Effectiveness of Time Investments in Education Insights from a review and meta-analysis /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Scheerens, Jaap (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Education,
• Subjects: Education.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Teaching.; Learning & Instruction.; Teaching and Teacher Education.; Educational Policy and Politics.

This book analyzes the productivity and effectiveness of a variety of time investments in education. It explores the methods used in education to optimize the time that students are exposed to learning content. Such methods include expanding official school time, optimizing “time on task”, providing...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction Scheerens
• 1. State of the art of time effectiveness; Jaap Scheerens and Maria Hendriks
• Annex to Chapter 1: Operational interpretations of “time”
• 2. Time in internationally comparative studies; Jaap Scheerens, Hans Luyten and Cees Glas
• 3. Meta-analysis; Maria Hendriks, Hans Luyten, Jaap Scheerens and Peter Sleegers
• 4. Relevance of the findings for educational policy and further research; Jaap Scheerens
• Annex to chapter 3: Tables of vote counting and meta-analyses.