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50 Years of ERIC
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The Contribution of Schooling to Secondary-School Students' Citizenship Outcomes across Countries
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Isac, Maria Magdalena; Maslowski, Ralf; Creemers, Bert; van der Werf, Greetje – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2014
This article uses an educational effectiveness approach to model the impact of student, school, and educational system characteristics on several cognitive and non-cognitive student outcomes related to citizenship education. Using multivariate multilevel analysis, data from the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Citizenship Education, Multivariate Analysis, Secondary School Students
State of the Art -- Teacher Effectiveness and Professional Learning
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Muijs, Daniel; Kyriakides, Leonidas; van der Werf, Greetje; Creemers, Bert; Timperley, Helen; Earl, Lorna – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2014
One of the key findings from decades of educational effectiveness research is the importance of the classroom level as a predictor of pupil outcomes. In this review, we therefore look at synthesising our best evidence from research on effective teaching, and its corollary, teacher development. In the 1st section, we will look at key findings from…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Faculty Development, Literature Reviews, Meta Analysis
Effective Civic Education: An Educational Effectiveness Model for Explaining Students' Civic Knowledge
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Isac, Maria Magdalena; Maslowski, Ralf; van der Werf, Greetje – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2011
In this study, a comprehensive educational effectiveness model is tested in relation to student's civic knowledge. Multilevel analysis was applied on the dataset of the IEA Civic Education Study (CIVED; Torney-Purta, Lehmann, Oswald, & Schulz, 2001), which was conducted among junior secondary-school students (age 14), their schools, and their…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Citizenship Education, Program Effectiveness, Educational Policy
Testing a Dynamic Model of Student and School Effectiveness with a Multivariate Multilevel Latent Growth Curve Approach
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van der Werf, Greetje; Opdenakker, Marie-Christine; Kuyper, Hans – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2008
This article addresses whether students' achievement motivation changes over time, the relationship between changes in motivation and changes in educational attainment, and the between-school differences in these changes and their interrelationships. Also gender differences were studied. Multivariate multilevel latent growth curve analysis was…
Descriptors: Females, Educational Attainment, Achievement Need, School Effectiveness
Improving Parental Involvement in Primary Education in Indonesia: Implementation, Effects, and Costs.
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van der Werf, Greetje; Creemers, Bert; Guldemond, Henk – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2001
Comparative analysis of the implementation, effects, and costs of efforts to increase parental involvement in a large-scale primary-school improvement project in Indonesia. Finds that while not successfully implemented, parental involvement, compared with the other interventions (teacher development, books, and materials), is effective in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cost Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Parent Participation
Economic Viewpoints in Educational Effectiveness: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of an Educational Improvement Project.
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Creemers, Bert; van der Werf, Greetje – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2000
An evaluation of the Primary Education Quality Improvement Project in Indonesia illustrates that combining the knowledge base and methodology of educational effectiveness research and cost-effectiveness analysis provides fruitful possibilities for future theoretical/practical developments in both approaches. PEQIP positively affected student…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Improvement, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Differences in School and Instruction Characteristics between High-, Average-, and Low-Effective Schools.
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van der Werf, Greetje – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 1997
Using arithmetic-achievement data on 50,000 pupils in 560 Dutch elementary schools, explores differences among high-, average-, and low-achieving schools. Only one characteristic, educational leadership, was related (negatively) to effectiveness. Teachers in highly effective schools give more whole-class instruction, have the same goals for all…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, High Achievement, Institutional Characteristics