Essays about: "PISA 2018"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words PISA 2018.
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1. SCHOOL MATERIAL RESOURCES AND STUDENT READING ACHIEVEMENT IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogikAbstract : Aim: This study aimed to 1) identify differences in overall student reading achievement in the UAE based on student gender, 2) determine if there is school material resource inequity in the UAE based on school location or school type, and 3) measure the effects of school material resources on student reading achievement in the UAE while controlling for other variables. Theory: The theoretical framework used for this study is Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory including the Process-Person-Context-Time model. 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. The Dynamics of World Culture in Education : Emerging Patterns in the Discussion of PISA results in Germany and Sweden since 2000
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktikAbstract : The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has been running the Programme of International Student Assessment (PISA) for almost twenty years and is widely recognised as an influential actor in education policy internationally. Much research investigates the extent to which the OECD’s education policy recommendations are implemented. READ MORE
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4. 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
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5. Attitudes towards and Experiences of InterculturalCommunicative Competence : A small-scale study of Swedish uppersecondary schools in a mid-size Swedishcommunity
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för didaktik och lärares praktik (DLP)Abstract : This is a small-scale study that looks at how important upper secondary students andteachers in a mid-size Swedish community consider intercultural communicativecompetences to be and how frequently they work with developing these competences.Previous research on the work with intercultural communicative competence suggestteachers are largely unaware of theories in this area, but these studies were conducted atleast ten years ago. READ MORE
