Can changes in teacher pay encourage more able individuals to enter the teaching profession? So far, studies of the impact of pay on the aptitude distribution of teachers have provided mixed evidence on the extent to which altering teacher salaries represents a feasible solution to the teacher quality problem. Using a unique dataset of test scores for everyone admitted into an Australian univer...

Pragmatic competence is one of the most important components of successful communication; also, it is the most difficult aspect of SLA. This study aimed to explore the effects of concurrent group dynamic assessment (G-DA) on Iranian EFL learners’ learning of requests and refusals, following a mixed method design. In the experimental part of the study, 2 intact classes were homogenized by a pret...

We report on the nature and timing of services provided to children with an intellectual disability (ID) identified by a new comprehensive assessment and care planning tool used to evaluate children's needs for Medicaid Personal Care Services (PCS) in Texas. The new assessment procedure resulted from a legal settlement with the advocacy community. Participants in the study were 1,109 children a...

We examine the relationships between observational ratings of teacher performance, principals’ evaluations of teachers’ cognitive and non-cognitive skills and test-score based measures of teachers’ productivity. We find that principals can distinguish between high and low performing teachers, but the overall correlation between principal ratings of teachers and teachers’ valueadded contribution...

This paper deals with a distance learning environment in the field of educational robotics. On the one hand, the learners interact with this environment through pedagogical activities (browsing electronic book, designing and building micro-robots, describing and driving micro-robots). On the other hand, the teacher has to prepare these activities and to help the learners when they encounter dif...

Survey data from 36,771 European grandparents were analyzed with respect to childcare assistance that interviewees provided their birth children versus stepchildren. Interviewees current partners far more such adult who the progeny of both than those stepchildren either one's self or partner, but husband and wife helped wife's prior unions they husband's children, supporting interpretation step...