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Measuring Efficiency of Tunisian Schools in the Presence of Quasi-Fixed Inputs: A Bootstrap Data Envelopment Analysis Approach
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Essid, Hedi; Ouellette, Pierre; Vigeant, Stephane – Economics of Education Review, 2010
The objective of this paper is to measure the efficiency of high schools in Tunisia. We use a statistical data envelopment analysis (DEA)-bootstrap approach with quasi-fixed inputs to estimate the precision of our measure. To do so, we developed a statistical model serving as the foundation of the data generation process (DGP). The DGP is…
Descriptors: High Schools, Intervals, Statistical Data, Foreign Countries
The Development of a Competence Scale for Learning Science: Inquiry and Communication
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Chang, Huey-Por; Chen, Chin-Chang; Guo, Gwo-Jen; Cheng, Yeong-Jin; Lin, Chen-Yung; Jen, Tsung-Hau – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2011
The objective of this study was to develop an instrument to measure school students' competence in learning science as part of a large research project in Taiwan. The instrument consisted of 29 self-report, Likert-type items divided into 2 scales: Competence in Scientific Inquiry and Competence in Communication. The Competence in Scientific…
Descriptors: High Schools, Leadership Qualities, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries