Test‐ or judgement‐based school track recommendations: Equal opportunities for students with different socio‐economic backgrounds?

School‐track Environment or Endowment: What Determines Different Other‐regarding Behavior across Peer Groups? School-track Environment or Endowment: What Determines Different Other-regarding Behavior across Peer Groups? *

We demonstrate that school-track environment is a determinant in the formation of other-regarding preferences. Using experimental data of German schoolchildren, we compare other-regarding behavior across two school tracks resulting from achievement grouping. Across tracks, pupils differ in their share of giving in the dictator game as well as in the shares of free-riders and social welfare maxi...

Accessible E-Learning: Equal Pedagogical Opportunities for Students with Sensory Limitations

ABstRAct The transformation of the world into a highly technological place has led to the evolution of learning from the traditional classroom to e-learning, using tools such as course management systems (CMS). By its very nature, e-learning offers a range of advantages over traditional pedagogical methods, including issues of physical access. It is particularly useful for people with sensory l...

Research Opportunities for College Undergraduates and High School Students

Maximizing and personalizing e-learning support for students with different backgrounds and preferences

The present paper introduces some strategies used in teaching an Informatics course for non-IT first year university students. The strategies were developed during several years, using the main principles of flexible and blended learning. The methodology has been based on the results of experiments with students from social sciences, economics and technical faculties. Numerous tests were carrie...

Zinc levels, cognitive and personality features in children with different socioeconomic backgrounds

Zinc is an essential nutrient having a complex biological role, including neuropsychological aspects. The study aimed to compare zinc level and psychic features in two pupils groups from different socioeconomic backgrounds. It also ascertains the relationship between zinc levels and aspects of intellectual development (attention, memory, intelligence) and personality features (psychoticism, neu...