled students fell by 11 percent from fall 2019 to fall …
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students in the California Community College System, the largest higher-education system in the country. Enrollment dropped … precipitously during the pandemic - the total number of enrolled students fell by 11 percent from fall 2019 to fall 2020 and by … another 7 percent from fall 2020 to fall 2021. The California Community College system lost nearly 300,000 students over this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013275403