Search results for "Educational Achievement"
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Educational systems efficiency in European Union countries
2011
Abstract We use the PISA 2006 results to analyse students’ proficiency in EU countries with regard to two indexes that represent the home background, viz the educational resources available at home and the family background of students. However, many factors affect proficiency and therefore, using a DEA-bootstrap, we intend to measure the efficiency of the European educational systems as capability to ensure high students’ competencies despite adverse conditions about the educational resources available at home and the family background. Results show an unexpected differentiation among EU countries. In particular, the most developed countries often show disappointing students’ proficiency d…
Technology-Supported Educational Innovations in Finland and Hong Kong: A Tale of Two Systems
2005
The paper presents a comparison of case studies about innovative ICT-supported pedagogical practices in two educational systems, namely Finland and Hong Kong. The two systems were selected for this in-depth comparison for three main reasons. First, Finland and Hong Kong performed well in several international comparative studies of educational achievement. Second, the case studies collected via the SITES Module 2 indicated rather different profiles between Finnish and Hong Kong schools in terms of ICT infrastructure and pedagogical practices. Third, further analysis of the case studies data indicated differences in emergent pedagogical characteristics between the cases collected in Asia and…
Regional differences in Italian students' performance: a simulation model
2017
This work presents the first results of a research project seeking to build a simulation model able to reproduce the differences of Italian students’ performance at regional level. A preliminary qualitative cause-and-effect model defines the main variable involved in the inter-generational skill formation processes, as well as their interplay with the job market context and the triggering of motivational forces for new skill acquisition. Such model was designed according to a system dynamics perspective, considered suitable for capturing the interrelatedness of key variables and for providing useful simulation tools to conduct and communicate future scenario analyses. Keywords: regional…
Educational achievement, cannabis use, and genotype in predicting psychosis
2006
Evaluación docente vs. evaluación de la calidad
2014
Resumen basado en el de la publicación Título, resumen y palabras clave en inglés y español Artículo originalmente presentado como ponencia en el III Congreso Virtual de AIDIPE Se presenta una revisión sobre los instrumentos y dimensiones que utilizan las distintas universidades españolas para evaluar a los profesores a partir, fundamentalmente, de encuestas a los alumnos. A partir de los items que se repiten en las pruebas utilizadas en cuatro o más universidades, se ha creado un nuevo instrumento que se ha validado con 334 alumnos de la Universidad de A Coruña. A raíz de los resultados obtenidos, este instrumento podría servir tanto para la evaluación del profesorado desde la autoridad ac…
Drinking, smoking, and educational achievement: Cross-lagged associations from adolescence to adulthood
2014
Background Adolescent substance use is associated with lower educational achievement but the directionality of the association remains uncertain. We analyzed data on drinking, smoking and educational achievement to study the associations between substance use and education from early adolescence to young adulthood. Methods Longitudinal data from four time points (ages 12, 14, 17, and 19–27 years) from a population-based cohort study of Finnish twin individuals were used to estimate bivariate cross-lagged path models for substance use and educational achievement, adjusting for sex, parental covariates, and adolescent externalizing behavior. A total of 4761 individuals (49.4% females) were in…
Bases conceptuales para el diseño de una metodología de didáctica musical
2019
El objetivo principal de este artículo es diseñar una metodología adecuada para impartir música desde la escuela infantil hasta la enseñanza universitaria. Con este fin, se muestran los fundamentos teóricos que han inspirado el método. La base del mismo es la refundición de dos metodologías existentes: la cooperativa y la de proyectos. Ambas se han fusionado para su mejor aprovechamiento didáctico. Finalmente se ha esbozado su aplicación en un contexto real en dos ámbitos escolares como educación secundaria obligatoria y magisterio.
Exploring the Secret of Finnish Reading Literacy Achievement
1993
Abstract The article describes and analyzes the main findings of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) Reading Literacy Study in Finland. The initial analyses indicate that in the international comparison the Finnish students had the highest literacy levels at both 9 and 14 years of age among the 31 participating nations. Possible explanations for the high scores are suggested and discussed from both Nordic and national points of view. In order to relate the reading performance not only internationally but also to the previous assessments, the results on some subtests are compared with the corresponding tests in the 1970 IEA reading comprehension …
Educational Efficiency in a Dea-Bootstrap Approach
2010
We use the PISA 2006 results to analyse the students' proficiencies in 24 European Countries with regard to two indexes that represent the educational resources available at home and the family background of students. Many factors affect the proficiencies and therefore, using a DEA-bootstrap method, we intend to measure the efficiency of the European educational systems as capability to ensure high students' competencies despite adverse conditions about the educational resources available in students' home and the family background.
Problems and Issues in Translating International Educational Achievement Tests
2013
The article reviews research and findings on problems and issues faced when translating international academic achievement tests. The purpose is to draw attention to the problems, to help to develop the procedures followed when translating the tests, and to provide suggestions for further research. The problems concentrate on the following: the unique and demanding purpose of the translation task, the partly contradictory task specifications and translation instructions, the indecision as to whether to produce one or two target versions, the indecision as to whether to use one or two source versions, inadequate revision and verification, deficient translator competences, and a lack of time.…