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Malandrakis, Georgios; Chatzakis, Stergios – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2014
In this study the environmental attitudes, knowledge, and alternative conceptions of 281 primary school children from 5th and 6th grade, ages 10-12 years were explored. Low knowledge scores, indicate a substantial lack of knowledge on basic environmental issues, while attitude scores were relatively high. Children's environmental attitudes and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Concept Formation, Student Attitudes
Goldhaber, Dan; Gross, Betheny; Player, Daniel – Center for Education Data & Research, 2010
In this paper we examine the mobility of early-career teachers of varying quality, measured using value-added estimates of teacher performance. Unlike previous studies that have examined these issues, we focus on the variation in these effects across the effectiveness distribution. We find that, on average, more effective teachers tend to stay in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Teacher Effectiveness, Evidence, Faculty Mobility