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Teacher training, teacher quality and student achievement
Douglas N. Harris,Tim R. Sass +1 more
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In this article, the effects of various types of education and training on the productivity of teachers in promoting student achievement were studied. But they did not find a consistent relationship between formal professional development training and teacher productivity, and they found no evidence that teachers' pre-service training or college entrance exam scores are related to productivity.About:
This article is published in Journal of Public Economics.The article was published on 2011-08-01. It has received 1263 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Professional development.read more
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Effects of School-related Factors and Early Learning Experiences on Mathematics Achievement “A Multilevel Analysis to Analyse the TIMSS Data”
Sidika Akyüz Aru,Mustafa Kale +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the effect of school-related factors and early learning experiences on mathematics achievement in primary school students, and found that at the student-level, learning resources at home, parent-child communication on homework/assignments, parentchild activities in early learning years, and the skills acquired during these years were found to have statistically significant effects on the mathematics academic achievement scores of primary school student, while at the school level, the socioeconomic structure of the school, teachers perceptions about it, teachers experiences, and a safe and disciplined school environment have significant effects
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Student Teacher Perceptions Regarding Career Readiness and the Effectiveness of a Teacher Preparation Program
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated student teachers perceptions regarding career readiness and the effectiveness of a teacher preparation program at Lynn University and found that students recommend the inclusion of hands on activities as an alternative devoted to enhance the teacher preparation programs.
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Efeitos da formação docente sobre resultados escolares do ensino médio
TL;DR: In this article, a painel construido com o Censo Escolar da Educacao Basica for the period from 2007 to 2016, estima-se o impacto da proporcao de docencias sem formacao superior compativel com as disciplinas lecionadas sobre resultados escolares.
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Do Professor's Age and Gender Matter or Do Students Give Higher Value to Professors' Experience?.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the effect of gender and age on the evaluation of teaching quality in higher education institutions and found that gender and attractiveness is positively correlated with teaching quality.
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Adjusting content to individual student needs: Further evidence from an in-service teacher training program
TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied the impact of an intensive in-service teacher training program on reading skills offered to kindergarten teachers in France by modifying the lesson content and encouraging teachers to adapt instruction to student needs by dividing the class according to initial achievement.
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