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We study the effect of communicating student-specific teacher expectations on academic performance. We randomise whether students (a) receive high-performance expectations, (b) are additionally paired with a classmate for encouragement, (c) receive information about past performance, or (d) receive no message.
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The paper explores the development of student agency within the educational system. It emphasises the importance of empowering students to take control of their learning experiences through active participation, decision-making, and self-regulation.
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While we have extensive evidence on the prevalence of gender bias in hiring, promotions and wages, we know less about the mechanisms underlying this bias. This research conducted a large-scale field experiment with 3,600 employees in 250 schools.
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World over, the need for focusing on student well-being has increased in the post-pandemic era. During COVID-19, students were bound within their homes and had no access to sports activities, and they were also socially restricted.
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The study focuses on highlighting effective ways to implement Inquiry-based Learning at a Primary school branch of the Beaconhouse School System. An overlap between the classroom observations done in the preliminary phase of the research and the literature indicated two themes.
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This study uses teachers’ contract choices and a randomised controlled trial of performance pay with 7,000 teachers across 243 private schools in Pakistan to study whether performance pay can attract and retain higher-quality teachers.
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This study investigates the ways in which the shift to online/remote learning has impacted student’s privacy and whether educational institutions have adequate policies in place to deal with these new challenges.
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While we have extensive evidence on the prevalence of gender bias in hiring, promotions and wages, we know less about the mechanisms underlying this bias. This research conducts a large-scale field experiment with 3,600 employees in 250 schools.
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