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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"noncognitive skills"”.
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Essays on Noncognitive Skills
Along with cognitive skills, noncognitive skills have been increasingly adopted to analyze individual behavior. My dissertation comprises of two chapters which combine economics with psychology theories and applied econometric methods to examine the role of noncognitive skills at different …
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The Influence Of Noncognitive Skills In Physician Assistant Education
… a physician assistant (PA) program can emphasize skills beyond the traditional measures of cognitive skills. The purpose of this study was to investigate the experiences that directors of physician assistant programs have with applying the MMI as a measure of noncognitive skills in the admission …
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Empirical Studies on Early Childhood Education in Germany
… education: the development of cognitive and noncognitive skills (chapter 1-3), institutional child care (chapter 4), the intergenerational transmission of a child's health (chapter 5), and the long-term consequences of early noncognitive skills (chapter 6). This is done by using two data …
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An Evaluation of Arkansas’ Developmental Coursework Policy at Postsecondary Institutions
… there were few substantial differences in noncognitive skills for students enrolling in remedial English courses compared to their nonremedial peers. These studies contribute to the literature on college remediation policies by providing the first rigorous evaluation of the policy in …
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STUDYING THE IMPACT OF GRIT IN THE LEARNING OF YOUNG CHILDREN BY WAY OF IMPLEMENTING A STUDENT-TEACHER MENTORSHIP PROGRAM IN ELEMENTARY GRADES
… One component is developing the foundational skills, behavior, and attitude that will remain essential ingredients for a successful life. While most children entering school are prepared to learn, there may be some who lack foundational skills that prevent them from learning. The change …
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Essays on the Economics of Education and Gender
… starting age on children's learning outcomes and noncognitive skills through the first two years of primary school. We exploit a sharp date of birth cutoff for school entrance to identify the school starting age effect. We test whether the effect of entrance age varies with the child's readiness …
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Three Essays on Robust Estimation of Key Factors Underlying the Changes to the U.S. Income Distribution
… the role of different types of cognitive and noncognitive skills in worker's job preference function to explain the U.S. labor market sorting mechanism. I show that ignoring the impact of worker's skills on occupational choice decision leads to bias and inconsistent results because of sample …
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Factors Associated with First-Year Student Retention in Higher Education: A Quantitative Analysis of Student Confidence and Use of Support Services on Persistence and Success
… well as measures of cognitive and non-cognitive skills and confidence as assessed through a standardized nationally normed assessment tool. Additionally, it identified key demographic variables such as gender, race, Pell Grant eligibility, and first-generation status that impact retention. The …
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Valuing noncognitive factors and academic progress for elementary leaders: a single-site case study
… there is a growing body of evidence that noncognitive factors—attributes, dispositions, social skills, interpersonal abilities, and mindset are equally, if not more, important as content knowledge when determining a student’s college and career preparation. With growing evidence to support …
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UNDERSTANDING THE SOURCES OF GENDER DISPARITIES IN STEM
… parity with men, on average, in mathematics skills and exceeded men in verbal and noncognitive skills, but they lag behind in mechanical and, to a lesser extent, science skills. To identify the skill sets, coursetaking, and family background characteristics that best predict entry into STEM …
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Essays on Unemployment
… previously thought, and many earnings-relevant skills would likely hold steady during any additional unemployment. Collectively, the chapters show that the costs of unemployment insurance expansions are smaller than the existing consensus suggests. The first chapter, written jointly with …
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Incremental validity of character measures over the big five inventory in predicting academic achievement
Educationally contextualized character skills, such as grit, need for cognition, intellectual self-concept, mastery orientation, school value, and growth mindset, are important predictors of academic achievement. Yet, it remains unclear to what extent these proposed measures provide additional …
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Equity at the Starting Line: Pre-Primary Education, Parenting, and Child Development in China
… suggesting that broader dimensions of cognitive skills (for example intelligence and communication skills) and noncognitive skills (such as socioemotional and self-regulation skills) are more crucial for a wide range of long-term development outcomes. Fourthly, even in industrialized countries, …
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Essays on Technology and Work
… consists of four papers on technology, work, skills, and personality using novel large-scale data and methods. The first paper (Chapter 1, with Johannes Hirvonen and Aapo Stenhammar) presents novel evidence on the effects of advanced technologies on employment, skill demand, and firm …