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Download full textvan Hout, Hans – 1991
This study examined the problems of postgraduate research assistants in the Netherlands. The study was conducted as a result of Government plans to introduce a new educational system for obtraining a doctorate equivalent to a Ph.D.--the "assistants-in-training system" (aio system). On the basis of a literature study on the American and…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Foreign Countries, Graduate Study, Higher Education
Peer reviewedCampbell, J. R., Ed. – International Journal of Educational Research, 1994
This special issue summarizes parallel studies in five countries (Japan, Greece, Thailand, Republic of China, United States) investigating the causal linkages among socioeconomic status variables, family processes, and school variables on the mathematics achievement of urban elementary school children. Methodological problems in cross-cultural and…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedWessels, Holger; Lamb, Michael E.; Hwang, Carl-Philip – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 1996
Illustrates problems facing researchers trying to demonstrate causal relationships between types of nonparental care and differences between groups of Swedish children. Argues that efforts must be made to validate and interpret differences that are found. Indicates ways to avoid misinterpretation of differences that are attributable to…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Child Development, Day Care, Educational Assessment
