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Johnson, Leroy – Online Submission, 2006
This study explored the bases for awarding incentive in a pay for performance system in Jamaica. The bases were generated by surveying the perspectives of a representative sample of teachers in the system at the time. The relative significance of emerging bases were examined through quantitative methods culminating in a set of criteria for…
Descriptors: Methods, Foreign Countries, Research Design, Developmental Stages
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Borg, Mark G.; Falzon, Joseph M. – British Educational Research Journal, 1995
Reports on a study of the role of pupil age in scholastic performance among 4,123 Maltese primary-age students. Finds a strong and consistent age effect in Maltese, English, and mathematics achievement in three grade levels. Also finds that girls consistently outperformed boys in the three subjects. (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Age Grade Placement, Child Development
Bornstein, Marc H., Ed.; Davidson, Lucy, Ed.; Keyes, Corey L. M., Ed.; Moore, Kristin A., Ed. – 2003
This book offers a holistic examination of well-being across the life course by experts in psychology, sociology, child development, and medicine, and describes foundational strengths for well-being from infancy through adulthood. The chapters are: (1) "A Brief History of the Study of Well-Being in Children and Adults" (Kristin A. Moore…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Adults, Child Development