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Model For Testing The İmpact Of Motivational Factors Of Nascent Entrepreneurs On Business Surviving Success
2016
The development of founded companies is influenced by a wide variety of factors. In order to predict the chance of success for entrepreneurship, the relationship between these factors and the business surviving success has to be analyzed. Research indicates an influence of the motivation of entrepreneurs and financial success. The object of this paper are nascent entrepreneurs and the subject is the motivational structure of nascent entrepreneurs. Methods of the paper are literature review, factor analysis and calculated model. Aim of the paper is building a relationship between the motivation of entrepreneurs and the business surviving success of the founded companies. The result of the pa…
Égalité des chances à l'école et politiques éducatives d'inclusion en Afrique sub Saharienne : de la rhétorique à la réalité pratique
2011
This paper provides an analysis of the relationship between educational policies of inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa and school achievement in relation to learners with disabilities. The principle of equal opportunity at school requires the definition of a common framework and the establishment of systems to provide different responses to the difficulties and disadvantages of any kind. Inclusive education is presented as a form of education that could take into account the diverse needs of all learners. We present its different theoretical mechanisms and the limits of its effective implementation in the context of sub Saharan Africa. The results show that despite the existence of a national …
School violence: Evidence from the economics literature and related disciplines
2009
Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Bildungswissenschaften 31 (2009) 1, S. 135-150
Non-parametric probabilistic forecasting of academic performance in Spanish high school using an epidemiological modelling approach
2013
Academic underachievement is a concern of paramount importance in Europe, and particularly in Spain, where around of 30% of the students in the last two courses in high school do not achieve the minimum knowledge academic requirement. In order to analyse this problem, we propose a mathematical model via a system of ordinary differential equations to study the dynamics of the academic performance in Spain. Our approach is based on the idea that both, good and bad study habits, are a mixture of personal decisions and influence of classmates. Moreover, in order to consider the uncertainty in the estimation of model parameters, a bootstrapping approach is employed. This technique permits to for…
Expansion of private secondary education : lessons from recent experience in Tanzania
2000
International audience; The private sector's role in education has been the subject of much analysis and policy debate in recent years. In developing countries, public resources for education are limited and governments have traditionnally relied on private education, particularly at the post-basic levels, to meet the excess demand for education. Even when excess demand is not a major issue, advocates of private education note that private schools can be more efficient than their public sector counterparts, delivering more value in terms of student achievement per investment of resources. In this article we explore Tanzania's experience with private education during the early 1990s, a perio…
The dynamics of motivation, emotion, and task performance in simulated achievement situations
2020
Abstract This study aimed to examine associations between motivation, emotion, and task performance in simulated achievement situations. A group of sixth grade students (n = 190) completed an achievement task. Situational information on task value, success expectations, emotions, effort, task performance, and causal attributions was collected and information on subsequent academic achievement was obtained from school registers. The results showed, first, that high task value, high expectancy of success, and high positive emotions before a task contributed to a higher level of effort during the task. This, in turn, was related to better task performance. Second, high expectancy of success pr…
The role of parental expectations and students' motivational profiles for educational aspirations
2016
Abstract The present study examined the stability and change of students' motivational profiles from Grade 7 (Time 1) to Grade 9 (Time 2), using task values and self-concepts of ability in mathematics, Finnish language, and arts as indicator variables. The study also examined the effects of students' (Grade 7: N = 231; Grade 9: N = 237) motivational profiles and of their parents' educational expectations at Grade 7 on their short- and long-term educational plans at Grade 9, controlling for gender and academic achievement. The latent profile analysis identified four motivational profiles: (1) low motivation group; (2) high motivation group; (3) math-motivated group; (4) practical group, wh…
The Role of a Supportive Interpersonal Environment and Education-Related Goal Motivation During the Transition Beyond Upper Secondary Education
2018
This longitudinal study investigated the role of parents and peers as well as of education-related goal motivation during educational transitioning in late adolescence. The sample consisted of 1520 upper secondary education students attending either academic or vocational upper secondary school in Finland. They were surveyed three times: (1) in the first year of their upper secondary education, (2) in the second year of their upper secondary education, and (3) two years later. The results show, first, that when students in upper secondary education pursued their educational goals out of autonomous motivation they also invested more effort in their goals, which was reflected in high levels o…
The authenticity of ‘authentic’ assessment some faculty perceptions
2017
The attempt to embed Authenticity within the learning process in higher education has been a driving principle within many pedagogical approaches to Higher Education developed over the past three decades. The desire to allow students to learn in a manner that closely resembles the way in which expertise is developed outside the academic environment is a central element of problem-based, inquiry-based and projectbased learning. Exploring the implications of authenticity for student achievement and the ways in which this should be assessed has led to innovative teaching methods and ways of evaluating student performance. Unfortunately, authenticity, and authentic assessment in particular, are…
How feedback provided by voluntary electronic quizzes affects learning outcomes of university students in large classes
2018
Abstract In view of the increasing number of university students attending large statistics classes as a requirement for their degree courses, the use of an online learning environment is indispensable for delivering immediate and frequent feedback. However, results of research on the value of technological tools and blended courses in various academic disciplines are not consistent and only point to minimal effects on academic achievement. To fill this gap, in this study, participation in optional electronic quizzes and its effects on exam grades in large statistics classes depending on gender and previous statistics- and mathematics-related abilities are investigated. Overall, participati…