Essays about: "PISA"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 48 essays containing the word PISA.
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6. England, Sweden, and Italy: the presence of features of the Global Education Reform Movement in the policy reforms enacted from the 2000s and the consequences on equity
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktikAbstract : The role of national education systems is changing, and many drivers of this phenomenon have been identified (Green, 1997). On the one side, there is a growing convergence in global education policy developments given by globalisation processes, on the other side, a political and ideological discourse has spread that promotes education as essential to the achievement of a model of economic productivity and competitiveness (Ball, 2013). READ MORE
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7. More is more? The effect of increased instruction time on students’ performance – evidence from TIMSS 2019
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Students performs differently in international comparable school evaluations such as TIMSS and PISA. One possible explanation discussed in economic research literature is that differences in the amount of instruction time across countries are the reason for international gaps in student performance. READ MORE
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8. 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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9. 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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10. 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
