Does school time matter?—On the impact of compulsory education age on school dropout     

Sofie J. Cabus  Kristof De Witte 《Economics of Education Review》2011,30(6):1384-1398

A straightforward way to prevent students from leaving education without a higher secondary diploma is increasing the compulsory education age. The idea is that, by staying longer in school, more students eventually obtain a higher secondary diploma. This paper examines the impact of a one-year increase in compulsory school-age on dropping out of secondary education by a difference-in-differences analysis. For this, we exploit a recent compulsory education policy reform in the Netherlands. After controlling for confounding factors and observable covariates, we find that the one year increase in compulsory school-age reduces dropout by 2.5 percentage points. The effect, however, is entirely situated in the group non-liable to the policy reform. We observe that native Dutch vocational students, mostly without retention in grade, but also without a higher secondary diploma at hand, more often left school in the immediate period before the policy reform. Given the economic revival at that time, this may reflect anticipation of labor market opportunities.  相似文献   

The impact of education on health knowledge     

Duha Altindag 《Economics of Education Review》2011,30(5):792-812

The theory on the demand for health suggests that schooling causes health because schooling increases the efficiency of health production. Alternatively, the allocative efficiency hypothesis argues that schooling alters the input mix chosen to produce health. This suggests that the more educated have more knowledge about the health production function and they have more health knowledge. This paper uses data from the 1997 and 2002 waves of the NLSY97 to conduct an investigation of the allocative efficiency hypothesis by analyzing whether education improves health knowledge. The survey design allows us to observe the increase in health knowledge of young adults after their level of schooling is increased by differential and plausibly exogenous amounts. Using nine different questions measuring health knowledge, we find weak evidence that an increase in education generates an improvement in health knowledge for those who ultimately attend college. For those with high school as the terminal degree, no relationship is found between education and health knowledge. These results imply that the allocative efficiency hypothesis may not be the primary reason for why schooling impacts health outcomes.  相似文献   

Do no-loan policies change the matriculation patterns of low-income students?     

Glen R. Waddell  Larry D. Singell Jr. 《Economics of Education Review》2011,30(2):203-214

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The effects of quarter of birth on academic outcomes at the elementary school level     

Erin Robertson 《Economics of Education Review》2011,30(2):300-311

This paper uses public schools data to examine the effects of age on student academic achievement in light of recent trends to delay children's entry into kindergarten. To avoid problems of endogeneity, students’ quarters of birth is employed as an instrument for age at entry. In particular, the effects of students’ quarters of birth on math and reading standardized test scores and grade retention at the elementary school level are estimated. Evidence of benefits to being among the oldest in one's age-grade cohort is found. Interestingly, over time, the youngest students begin to perform approximately on par with the oldest students, creating a u-shaped pattern to the data.  相似文献   

Is traditional teaching really all that bad? A within-student between-subject approach     

Guido Schwerdt  Amelie C. Wuppermann 《Economics of Education Review》2011,30(2):365-379

Recent studies conclude that teachers are important for student learning but it remains uncertain what actually determines effective teaching. This study directly peers into the black box of educational production by investigating the relationship between lecture style teaching and student achievement. Based on matched student-teacher data for the US, the estimation strategy exploits between-subject variation to control for unobserved student traits. Results indicate that traditional lecture style teaching is associated with significantly higher student achievement. No support for detrimental effects of lecture style teaching can be found even when evaluating possible selection biases due to unobservable teacher characteristics.  相似文献   

21世纪的人们如何选择现代武术健身养生项目     

樊艺红 《搏击·武术科学》2011,8(3):63-64,92

21世纪的今天,人们面对社会上五花八门的现代健身养生项目,如何选择已成为追求自我身心健康的人们较为关注的问题。文章就这一问题为大家解析健身养生项目的基本特征、健身功效所在,并在揭开健身养生理论神秘面纱的同时,使人们进一步了解现代武术健身养生常见的锻炼项目。旨在让大家轻松地找到一种具有实效性的现代武术健身养生项目为己用,从而达到提高自我健康的目的。  相似文献   

科技进步法第20条和第21条的立法比较与完善     

胡朝阳 《科学学研究》2011,29(3):327-332

 结合科技进步法第20条和第21条有关规定,对照美国拜杜法案等有关内容,从比较法角度考察了中国与美国、日本、中国台湾地区、俄罗斯等国(地区)在上述立法模式选择及其制度安排上的异同。比较法制反思表明,我国将国家资助科技项目成果的知识产权保护与转化纳入科技进步法加以调整,其立法模式选择符合创新型国家建设的现实国情,不过其立法制度安排的体系化仍有待进一步推进。在其有关立法模式选择及其制度安排方面既要参照比较法制成果,更要体现本国科研体制及其社会发展需要。在其有关法制建设重心方面既要规范政府介入权行使,更要完善其权利配置机制并培育其知识产权意识。  相似文献   

21世纪初国际运动心理学研究主题述评     

解缤  郭秦岭  王长生 《北京体育大学学报》2006,29(3):327-329

通过对国际运动心理学四种重要专业杂志2000-2003年发表244篇论文进行了主题分析,发现有关运动动力因素、运动认知过程、运动者的自我完善和心理健康问题是当今国际运动心理学的主要研究领域.在每一领域中,研究主题不断细化和深入、研究对象不断扩展、研究体系不断完善、研究方法不断丰富和生态化,且定量研究多于定性研究,这些预示实证主义为科学研究范式仍是21世纪初国际运动心理学研究的主流.  相似文献   

对21世纪体育教师综合能力结构的研究     

张伟  东芬 《吉林体育学院学报》2005,21(4):41-41,48

对21世纪体育教师综合能力的构成要素及其权重分配进行研究，研究结果显示21世纪体育教师的综合能力主要由教学能力、业余训练能力、科研创新能力、组织管理能力、社会活动能力、掌握运用信息工具能力和思想品德教育能力等一级能力组成，然后各个一级能力又可以细分为34个二级能力。并且由于各能力因素所体现的重要性不同，因此它们所占的权重系数也大小不同。  相似文献   

论21世纪体育教学的创新   总被引：2，自引：2，他引：0  

乔金珠  蔡建华 《体育成人教育学刊》2003,19(2):95-96

在21世纪为了适应社会发展的需要，学校体育必须实施创新教育。体育教学的创新是体育教师的根本任务之一，倡导学生的质疑精神是实施创新教育的突破口，创建民主和谐的课堂气氛是实施创新教育的重要前提。  相似文献