Academic Peer Effects with Different Group Assignment Policies : Residential Tracking versus Random Assignment

Academic Peer Effects with Different Group Assignment Policies : Residential Tracking versus Random Assignment

This paper studies the relative academic performance of students tracked or randomly assigned to South African university dormitories. Tracked or streamed assignment creates dormitories where all students obtained similar scores on high school grad...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Garlick, Robert
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
ACADEMIC OUTCOMES
ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
ACADEMIC YEAR
ADJUSTMENT
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
ATTENTION
AVERAGE SCORE
AVERAGE TEST SCORES
AVERAGE TREATMENT EFFECT
BLACK STUDENTS
BOARDING
BOARDING SCHOOLS
BUSINESS SCHOOL
CLASS SIZE
CLASSROOM
CLASSROOMS
COLLEGE ADMISSIONS
COMPETENCE
COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION
CONDITIONING
DATA ON STUDENTS
DEMONSTRATION
DISSERTATION
ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION
EDUCATION OUTCOMES
EDUCATION SYSTEMS
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
ENROLLMENT
ENTRANCE EXAMINATION
EXAM
FACULTIES
FINAL EXAM
FINAL EXAMS
FIRST GRADE
FUTURE RESEARCH
GENDER
GRADING
GRADUATE STUDIES
GRADUATION RATES
HEALTH SCIENCES
HIGH SCHOOL
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
HIGH SCHOOLS
HIGHER EDUCATION
HOME LANGUAGE
HOMEWORK
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INCOMING STUDENTS
INFERENCE
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
INSTRUCTION
INSTRUCTORS
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
INTERVENTIONS
LEARNING
LITERATURE
LOW-INCOME STUDENTS
MATHEMATICS
MOTIVATION
OPEN ACCESS
PAPERS
PEER GROUP
PEER GROUPS
PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
PROFICIENCY
RESEARCH UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL LOCATION
SCHOOL MANAGEMENT
SCHOOLS
SCIENCE CLASSES
SHOW HOW
SOCIAL GROUPS
SOCIAL SCIENCES
STREAMING
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
STUDENT BODY
STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS
STUDENT DATA
STUDENT HOUSING
STUDENT OUTCOMES
STUDENT PERFORMANCE
STUDENT POPULATION
STUDENT SELECTION
STUDENT WELFARE
STUDY SKILLS
SUBJECTS
TEACHER
TEACHER BEHAVIOR
TEACHERS
TEST SCORES
TUITION
TYPES OF STUDENTS
UNIVERSITIES
UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATORS
UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT
UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
VOUCHERS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/02/19135855/academic-peer-effects-different-group-assignment-policies-residential-tracking-versus-random-sssignment
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17331

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/02/19135855/academic-peer-effects-different-group-assignment-policies-residential-tracking-versus-random-sssignment
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17331

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