Essays about: "PISA 2015"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words PISA 2015.
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1. THE WELL-BEING OF ACADEMICALLY RESILIENT STUDENTS IN GERMANY Reanalysis of PISA 2015 data using Structural Equation Modeling
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogikAbstract : Aim: This study aims at investigating the well-being of academically resilient students, as well as examining a possible effect of well-being on achievement. In doing so, this study attempts at contributing to a smaller research gap concerning the well-being of academically resilient students. READ MORE
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2. Picking up the PISA? Teacher certification and student achievement in Sweden
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : In an effort to raise the status of teachers and increase the quality and equity of Swedish education by ensuring competent teachers, a national and subject-specific teacher certification was introduced in 2011, despite scant evidence in favor of teacher certification. This thesis attempts to answer the question: What effect do certified teachers in Sweden have on ninth grade student achievement? By applying fixed effects models to school-level panel data spanning the academic years 2014/2015-2018/2019, this study finds that certified teachers have significant and positive effects on student achievement in mathematics, at least in terms of standardized national test results. READ MORE
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3. Teaching Practices and Collaborative Problem Solving - Evidence from PISA 2015
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : There is a heated debate on what teaching practices should be used to foster the skills students need for the current and future workplace. The 21st-century skills movement, among others, argue that 21st-century skills such as creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration should be actively taught to students using more modern teaching practices (for example students working in small groups and focusing on critical thinking) and less traditional teaching practices (for example lecturing and focusing on fact-based knowledge). READ MORE
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4. DOES ICT USE AFFECT THE SOCIAL WELL-BEING AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SWEDEN? EMPRICAL EVIDENCE FROM PISA 2015?
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogikAbstract : Aim: This study takes a quantitative approach, using PISA 2015 data in order to investigate the ICT use of Swedish secondary school students and the effects it has on social well-being as well as academic performance. Importantly, the mediating effects of different aspects of social well-being are taken into consideration to investigate the role they play within the relationship between ICT use and learning outcomes. READ MORE
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5. EDUCATIONAL EQUITY IN MOLDOVAN COMPULSORY SCHOOLS Factors behind Outcome Differences in PISA 2015
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogikAbstract : Aim: To examine within-country differences in the effect of school-level factors and schools’ compensatory power through directly comparing the estimated coefficients on individual- and between-school levels. Theory: Input-Process-Output (IPO) conceptual and analytical model in the rubric of educational outcomes and predictive factors of Educational Effectiveness Research Method: Two-level models with random-slope were estimated at student- and school levels using Mplus application as a statistical tool. READ MORE
