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Beating the Odds: Trees to Success in Different Countries
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Finch, W. Holmes; Marchant, Gregory J. – Online Submission, 2017
A recursive partitioning model approach in the form of classification and regression trees (CART) was used with 2012 PISA data for five countries (Canada, Finland, Germany, Singapore-China, and the Unites States). The objective of the study was to determine demographic and educational variables that differentiated between low SES student that were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Secondary School Students
Beating the Odds: Trees to Success in Different Countries
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Marchant, Gregory J.; Finch, William Holmes – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
A recursive partitioning model approach in the form of classification and regression trees (CART) was used with 2012 PISA data for five countries (Canada, Finland, Germany, Singapore-China, and the Unites States). The objective of the study was to determine demographic and educational variables that differentiated between low SES student that were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Low Income Groups, Socioeconomic Status
Decomposing the Impacts of Overeducation and Overskilling on Earnings and Job Satisfaction: An Analysis Using REFLEX Data
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Sánchez-Sánchez, Nuria; McGuinness, Seamus – Education Economics, 2015
This article assesses the extent to which the impact of overeducation and overskilling on labour market outcomes such as earnings and job satisfaction relate to mismatches in particular competency areas. The analysis uses REFLEX data, which collects information about 19 key competence areas related to job performance. We find that the penalties to…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Education Work Relationship, Overachievement, Income
Overeducation among European University Graduates: A Comparative Analysis of Its Incidence and the Importance of Higher Education Differentiation
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Barone, Carlo; Ortiz, Luis – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2011
The incidence of overeducation in eight European countries is here assessed by means of multiple indicators. With the exception of Spain, the results reveal that overeducation is a minor risk amongst European tertiary graduates. Yet, the contrast between different indicators reveals the existence of an overeducation of a moderate kind in countries…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Graduates, Educational Attainment, Overachievement
CLIL Learning: Achievement Levels and Affective Factors
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Seikkula-Leino, Jaana – Language and Education, 2007
The aim of the study was to investigate how successfully pupils had learned content in content and language integrated learning (CLIL) and to assess pupils' affective learning factors, such as motivation and self-esteem, in CLIL. Learning was presented in terms of achievement level, which was described as the relationship between measured levels…
Descriptors: Overachievement, Academic Achievement, Learning Motivation, Students
Prominent or Hard-Working? About Sex-Based Interpretation Frames in Education.
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Sunnari, Vappu – 1996
This research project was inspired by an observation that in written descriptions of pupils by student teachers, gender appeared to play a role in the words used to describe successful students. Girls were interpreted as "overconscientious," while boys were regarded as "scientific types." The project centered on Anna, an…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Overachievement, Sex Bias