Shrinking Classroom Age Variance Raises Student Achievement : Evidence from Developing Countries

Shrinking Classroom Age Variance Raises Student Achievement : Evidence from Developing Countries

Large classroom variance of student age is prevalent in developing countries, where achievement tends to be low. This paper investigates whether increased classroom age variance adversely affects mathematics and science achievement. Using exogenous...

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Main Author: Wang, Liang Choon
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
ABILITY GROUPING
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
AGE DIFFERENCES
AGE GROUPS
ATTENTION
AVERAGE CLASS SIZE
AVERAGE SCIENCE ACHIEVEMENT
AVERAGE TEST SCORE
BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS
BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS
BOOKS AT HOME
CLASS SIZE
COGNITIVE SKILLS
COMPULSORY SCHOOLING
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
DISSERTATION
EARLY CHILDHOOD
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION
EDUCATION SYSTEMS
EIGHTH-GRADE
ENTRANCE AGE
EXPENDITURES
EXPENDITURES PER STUDENT
EXPERIMENTS
FORMAL SCHOOLING
GENDER
GRADE LEVELS
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN RESOURCES
INSTRUCTION
LEARNING
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
LEARNING OUTCOMES
LITERATURE
LOWER ACHIEVEMENT
MATH ACHIEVEMENT
MATH TEACHER
MATHEMATICS
OLD STUDENTS
OPEN ACCESS
PAPERS
PEDAGOGIES
QUALIFIED TEACHERS
READERS
RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS
RETENTION
SCENARIO
SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT
SCHOOLS
SCIENCE ACHIEVEMENT
SCIENCE CLASSES
SCIENCE SCORES
SCIENCE TEACHER
SCIENCE TEACHING
SELF ESTEEM
SIMULATION
STUDENT ABILITY
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
STUDENT BACKGROUND CHARACTERISTICS
STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS
STUDENT OUTCOMES
STUDENT PERFORMANCE
SUBJECTS
TEACHER
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
TECHNIQUES
TEST SCORES
TYPES OF STUDENTS
VALIDITY
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110110163516
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3300

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