The Impact of Instruction Time on Student Achievement
(2019) NEKP01 20191Department of Economics
- Abstract
- There is mounting evidence that cognitive skills such as numeracy and literacy are causal drivers of economic growth. Improving such skills is therefore an essential concern for policymakers. This thesis examines whether instruction time can raise students' cognitive skills. By using cross-sectional data on several countries participating in the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), I am able to use a student fixed effects model to assess the effect of increased instruction time on students' test scores. I find that a one hour increase in instruction time leads to a 0.04 standard deviation increase in test scores. Boys seem to benefit more from increased time spent in classrooms than girls. The impact of... (More)
- There is mounting evidence that cognitive skills such as numeracy and literacy are causal drivers of economic growth. Improving such skills is therefore an essential concern for policymakers. This thesis examines whether instruction time can raise students' cognitive skills. By using cross-sectional data on several countries participating in the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), I am able to use a student fixed effects model to assess the effect of increased instruction time on students' test scores. I find that a one hour increase in instruction time leads to a 0.04 standard deviation increase in test scores. Boys seem to benefit more from increased time spent in classrooms than girls. The impact of instruction time strongly differs between developed and developing countries. (Less)
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- author
- Wedel, Katharina LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- NEKP01 20191
- year
- 2019
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- instruction time, student achievement, cognitive skills, education production function
- language
- English
- id
- 8980832
- date added to LUP
- 2019-08-08 10:23:43
- date last changed
- 2019-08-08 10:23:43
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