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Lelys Dinarte-Diaz; Maria Marta Ferreyra; Sergio Urzua; Marina Bassi – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2023
Short-cycle higher education programs (SCPs) can play a central role in skill development and higher education expansion, yet their quality varies greatly within and among countries. In this paper we explore the relationship between programs' practices and inputs (quality determinants) and student academic and labor market outcomes. We design and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Quality, College Programs
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De La Hoz, Enrique; Zuluaga, Rohemi; Mendoza, Adel – Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science, 2021
This research uses a three-phase method to evaluate and forecast the academic efficiency of engineering programs. In the first phase, university profiles are created through cluster analysis. In the second phase, the academic efficiency of these profiles is evaluated through Data Envelopment Analysis. Finally, a machine learning model is trained…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Engineering Education, Multivariate Analysis
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Gutiérrez-Carvajal, Oscar Iván; Perdomo, Mónica; Agredo, Jenny Lorena; Rojas, Geisler Dayani – International Review of Education, 2021
This article presents an instrument for measuring the effectiveness of literacy programmes for youth and adults. To assess the impact of participation on individual learners' lives and their environment, the authors developed a structure comprising five main dimensions: (1) "personal sphere" (six sub-dimensions); (2) "social…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Measures (Individuals), Literacy Education, Program Effectiveness
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Álvarez-García, Olaya; Sureda-Negre, Jaume; Comas-Forgas, Rubén – Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability, 2015
The importance of pre-service teacher training regarding environmental education (EE) has been vastly demonstrated. This systematic review examined the existing evidence from studies evaluating and analysing the relationship between EE, including environmental competences and pre-service primary school teacher training. The literature review…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Preservice Teachers, Literature Reviews, Evidence
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Jimenez Jojoa, E. M.; Bravo, E. C.; Bacca Cortes, E. B. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2010
This paper describes the design and implementation of a tool for experimenting with mobile robotics concepts, primarily for use by children and teenagers, or by the general public, without previous experience in robotics. This tool helps children learn about science in an approachable and interactive way, using scientific research principles in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Engineering Education, Science Education, Science Activities
Jim Smale – Early Childhood Matters, 2001
This document consists of the three 2001 issues of The Bernard van Leer Foundation's "Early Childhood Matters," a periodical addressed to practitioners in the field of early childhood education and including information on projects funded by the foundation. Articles in the February 2001 edition focus on fathers and include: (1)…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childhood Attitudes, Childrens Rights, Culturally Relevant Education
Psacharopoulos, George – 1986
A study evaluated diversified secondary school systems in Colombia and Tanzania. It compared advantages that might have accrued to diversified school students and graduates relative to more conventional types of formal training. A random sample of approximately 14,000 school students following diversified and conventional secondary curricula was…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Cognitive Ability, Cost Effectiveness