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Tiumeneva, Yu. A.; Kuzmina, Ju. V. – Russian Education & Society, 2015
The PISA 2009 data (in reading) investigated the effectiveness of one year of schooling in seven countries: Russia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Germany, Canada, and Brazil. We used an instrumental variable, which allowed us to estimate the effect of one year of schooling through the fuzzy method of regression discontinuity. The analysis was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Secondary School Students
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Meyer, Elizabeth J.; Tilland-Stafford, Anika; Airton, Lee – Teachers College Record, 2016
Context: A growing body of work reflects the ways in which gender-creative and transgender students are ill-served by current social climates in the vast majority of public schools. Few studies have explored this topic from an educator's perspective. Purpose: This study was designed to develop a conception of the barriers and supports that exist…
Descriptors: Teacher Surveys, Teacher Attitudes, Interviews, Sexual Identity
Eaton, Sarah Elaine – Online Submission, 2010
This research report investigates the links between formal, non-formal and informal learning and the differences between them. In particular, the report aims to link these notions of learning to literacy and essential skills, as well as the learning of second and other languages in Canada. It builds upon the work of the OECD (n.d.) and Werquin…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Foreign Countries, Research Reports, Nonformal Education
Day, H. I. – 1974
This study was designed to test four groups of pupils entering the second grade in the York County School Board area--two groups in open schools and two in traditional schools--chosen because of the similarity in the schools' size and location and in the socioeconomic status of the pupils. The students were tested once each year for three years…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Creativity, Curiosity, Educational Facilities Design
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Khan, Sar B.; Traub, Ross E. – Canadian Journal of Education, 1980
Teachers conducting more open programs and/or teaching in architecturally open schools had significantly more positive attitudes towards education, teaching, pupils, and educational innovation than did teachers conducting less open programs and/or teaching in architecturally closed or partially closed schools. This apparently reflects more…
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Educational Facilities Design, Interior Space, Job Satisfaction
Faulkner, Raymond T. B.; O'Reilly, Robert R. – 1981
Based on Fiedler's Contingency Model of Leadership Effectiveness and Leader-Match program, this study's hypothesis is that experienced school principals increase their effectiveness by changing key organizational variables to suit their personal leadership styles. Following V. D. McNamara's application of Fiedler's contingency model in a study of…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Hypothesis Testing