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Sekiguchi, Reiko W. – 1980
A framework for studying educational institutions is presented and used to analyze girls' high schools in Japan from 1899 to 1928. The framework is based on understanding of the interactions among the role of the school or institution, individual personalities, the nature and extent of technological development, and biological systems (the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Comparative Education, Educational History
Download full textEwing, John L. – Education, 1972
The Currie Report, or the Report of the Commission on Education in New Zealand, which appeared in 1962, has been generating changes on a broad front within the New Zealand educational system throughout the last ten years. Eight areas of concern were identified by that Commission. The "most clamant" was the recruitment and training of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Education, Educational Administration, Educational Change
Somekh, Bridget; Tinklin, Teresa; Edwards, Lynne; Mackay, Ron – 1996
This report assesses implementation, knowledge, understanding, and use of the National Record of Achievement (NRA) in all sectors in Scotland in 1995. The report also seeks to identify problem areas and examples of good practice and make recommendations for the future development and promotion of the NRA in Scotland. The NRA is a United…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Planning
McCann, Wendy Sherman – 1998
This digest summarizes the results of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) as they relate to the interests of K-12 science teachers. TIMSS student achievement results for science are presented along with a brief discussion of how to interpret the scores. The findings of the TIMSS curriculum study and their implications are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Change
Medlin, William K.; Lindquist, Clarence B.; Schmitt, Marshall L. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1960
The continuing interest which American educators and other citizens have attached to Soviet schools and their development has served to encourage the U.S. Office of Education in its efforts to provide the most complete and verified information obtainable on the subject. As expressed in "Soviet Commitment to Education, Report of the First…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Comparative Education
Medlin, William K.; Lindquist, Clarence B.; Schmitt, Marshall L. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1960
The continuing interest which American educators and other citizens have attached to Soviet schools and their development has served to encourage the U.S. Office of Education in its efforts to provide the most complete and verified information obtainable on the subject. As expressed in "Soviet Commitment to Education, Report of the First…
Descriptors: General Education, Teaching Methods, Required Courses, Foreign Countries
Callahan, Carolyn M. – 1994
This paper, commissioned for the development of the national report, "National Excellence: A Case for Developing America's Talent," presents data which suggest that America's top students do poorly in comparison with top students in comparable nations and that few strides have been made in significantly improving American students'…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Education, Degrees (Academic)
Helgeson, Stanley L. – 1988
In 1986, a total of 11 different populations involving more than 1000 schools and more than 20,000 students participated in the Second IEA Science Study (SISS). This digest discusses findings related to curricular patterns and student outcomes. Ratings were done at grades 5, 9, and 12, to ensure that the achievement tests reflected the science…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Comparative Education, Elementary School Science
Smith, Paul K. – 1985
This study showed that field work in economics is enjoyed by both teachers and students and appears to be a worthwhile aid to motivation. Sixty-eight students, ages 16-18, in England who were studying introductory economics participated in the study. All field work was done in private industry. Students were surveyed before and after the course to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Comparative Education, Course Evaluation
Bill, John M.; And Others – 1974
A project is described which was undertaken from 1970 to 1973 in grammar and secondary schools in Northern Ireland to investigate the incidence of pupils leaving school at or before the age of 15. The document is presented in 10 sections. Section I examines previous research on early school leaving, charts recent trends in Northern Ireland,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Dropout Characteristics
Braham, Randolph L. – 1978
An overview of the educational system of Romania is presented in this pamphlet. The system consists of preschool education in kindergartens; ten years of compulsory general education divided into three cycles (primary, gymnasium, and lyceum or vocational education); one to two years of post secondary specialized education; and higher education in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Communism, Comparative Education
HUSEN, TORSTEN; AND OTHERS – 1967
THIS REPORT OF AN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH ALLIANCE OF TWELVE COUNTRIES EXPLAINS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PROCEDURES OF RESEARCH AND QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT FOR THE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF EDUCATION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. RESEARCH INSTITUTES FROM TWELVE COUNTRIES ORGANIZED THE COUNCIL OF THE INTERNATIONAL PROJECT FOR THE EVALUATION OF EDUCATIONAL…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Education, Comparative Testing, Cultural Differences
Higgins, Patricia J.; Maknoon, Sorayya – 1979
The paper explores types of secondary education offered to students of various social backgrounds in Teheran, Iran, and examines processes by which students are guided into educational tracks. The hypothesis is that assignment to an academic versus a vocational program and tracking within these programs plays a major role in the type of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Practices
PDF pending restorationInternational Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, Stockholm (Sweden).
In 1965 the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) inaugurated a cross-national survey of achievement in six subjects: Science, Reading Comprehension, Literature, English as a Foreign Language, French as a Foreign Language, and Civic Education. The overall aim of the project was to use international tests in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Bound Students, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies
Peer reviewedVulliamy, Graham – Comparative Education, 1987
Reports on research combining quantitative data and qualitative case-studies to examine factors affecting standards in Papua New Guinea's provincial high schools. Concludes that school effects are relatively more important in developing than in developed nations and that only some school effectiveness literature can be generalized to the Third…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Developed Nations
