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Ouedraogo, Issoufou; Hirakawa, Yukiko; Taniguchi, Kyoko – Education 3-13, 2021
This study examines how school-level and student-level factors influence primary school dropout in Burkina Faso. School-level factors were found to have a moderate effect in grade three and a small effect in grade five, while student performance on end-of-term class tests significantly affected students' decisions to drop out in both grades. Other…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes, Decision Making
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Lozada-Yánez, Raúl; La-Serna-Palomino, Nora; Molina-Granja, Fernando – International Education Studies, 2019
By its nature, the learning of certain complex contents has always been a focus of attention and a challenge in the study of mathematics. This fact acquires greater importance if it is about the learning of children, because the psycho-cognitive skills of this type of user, especially when they attend the first levels of Basic General Education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Skills, Basic Skills
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Inan, Mehmet; Ozden, Bülent; Dervent, Fatih; Küçüktepe, Coskun – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016
The purpose of this study was to provide an overview of the games in the "I am Playing Games" (IPG) compilation booklet that was used in the Games and Physical Activity (GPA) curriculum. 257 games in IPG compilation booklet were coded whether they had elements that would enable development of common basic skills or not. Common basic…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Games, Physical Activities, Play
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Hempenstall, Kerry – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2013
Controversy has surrounded the annual National Assessment Program-Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) since its introduction in 2008. This initiative was designed to provide nationally consistent information on student progress in basic skills in years 3, 5, and 7, replacing the various state-based tests that preceded it. A great deal of criticism has…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Difficulties, Basic Skills, Educational Assessment
Park, Hyun-Jeong – Educational Studies in Japan: International Yearbook, 2008
In this paper, two nationwide assessments for elementary and secondary students' educational achievement in Korea were reviewed for their assessment frameworks and the overall results; the Diagnostic Test for Basic Skills (DTBS) of Grade 3 elementary students and the National Assessment of Educational Achievement (NAEA) for Grade 6, 9 and 10…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Diagnostic Tests, Foreign Countries, Grade 6
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Lloyd, Jennifer E. V.; Irwin, Lori G.; Hertzman, Clyde – Educational Psychology, 2009
In British Columbia, Canada, two population-based databases have been linked at the level of the individual child: the "Early Development Instrument", a Kindergarten school readiness measure; and the "Foundation Skills Assessment", a Grade Four academic assessment. Utilising these linked data, we explored the early school…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Numeracy, Foreign Countries, Kindergarten