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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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Which teacher induction practices work? Linking forms of induction to teacher practices, self-efficacy, and job satisfaction
TL;DR: The authors examined the relationship between various forms of teacher induction and teacher practices, selfefficacy, and job satisfaction, while controlling for an array of teacher socio-demographic and professional characteristics.
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Do Low-Income Students Have Equal Access to Effective Teachers?:
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined access to effective teachers for low-income students in 26 geographically dispersed school districts over a 5-year period and measured teacher effectiveness using a value-added model.
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Transition from preschool to first grade primary school in Mexico : the perceptions of teachers, headteachers and parents
Urbina Garcia,Miguel Angel +1 more
TL;DR: Perceptions of transition between preschool and first grade primary school held by teachers, headteachers and parents in the public education system in Mexico City are explored to open a window for further research in Mexican educational settings focused on current educational policy reforms.
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Impacts of Pre-Service Training and Coaching on Kindergarten Quality and Student Learning Outcomes in Ghana
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated a program designed to support Ghanaian kindergarten student-teachers during pre-service training through mentorship and in-classroom training, and found that the program improved knowledge and implementation of the national curriculum for individuals both when they were studentteachers and, the following year, when they became newly qualified teachers.
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Becoming a teacher of early reading : an activity systems analysis of the journey from student to newly qualified teacher
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used a longitudinal, collective case study design involving seven lower primary (3-7 years) postgraduate certificate in education (PGCE) students enrolled at one university in the East Midlands of England.
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Teachers, Schools, and Academic Achievement
Eric A. Hanushek,Eric A. Hanushek,Eric A. Hanushek,John F. Kain,Steven G. Rivkin,Steven G. Rivkin +5 more
TL;DR: The authors disentangles the separate factors influencing achievement with special attention given to the role of teacher differences and other aspects of schools, and estimates educational production functions based on models of achievement growth with individual fixed effects.
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The Economics of Schooling: Production and Efficiency in Public Schools.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors point out that public and professional interest in education is likely to be short-lived, doomed to dissipate as frustration over the inability of policy to improve school practice sets in.
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Teachers, Schools, and Academic Achievement
TL;DR: In this article, the authors disentangle the impact of schools and teachers in influencing achievement with special attention given to the potential problems of omitted or mismeasured variables and of student and school selection.
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Effects of Teachers’ Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching on Student Achievement:
TL;DR: It is found that teachers’ mathematical knowledge was significantly related to student achievement gains in both first and third grades after controlling for key student- and teacher-level covariates.
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Robust Inference with Multi-way Clustering
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