Essays about: "PISA"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 48 essays containing the word PISA.

  1. 1. How to Improve Student Performance? A look inside the box of teachers' education

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Francisco Cobos Cabral; [2023]
    Keywords : Education; teachers education; student performance; PISA; TALIS; pedagogy; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Improving the quality of education is imperative for economic development, and educating teachers has been seen as one of the main ways to increase educational quality. Yet, there is conflicting evidence about the importance or effectiveness of teacher’s education to improve student outcomes. READ MORE

  3. 2. Family Matters : Equality of Opportunity for Skill Formation and How Educational Spending Policies Affect It

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Marcus Harvey Isaksson; Ibou Traore; [2023]
    Keywords : Ability; Education; Human Capital; Equality of Opportunity; Public Economics; Labor Economics; PISA; Socioeconomic Background; Förmåga; Utbildning; Humankapital; Jämlikhet; Offentlig ekonomi; Arbetsekonomi; PISA; Socioekonomisk bakgrund;

    Abstract : In recent decades, inequality of outcomes and of opportunity has increased around the world. Many previous studies on inequality have shown the effects of socioeconomic background on income and education, but few have examined its effects on the skills that determine those very outcomes. READ MORE

  4. 3. Expanding the application of a novel proteomics tool for drug target and mechanism identification

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Analytisk kemi

    Author : Linnéa Yuan Andersson; [2022]
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    Abstract : In drug discovery and development, characterization of the drug targets and mechanisms of action is an essential step. ProTargetMiner is a publicly available proteome signature library of anticancer molecules and its automated bioinformatics platform can be used for drug target and mechanism deconvolution. READ MORE

  5. 4. International Organizations and the Global Education Governance - A case of the OECD’s PISA through critical discourse analysis

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Miljaemilia Inka Maria Wala; [2022]
    Keywords : Education policy; International Organizations; governance; PISA; The OECD; critical discourse analysis; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In the last thirty years, the field of education and educational policymaking has become increasingly internationalized. Consequently, more actors, especially actors beyond the national level have become interested and involved in educational policymaking. READ MORE

  6. 5. Novel materials from lignocellulosic sources- can they replace thermoplastics?

    University essay from KTH/Fiber- och polymerteknologi

    Author : Emmy Albinsson; Helina Tafesse Belachew; Jasmin Swaich; Hannah Juhlin; [2021]
    Keywords : Emulisonspolymerisation; Biobaserade plaster; Hållbarhet; Polymerer; Bearbetad halm; Kompositer; PISA-raft;

    Abstract : Plastic waste is a severe environmental problem in today's society which has been noticed and discussed during the last couple of years. A constant increase of production over the last decades hasled to a large amount of plastic waste ending up in oceans as microplastics. READ MORE