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-year college students' initial preconceptions about economic issues, explore some cognitive biases behind them, verify their … the semester on a sample of students taking an economic principles course. We find evidence of preconception persistence …, inconsistencies and self-serving bias. Most students do not incorporate the newly learned tools into their thinking process, even if …
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where students are randomly assigned to tutorial groups. We find this to be largely not the case. Academic rank is unrelated … to students' current and future performance and only weakly positively related to students' course evaluations. Building …
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information in a randomized controlled trial with more than 1,000 German high school students results in higher college enrollment … rates. One year prior to high school graduation, we treated students in randomly selected schools by giving an in …Although the proportion of students enrolled in college increased in the last decades, students from non-college family …
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school as well as their recognition of returns to education. Our findings suggest that improving students' financial literacy …This paper examines the effect of rural students' understanding of education investment on their willingness to study … “ironing heuristic” approach to model students' cognitive bias and misperception of education investment. Using a survey data …
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where students are randomly assigned to tutorial groups. We find this to be largely not the case. Academic rank is unrelated … to students’ current and future performance and only weakly positively related to students’ course evaluations. Building …
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effects of the pandemic. Regarding higher education, university studies were moved entirely to digital solutions in some … solutions affected students differently, and since different countries invented different mitigation strategies we got an … opportunity to compare the effects of lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic on university students’ performance in Italy, Sweden …
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Abstract: Though there have been works highlighting the advantages and disadvantages of online learning, no study … focused on university-level economics students. None of the studies explored students' opinions about improving the quality … convenience sampling technique and open-ended questions, we collect data from 154 university-level economics students after being …
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Recent immigration policies have created massive uncertainty for international students to obtain F-1 visas. Yet … examine how the anticipated F-1 visa restrictiveness influences US undergraduate enrollment outcomes of international students … international student enrollment in the US. The decreases are larger among international students with higher measured academic …
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Between 2005 and 2016, international enrollment in US higher education nearly doubled. I examine how trade shocks in … education affect public universities' decision-making. I construct a shift-share instrument to exploit institutions' historical … networks with different origins of international students, income growth, and exchange-rate fluctuations. Contrary to claims …
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dramatically increased. This sudden explosion in online learning presents huge challenges in curtailing the temptations for … engaging in plagiarism. The internet provides ample opportunities for Thai students to access a wealth of information without … visiting a school or university library. While easy access to the internet has led to a boom in searching for information, it …
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