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Gender Differences in Collaborative Problem-Solving Skills in a Cross-Country Perspective
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Borgonovi, Francesca; Han, Seong Won; Greiff, Samuel – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2023
Effective collaborative problem solving comprises cognitive dimensions, in which men tend to outperform women, and social dimensions in which women tend to outperform men. We extend research on between-country differences in gender gaps by considering collaborative problem solving and its association with two indicators of societal-level gender…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Problem Solving, Cooperation, Cultural Differences
Parents, Schools and Human Capital Differences across Countries. CEP Discussion Paper No. 1617
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De Philippis, Marta; Rossi, Federico – Centre for Economic Performance, 2019
This paper studies the contribution of parental influence in accounting for cross-country gaps in human capital achievements. We argue that the cross-country variation in unobserved parental characteristics is at least as important as the one in commonly used observable proxies of parental socio-economic background. We infer this through an…
Descriptors: Parent Influence, Human Capital, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries
The Resilience of Students with an Immigrant Background: Factors That Shape Well-Being. OECD Reviews of Migrant Education
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OECD Publishing, 2018
Migration flows are profoundly changing the composition of classrooms. Results from the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) reveal that in 2015, almost one in four 15-year-old students in OECD countries reported that they were either foreign-born or had at least one foreign-born parent. Between 2003 and 2015, the share of…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Resilience (Psychology), Student Characteristics, Adjustment (to Environment)