Assessing educational practices : the contribution of economics /
Assessing Educational Practices introduces the nonspecialist to the research methods used by economists in studies of educational practices and institutions. The nine chapters explain the ways economists think about teachers' salaries, student achievement, class size, school organization, and o...
Other Authors: | , |
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Cambridge, Mass. :
MIT Press,
c1996.
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Online Access: | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=11338 |
Summary: | Assessing Educational Practices introduces the nonspecialist to the research methods used by economists in studies of educational practices and institutions. The nine chapters explain the ways economists think about teachers' salaries, student achievement, class size, school organization, and other subjects of current debate in education. Each author demonstrates how methods used in economics can be applied to measure the success and failure of educational practices. |
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Physical Description: | 1 ηλεκτρονική πηγή (viii, 283 σ.) : εικ. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 0585133093 9780585133096 |