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Jieun Lee; Youngchul Ryu – Journal of Research in International Education, 2024
In South Korea, the International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Programme (MYP) has been implemented in public education for several years. This article explores the IB MYP's characteristics and educational effects by adopting the grounded theory research approach of Corbin and Strauss (1990, 2015). A total of 27 students from three public…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Middle School Teachers, Advanced Placement Programs
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Rizvi, Fazal; Savage, Glenn C.; Quay, John; Acquaro, Daniela; Sallis, Richard J. T.; Sobhani, Nima – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2020
This article examines the ways in which the International Baccalaureate's Learner Profile is interpreted and enacted in three different national settings. Using the data collected from a comparative study of the Learner Profile in nine International Baccalaureate schools in India, Hong Kong, and Australia, the article problematizes the widely held…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Advanced Placement Programs, Student Characteristics, Profiles
Lazzaro, Christopher C.; Loveless, Tom; Sireci, Stephen; Webb, David C. – College Board, 2021
This study examined outcomes for APĀ® Calculus and AP Physics students on the 2015 Trends in International Math and Science Study (TIMSS) relative to other participating countries and other advanced math and science students in the United States. Compared to other countries in the study, AP Calculus BC and AP Physics C: EM students outperformed all…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Mathematics Tests
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Nour Abuateyh – NORDSCI, 2023
This qualitative research aims at exploring the language policy in Dubai's schools and highlight the areas that can be improved from theory to practice. There was the use of a Survey, Semi-Structured Interviews, and Secondary Data (Policy Documents). Purposive sampling was used to choose research participants with Survey Participants being taken…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, Language Planning, Educational Policy, Language Usage
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Lee, Moosung; Walker, Allan; Bryant, Darren – Peabody Journal of Education, 2018
This article explores what leadership practices are associated with International Baccalaureate (IB) student achievement. Using a combined data set of Diploma Program (DP) exam scores and teachers' survey responses about school leadership from 29 schools in Southeast Asia, the article reports certain leadership practices (i.e., strategic…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Academic Achievement, International Schools, Outcomes of Education
Dewey, Nelson Peter – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This dissertation is a qualitative, single case study of an international school in Brazil that explores how school administrators and teachers conceptualize international mindedness, and how it is developed within the curriculum of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program. I provide a rich description of the context, developing four themes…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Classification, Semi Structured Interviews
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Bryant, Darren A.; Walker, Allan; Lee, Moosung – Journal of Research in International Education, 2016
Given the rapid growth in the number of students completing the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme and the potential for students to be educated entirely through IB programmes, it is important to understand associations between programme participation and cognitive and non-cognitive learning attributes. Through a mixed methods…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Advanced Placement Programs, Learning Processes, Foreign Countries
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Wright, Ewan; Lee, Moosung – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2014
The number of International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) schools has increased rapidly in China in recent years. However, access to schools offering the IBDP remains restricted to a relatively elite minority of China's population due to enrolment barriers for Chinese nationals and relatively high school fees. An implication is that…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Barriers