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Benefit Incidence Analysis in Education
2007
07103; The standard benefit incidence algebra generally produces biased estimates of the distribution of public spending on education when students from poor and rich families are enrolled in schools that receive different levels of public spending per student. Except in very rare instances, removing these biases entails combining several sources of information in order to evaluate how unit spending varies across different population groups. Although such disaggregation is generally difficult to obtain, we show one way to overcome the data constraints that hinder a precise calculation of the incidence of public spending on education. The empirical example discussed in this article indicates…
Instruction-based clinical eye-tracking study on the visual interpretation of divergence : how do students look at vector field plots?
2018
Relating mathematical concepts to graphical representations is a challenging task for students. In this paper, we introduce two visual strategies to qualitatively interpret the divergence of graphical vector field representations. One strategy is based on the graphical interpretation of partial derivatives, while the other is based on the flux concept. We test the effectiveness of both strategies in an instruction-based eye-tracking study with N = 41 physics majors. We found that students’ performance improved when both strategies were introduced (74% correct) instead of only one strategy (64% correct), and students performed best when they were free to choose between the two strategies (88…
Quality of life and fear of COVID-19 in 2600 baccalaureate nursing students at five universities : a cross-sectional study
2021
Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant disruptions in the implementation of programs across educational institutions. Nursing students, being both young adults and by practical training, part of the health care system, may be particularly vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this study was to explore the associations between self-reported fear of COVID-19, general health, psychological distress and overall quality of life (QoL) in a sample of Norwegian baccalaureate nursing students compared to reference data. Methods The survey targeted baccalaureate nursing students from five universities in February 2021. An electronic questionnaire consisted …
An unsupervised quantitative method to analyse students' answering strategies to a questionnaire
2018
Questionnaires are perhaps the most widely used instruments to assess conceptual learning in physics as well as in mathematics. In the field of physics and mathematics education research it is surely interesting to be able to use a questionnaire as a “diagnostic instrument,” i.e., to know details about relationships among student answers to the different questions. In recent years several research works focused on this goal by using different quantitative methodologies, like Factor, Model and Cluster Analyses. However, very few research works deepened the theoretical aspects of the Cluster Analysis. In this contribution, we discuss two Cluster Analysis methods with respect to this issue. By…
Racconti in cattedra. Realizzati dagli alunni del Laboratorio di Scrittura Italiana. Corso tenuto dal prof. Antonio Fundarò. Anno Accademico 2007-2008
2008
Postemanzipatorischer Antisemitismus in Wien. Ferdinand Wilhelm Bronners Komödie "Schmelz, der Nibelunge"
2020
Ferdinand Wilhelm Bronners "Schmelz, der Nibelunge" comedy (1905) reflects anti-Semitism and anti-Slavism in Vienna around 1900. The main character suffers painfully from the inner conflict between her German-national identification and her Jewish descent. The author of the comedy converted to Protestntism and denied all his life his Jewish heritage. The aim is to clarify whether the Galician Jew and writer Ferdinand Bronner offers on stage a solution to the Jewish question that transcends racial anti-Semitism and Zionism beyond the seemingly opposite tendencies in time.
Alma Mater: 2014/ Vasara
2014
Andra Čudare. Studentu taisnības bruņinieks Kirils Solovjovs -- Katrīna Žukova. Zinību lauks – atmiņu laiks -- LU māju noslēpumi atklājās Muzeju naktī -- LU Preses centrs. Zinātne – tas ir forši un radoši -- Sarmīte Rutkovska. Futbols kā tikšanās vieta -- LU Zinātnes un tehnikas vēstures muzejs, LU Preses centrs. Fotostāsts. Studentu mode cauri laikiem -- Laine Dobulāne. Atjauno modernākās ērģeles Latvijā -- LU Preses centrs. Praktiķi dalās pieredzē ar topošajiem kolēģiem -- LU Preses centrs. Reportāža. Psihiskas performances un «Ātrā palīdzība» jauno grupu konkursā «Hadrons» -- LU Bibliotēka. Ciparojot šodienai un nākotnei: LU Bibliotēkas pieredze digitalizācijā -- Kārlis Dārznieks. Jau 85…
Computer-Assisted Remedial Reading Intervention for School Beginners at Risk for Reading Disability
2011
The aim of the longitudinal study was to investigate whether a computer application designed for remedial reading training can enhance letter knowledge, reading accuracy, fluency, and spelling of at-risk children. The participants, 7-year-old Finnish school beginners (N = 166), were assigned to 1 of 3 groups: (a) regular remedial reading intervention (n = 25), (b) computer-assessed reading intervention (n = 25), and (c) mainstream reading instruction (n = 116). Based on the results, computer-assisted remedial reading intervention was highly beneficial, whereas regular type of intervention was less successful. The results indicated that at-risk children require computer-based letter–name and…
The Role of Reading Disability Risk and Environmental Protective Factors in Students' Reading Fluency in Grade 4
2013
This study examined the role of reading disability (RD) risk and environmental protective factors in reading fluency in grade 4. The sample consisted of 538 Finnish-speaking students. Kindergarten measures included the students' risk for RD based on poor achievement in phonological awareness and letter knowledge as well as information on the three control variables: nonverbal ability, level of parental education, and gender. Measures in grades 1–3 included environmental protective factors: classmate reports of peer acceptance; teacher reports of positive affect for the student; and mother, father, and teacher reports of partnership between the home and the school. The students were also tes…
Gender Imbalance across Subfields in Economics: When Does It Start?
2021
We investigate the marked gender imbalance across subfields in economics and connect it with the relative scarcity of female students enrolling in economics. First, tracking authorship in the Ameri...