NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Publication Date
In 20250
Since 20240
Since 2021 (last 5 years)0
Since 2016 (last 10 years)3
Since 2006 (last 20 years)6
Audience
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
Program for International…6
Trends in International…6
Progress in International…3
Armed Forces Qualification…1
Raven Progressive Matrices1
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Blackley, Susan; Howell, Jennifer – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2015
Since its inception in the late 1990s, STEM has continued to attract attention and sizeable funding in the US, UK, and Australia. This paper narrates the development of the STEM movement both nationally and internationally, and analyses both the influences that have progressed its evolution and those that have stymied authentic STEM practices. The…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Educational History, Program Development, Comparative Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
van der Berg, Servaas – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2018
Few developing countries participate in external educational evaluations. Information gaps on education quality make it imperative to expand such evaluations. Furthermore, international comparability across different evaluations should be improved. In addition, data from evaluations must be combined with data on access or coverage. Finally,…
Descriptors: International Education, Developing Nations, Outcomes of Education, Socioeconomic Status
Jiang, Suhang – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This dissertation explores how country-level cultural values are associated with gender differences in the enrollment in and completion of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC), national achievement in mathematics and science, and students' science achievement. Study 1 explored how gender-equal…
Descriptors: Social Values, Cultural Influences, Cultural Differences, Cross Cultural Studies
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Rindermann, Heiner; Ceci, Stephen J. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2018
In 19 (sub)samples from seven countries (United States, Austria, Germany, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Vietnam, Brazil), we analyzed the impact of parental education compared with wealth on the cognitive ability of children (aged 4-22 years, total N = 15,297). The background of their families ranged from poor indigenous remote villagers to academic…
Descriptors: Parent Background, Educational Attainment, Parent Child Relationship, Intelligence
Gibbons, Stephen; McNally, Sandra – Centre for Economic Performance, 2013
This report provides an overview and discussion of the past decade of academic evidence on the causal effects of resources in schooling on students' outcomes. Early evidence lacked good strategies for estimating the effects of schools resources, leading many people to conclude that spending more on schools had no effect. More recent evidence using…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Evidence, Outcomes of Education, Intervention
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Stephens, Maria; Warren, Laura K.; Harner, Ariana L. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2015
The "Comparative Indicators of Education" report series has been published on a biennial basis since it began in 2002, although this year's is the first to expand its focus to the G-20 countries, having previously been focused on the G-8 countries. "Comparative Indicators of Education in the United States and Other G-20 Countries:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Indicators, Global Approach, International Assessment