Programme for International Student Assessment

depression, and sleep deprivation that can seriously affect children in the future. Starting from as early as second grades students in America are being ranked and pitted against one another. Throughout childhood children should remember the fun times at the park and playing with friends; they should not remember that they weren’t good enough or they didn’t do as well as another student. As thousands of children in America sit in school gymnasiums frantically rushing through the math section…

test is any form of an exam that requires every test taker to answer the same questions and that is scored in a consistent manner. Every student during their time in school will eventually take at least one. No student enjoys preparing for these extra tests, and some either will study a lot or none. Each student approach these exams differently. The way the students are taught can be highly influenced by the exam and what the material is. These are just two of many reasons why ever since the…

course book. Then, in the self-, and peer-assessment groups, the students were trained on how to assess themselves as well as their peers, respectively. For example the students were informed that they will have an assessment every two units covered from the course book, and are free to construct items of any type. While in the self-assessment group, they were instructed to make, to answer and then to mark their papers themselves, in the peer-assessment group, the candidates were instructed…

In Australia student achievement is significantly affected by the socio-economic composition of the school and by one’s own individual socio-economic status (SES). SES is the profile an individual or group takes on which can reflect their occupation, education, wealth and residence. In Perry and McConney’s (2010) article ‘School socio-economic composition and student outcomes in Australia: Implications for educational policy’ there is much inequity around opportunity and accessibility between…

The realist and liberalist theories are two rival ideas of international relations that make fundamentally opposing assumptions about both human character and the nature of the environment of international politics. Both of the competing theories have their origins in a different state of international conflict or collaboration and in judging which school of thought makes the most realistic and practical assumptions about the post-Cold War world, it is required to judge which theory’s…

andwe don’t want to be. We offer community funded loans to international postgraduate students attending top business schools. The loans are funded by a combination of business school alumni investors, high net worth individuals, the business school community and institutional investors who have an interest in higher education. Students gain access to funding their postgraduate degree that they often otherwise could not afford. Students need to be studying abroad (that is, outside their country…

population is still Hong Kong Chinese, more and more diverse students from different ethnic backgrounds arrive in Hong Kong to study resulting in a multicultural classroom environment (McInerney, 2010). Some researchers raise concerns of the current unequal student engagement level amongst diverse ethnic groups in classrooms. This concern may result in a skewed educational attainment for certain ethnic groups. Dr. McInerney states that student engagement is heavily associated with…

Discussion of the educational philosophies, cultural norms and values implicit in the Australian Digital Technologies and the UK’s Computing Curricula “There are standards for students, standards for teachers, standards for curriculum content, standards for just about everything that moves” (Eisner, 2000, p. 344). However, from the research, I found that the educational philosophies, cultural norms and values are not explicitly stated in each curriculum. In contrast, they have been developed and…

When it comes to the academics of private school students, they tend to score higher on the standardized test. In the National Assessment of Educational Progress private school students scored 15 to 20 points higher than public school students. Also, private school students normally have harder graduation requirements like the addition of community service and more coursework in each subject (Alt, 2002). On the other hand, another article makes the claim that student’s academic success is in…

people based on their diversified individual’s needs and ability (Okech, 1993). Among the different approaches to education, inclusive education is enabling all children to learn and participate effectively within school systems. It means that students with special needs are provided with specialized education in age-appropriate regular classes according to their special educational needs (Forman, 2002). Inclusive education is all about welcoming all children, without discrimination into…