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Urban students' ideas about the "heated" body: Implications for science education
(School of Education, UWI, St. Augustine, 1999)
This paper presents the results of an investigation into lower secondary urban students' traditional beliefs about, and practices in, health related matters. The students were between the ages of 11-15 years and attended ...
On the road to social mobility? affirmative action and major choice
(2019-06-14)
Around the world, students from a disadvantaged background are underrepresented in prestigious and lucrative fields of study, such as medicine and STEM. We know little about whether universities can affect individuals' ...
Strategies of Number Sense in Pre-service Secondary Mathematics Teachers
(Springer, 2016)
This paper presents some results of an investigation on the number sense of a group of pre-service secondary teachers from Spain. The objective of this research was to analyze students' use of strategies associated to ...
Representações semióticas mobilizadas no estudo da área do círculo no ensino fundamental
(Universidade Federal de Santa MariaBrasilEducaçãoUFSMPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Educação Matemática e Ensino de FísicaCentro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas, 2017-10-04)
This research aims to analyze the registers of semiotic representation and the sequential, perceptual, discursive and operative apprehensions mobilized by students in 9th grade of Lower Secondary Education in the study of ...
Resultados de las pruebas de expresión escrita realizadas por una muestra de estudiantes que finalizan el segundo y tercer ciclos de la educación general básica y educación diversificada,Results of written expression tests carried out by a sample of students who complete the second and third cycles of basic general education and diversified education,
(IIMEC, 1988)
Esta investigación hace una compilación de los resultados de las pruebas nacionales de redacción efectuadas en 1987 en todos los niveles "tope" del sistema educativo costarricense. Los resultados a este estudio revelan que ...
In-service teacher efficacy [PowerPoint presentation]
(2013-07-02)
This study investigated efficacy perceptions of untrained in-service Diploma in Education teachers. Two cohorts of students (2011/2012 and 2012/2013) were studied to determine whether there were differences in perceptions ...
Education and the labour market in Latin America: why measurement is important and what it tells us about policies, reforms and performance
(ECLAC, 2001-11)
Abstract This paper examines two pivotal education and labour market policy and performance questions. One, the degree to which countries in the Latin American region are catching up or falling behind their competitors ...
Teachers' Perceptions of the Curriculum Integration Process in VAPA
(2014-11-28)
This multi-site study investigated teachers’ perceptions regarding the implementation of curriculum integration in Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) at the lower secondary level. Data were collected through interviews with ...
Exploring Equity in Higher Education Systems: Reflections from Argentina and Chile
(Boston College. Center for International Higher Education, 2019-03-13)
Public debates on equity in higher education usually focus on the impact of admissions and funding policies on systems as a whole. More specifically, it is assumed that, first, the more selective the admission criteria and ...
Efecto del nivel educacional en la sobrevida posterior a un infarto agudo de miocardio: Registro Chileno de Infarto de Miocardio, GEMI 2009-2012
(Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2015)
Background: Socioeconomic status is associated with cardiovascular mortality. Aim: To evaluate the effect of educational level, on the prognosis of patients with acute myocardial infarction in Chile. Material and Methods: ...