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Smoláková, Nikoleta; Švajdaa, Juraj; Koróny, Samuel; Cincera, Jan – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
This study compares the inquiry competence of the 8th-grade students participating in the science and environmental education program GLOBE in the Czech Republic with a sample of students of the same age not participating in the program from the Slovak and Czech Republics. Inquiry competence is analyzed as a set of variables representing students'…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Minimum Competency Testing, Environmental Education, Science Education
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Rutkowski, David; Rutkowski, Leslie; Plucker, Jonathan A. – High Ability Studies, 2012
A recent study in the USA documented the existence and growth of "excellence gaps" among students. These gaps are similar to the minimum competency achievement gaps that proliferate in policy discussions in many Western countries, but excellence gaps focus on the highest level of achievement rather than minimum competency. We extend this…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Minimum Competency Testing, Evidence, Immigrants