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Rieger, G. W.; Reinsberg, S. A.; Wieman, C. E. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2016
We present a comment on "Benefits of completing homework for students with different aptitudes in an introductory electricity and magnetism course", by F. J. Kontur, K. de La Harpe, and N. B. Terry PRST-PER 11, 010105 (2015). Our data show that the conclusions Kontur and coworkers draw from their data may not be generally applicable.
Descriptors: Homework, Energy, Magnets, Science Instruction
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Cadigan, Francoise Jane; Wei, Yichun; Clifton, Rodney A. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2013
Very little Canadian research has examined the academic achievement of private school students. Data from The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2003 were used to examine the achievement of private school students. The study found that private school students outperformed their public school peers. In addition, the students'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Assessment, Mathematics Achievement, Private Schools
United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1914
The purpose of the American Association for the Advancement of Agricultural Teaching, as stated in its constitution, is "to promote the teaching of agriculture and to devise ways and means for increasing the efficiency of such instruction in elementary and secondary schools and in colleges and universities." The time is opportune perhaps…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Secondary Education, Agriculture, Land Use