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Download full textZierer, Klaus – Education Sciences, 2021
The coronavirus pandemic has led to drastic measures around the world, which have also affected the education system. Schools were closed in the spring of 2020 in almost every country in the world, and many children and young people are still involved in distance learning to this day. What effect these measures have on children's and young…
Descriptors: Pandemics, COVID-19, School Closing, Academic Achievement
Matthewes, Sönke Hendrik – Centre for Economic Performance, 2020
I study the effects of early between-school ability tracking on student achievement, exploiting institutional differences between German federal states. In all states, about 40% of students transition to separate academic-track schools after comprehensive primary school. Depending on the state, the remaining student body is either directly tracked…
Descriptors: Track System (Education), Ability Grouping, Secondary Education, Program Effectiveness
Peer reviewedKlein, Howard A. – Reading Teacher, 1979
Reexamines Preston's 1962 study of reading achievement of American and German boys and girls in the light of implications the study has had on the literature and compares it with recent studies. (MKM)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Reading Achievement
Peer reviewedNasland, Jan Carol; Schneider, Wolfgang – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 1991
Describes a German longitudinal study of the relationship among verbal ability, memory capacity, phonological awareness, and reading performance. Reports that the relationship between memory capacity and phonological awareness remained stable over time. Concludes that memory capacity predicted phonological awareness task performance, phonological…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, Memory
Peer reviewedKraayenoord, Christina E. van; Schneider, Wolfgang Erich – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 1999
Examines the reading achievement, metacognitive knowledge related to reading and memory, reading self-concept, and interest in reading of 140 third- and fourth-grade students in Germany. Reveals differences between the third- and fourth-grade students related to teacher evaluation of their achievement, word decoding skills, and metacognitive…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Grade 3, Grade 4
Peer reviewedPreston, Ralph C. – Reading Teacher, 1979
A study in German schools found that sex of teacher had no effect on either boys' or girls' reading achievement. (MKM)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Grade 4
Peer reviewedTiedemann, Joachim; Faber, Gunter – Journal of Educational Research, 1992
Reports a longitudinal study of the link between home variables (mainly maternal support), cognitive prerequisites of preschoolers, and later school achievement (spelling, reading, and arithmetic). Maternal support significantly affected competencies and academic achievement. Cognitive competencies predicted later academic achievement; achievement…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Ability, Early Experience, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedBos, Wilfried; Lankes, Eva-Maria; Prenzel, Manfred; Schwippert, Knut; Walther, Gerd; Valtin, Renate; Voss, Andreas – Zeitschrift fur Padagogik, 2003
Discusses the International Survey on Reading Abilities in Primary School (IGLU) and its data on achievement in reading, mathematics, and natural science. Compares this data to that collected by the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA). Identifies achievement relevant correlations such as gender, migration background, socioeconomic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Research
