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Curricula impart knowledge, instill values, and shape collective memory. Despite growing public funding for religious schools through U.S. school choice programs, little is known about what they teach. We examine textbooks from public schools, religious private schools, and home schools,...
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instructional dimensions, we analysed nationally representative system data collected by the OECD Teaching and Learning … from teachers teaching Years 7-10 mathematics (N = 1,120; 284 of whom taught mathematics out-of-field) showed out … needs and barriers, professional engagement or wellbeing. Specific to mathematics teaching, we compared 'in-field' versus …
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In this paper, we use repeated cross-section data on pupils in Brazil to estimate the effect of the availability and use of computers and internet as pedagogical tools on math and reading test scores. Computers are increasingly commonly used in schools and their effectiveness in improving...
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deans toward doing little or no teaching. The essay identifies various reasons, ranging from financial to symbolic to … formidable reason against deans teaching - too many things to do and too little time to do them. After noting some possible ways … of structuring one's teaching to keep the time commitment within reasonable bounds, the essay suggests that on balance …
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We study an intensive math instruction policy that assigned low-skilled 9th graders to an algebra course that doubled instructional time, altered peer composition and emphasized problem solving skills. A regression discontinuity design shows substantial positive impacts of double-dose algebra on...
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, expand the teaching input in different ways: in order to provide the additional instruction time, no-fee charter schools rely …
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Innovative transformation of modern technical environment and activities of society have to be reflected in the content of school education. However, limited adoption of educational robotics is addressed from the lack of empirical evidences demonstrating the effects of robotics activities on...
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"Out-of-field" teaching in mathematics refers to teachers who teach the subject without mathematics …-specific qualifications to do so. Out-of-field teaching has the potential to affect teachers' classroom instruction practices with … consequences for student learning. This report describes the incidence and correlates of out-of-field teaching of Year 10 …
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Whilst in the US there is a growing debate about the effectiveness of remedial university courses, this issue is less questioned in the UK. Using a regression discontinuity approach and data from a large School of a post-1992 UK university, we estimate the effect of remediation on student...
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