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Ganimian, Alejandro; Barrera-Osorio, Felipe; Biehl, María Loreto; Cortelezzi, María Ángela – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2020
We evaluate a long-standing program run by one of the largest education foundations in Argentina that offers scholarships and nonacademic mentoring to secondary school students. We randomly assigned 408 grade 6 students within 10 public schools in the Province of Buenos Aires to either receive the program throughout secondary school or not to…
Descriptors: Mentors, Scholarships, Program Evaluation, Grade 6
Li, Daoquan – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Effectively using strategies to solve complex problems is an important educational goal and is implicated in successful academic performance. However, people often do not spontaneously use the effective strategies unless they are motivated to do so. The present study was designed to test whether educating students about the importance of effort in…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Problem Solving, Academic Achievement, Study Habits