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The Effects of Home Computers on Educational Outcomes: Evidence from a Field Experiment with Community College Students
Fairlie, Robert - Economics Department, University of California-Santa … - 2014
There is no clear theoretical prediction regarding whether home computers are an important input in the educational production function. To investigate the hypothesis that access to a home computer affects educational outcomes, we conduct the first-ever field experiment involving the provision...
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The Effects of Home Computers on School Enrollment
Fairlie, Robert - Economics Department, University of California-Santa … - 2014
computers are enrolled in school. Controlling for family income, parental education, parental occupation and other observable …
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Geographic Information System - Modern Teaching Method in Business Administration
Albăstroiu, Irina; Felea, Mihai; Vasiliu, Cristinel - In: The AMFITEATRU ECONOMIC journal 16 (2014) 37, pp. 770-770
paper is to examine how GIS applications contribute to the education field but also to present the limitations of their use …
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Challenges in Educational Reform: An Experiment on Active Learning in Mathematics
Berlinski, Samuel; Busso, Matias - Inter-American Development Bank - 2015
This paper reports the results of an experiment with secondary school students designed to improve their ability to reason, argument, and communicate using mathematics. These goals are at the core of many educational reforms. A structured pedagogical intervention was created that fostered a more...
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ФАКТОРЫ И ПРОТИВОРЕЧИЯ РАЗВИТИЯ ОБРАЗОВАТЕЛЬНОГО ПОТЕНЦИАЛА РОССИИ В УСЛОВИЯХ ГЛОБАЛИЗАЦИИ
АЛЕКСАНДРОВИЧ, РУСАНОВСКИЙ … - In: ВЕСТНИК САРАТОВСКОГО … (2012) 3, pp. 64-68
В статье рассматриваются факторы и противоречия, сдерживающие развитие образовательного потенциала нового качества в условиях глобализации, связанные с...
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Students’ perception of social networking for academic purposes in Bangladesh
SHOHROWARDHY, Hossain Shahid; HASSAN, H.M. Kamrul - In: Management & Marketing 9 (2014) 4
networking taking different nuances. Hence, there is a need for higher education policy makers in Bangladesh to properly connect …
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Learning 2.0: Collaborative Technologies Transforming Learning Pattern s
Bucur, Crina Raluca; Bunda, Nicoleta Ramona; … - Facultatea de Administraţie Publică, Şcoala … - 2010
Web 2.0 applications like blogs, wikis, online social networking sites, photo- and video-sharing sites and virtual worlds have known an exponentially increasing development and popularity over the past few years. Research evidence suggests that these revolutionary online tools have not only had...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009141544
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The Effects of Home Computers on Educational Outcomes. Evidence from a Field Experiment with Schoolchildren
Fairlie, Robert; Robinson, Jonathan - NET Institute - 2011
Are home computers are an important input in the educational production function? To address this question, we conduct a field experiment involving the provision of free computers to schoolchildren for home use. Low-income children attending middle and high schools in 15 schools in California...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009368549
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ICT and E-Learning Literacy as an Important Component for the New Competency- Based Curriculum Framework in Kosovo
Beqiri, Edmond - In: Journal of Research in Educational Sciences I (2010) 1, pp. 7-21
This research paper is focused on the role of ICT and e-learning education/literacy as a key component on the Education … research is based on experiences and the level of inclusion of ICT education within the actual 2001 Curriculum Framework (White … to embrace new technology since Kosovo society is now reconnected to the most recent developments in science, technology …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008670452
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Human Capital, Labour Productivity and Employment
Bhat, Savita; Siddharthan, N S - eSocialSciences - 2010
technology, persons with less education would become victims. The panel model results of Generalised Least Squares using cross … cross section of Indian states for the period 2003- 2007. It argues that the current technology is human capital and …
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