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Immigrant peers and foreign language acquisition
Green, Colin; Haaland, Kristine Bekkeheien; Iversen, … - 2022
foreign language acquisition focusing on Norway. In Norway all students are taught, and are assessed, in English from an early … age. We demonstrate that exposure to native English-speaking peers increase Norwegian students' English language skills … English language skills and provide evidence of positive spillovers from immigrant diversity in schools that is missing from …
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To what extent Iranian primary school textbooks mirror the philosophy of heritage education?
Rabeeh Barghi; Hamzah, Aswati; Rasoolimanesh, S. Mostafa - In: Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable … 11 (2020) 1, pp. 58-77
the subject textbooks of the Iranian primary school curriculum. The content analysis was conducted for 51 textbooks across …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014848084
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The Gender Gap in Education in Eritrea in 1991-1998; A Missed Opportunity?
Comenetz, Joshua; Bulir, Ales; Brixiova, Zuzana - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
This paper shows that during the 1990s, and before the 1998-2000 border war with Eritrea, the gender gap in education in Eritrea has widened on the national level, and large regional disparities have persisted. The gender gap appears to be linked to lower female teacher participation and limited...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248305
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Kenya; Poverty Reduction Strategy Annual Progress Report: 2004/2005
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This paper examines Kenya’s Poverty Reduction Strategy annual progress report. The Investment Program for the Economic Recovery Strategy is Kenya’s medium-term strategy to foster economic growth and reduce poverty. Poverty is defined as the inability to command resources and is a...
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Gendered language
Jakiela, Pamela; Ozier, Owen - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012063308
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Gendered language
Jakiela, Pamela; Ozier, Owen - 2020
Languages use different systems for classifying nouns. Gender languages assign nouns to distinct sex-based categories, masculine and feminine. We construct a new data set, documenting the presence or absence of grammatical gender in more than 4,000 languages which together account for more than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012201282
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Gendered language
Jakiela, Pamela; Ozier, Owen - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013259229
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Educational attainment and labor market performance : an analysis of immigrants in France
Akgüç, Mehtap; Ferrer, Ana M. - 2015
Using a recent survey of immigrants to France, we provide a detailed analysis of the educational attainment and labor market performance of various sub-population groups in France. Our results indicate that immigrants to France are less educated than the native born and that these differences...
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The effects of accelerating the school curriculum on student outcomes
Korthals, Roxanne - 2017
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Intensive math instruction and educational attainment : long-run impacts of double-dose algebra
Cortes, Kalena E.; Goodman, Joshua S.; Nomi, Takako - 2014
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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