This paper reports preliminary findings on students enrolled in a massive open online course, who were also assigned to work in groups. Part of a larger study on the effect of groups on retention and completion in MOOCs, the paper provides students' demographics (i.e., location, gender, education level, and employment status), and motivation for…

Educational access in developing countries has improved significantly in recent years, but less evidence is available on learning and learning progress in comparative perspective. This paper employs data from Young Lives to examine levels and trends in cognitive skill development and the links to enrolment in school across the four study countries…

The objective of conducting this survey is to locate areas where the secondary education program in India needs to be strengthened. The investigation studies the areas of: 1) physical facilities available in the secondary schools; 2) administration and staff; 3) subject enrollments; 4) curriculum and evaluation; and, 5) cost patterns. To gather…

A narrative description of this study is abstracted under SO 001 589. This part contains statistical tables for survey questions number 21 to 44. (AWW)

A narrative description of this study is abstracted under SO 001 589. This part contains statistical tables for survey questions number 45 to 54. (AWW)