Projects of Education and learning
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The Principal’s role in school: Influence of teaching leadership on academic performance
The study seeks to explore if the teaching leadership exercised by the principal in school has a significant effect on the students academic performance in Mathematics and Reading Comprehension. Furthermore, it will analyze if the effect of the authority leadership is the same for low-performing students and for high-performing students. The study will use the […]
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Teaching and Learning Study: achieving quality for all for the 2013 Annual Report of Educación para Todos (Education for All).
Preparation of a report as contribution for the 2013 Education for All Annual Report with the subject Teaching and Learning: achieving quality for all, with the participation of César Guadalupe, Juan León and Santiago Cueto.
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Baseline: use of time in public educational institutions
The main objective of the study is to know the use of time dedicated within the educational institutions and classrooms (teaching or other activities) and explore other factors or variables (cognitive demand, curricular coverage and classroom atmosphere) that may be associated to the quality of the education secondary school students receive in regular public educational […]
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Design of cognitive tests for the impact evaluation of Qali Warma
Technical assistance will be provided to the Follow-up and Evaluation Office (DGSYE) in the development of instruments to measure short-term memory and attention in school-age children (primary) within the framework of the impact evaluation of the National School Nutrition Program Qali Warma.
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Strengthening of the Education Sector Management in Peru
The project seeks to contribute towards the improvement of school learning results among Peruvian children, in particular, children from the most vulnerable groups of its population, responding to a set of challenges largely persisting in the sector management. The project activities will strengthen the capacities of the Ministry of Education (MED) governing body of the […]
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PRIDI: data gathering and preparation of reports on Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Paraguay and Peru
The Regional Project on Child Development Indicators (PRIDI) seeks to evaluate the levels of cognitive, language, motor and socio-emotional development in children 24 to 59 months old in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Paraguay and Peru. During the past two years, work done covered the development of the conceptual framework and the administration tools and manuals. The […]
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Preparation of technical foundations and tools for the analysis of factors associated to child development
The Early Years Education Bureau (DEI) of the Ministry of Education will evaluate the quality of the service in early years education in order to have a baseline with child indicators. Along this line, the DEI has requested GRADE technical assistance to design questionnaires on associated factors that may gather data regarding students and their […]
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OLPC: development of tool for follow-up of students
The goal of this new stage of the project is to develop tools that would be used in the follow-up of the students who received laptops under the OLPC program in 2009.
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Preparation of proposal and tools for the analysis of factors associated to student performance
As part of the 2013 National Evaluation, the Ministry will apply a series of questionnaires to teachers, principals, students and parents of public and private school, to contribute to explaining performance differences. The purpose is to review the foundations framework and the tools, with which the data regarding associated factors will be gathered.
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Conceptual model of family participation in school: A qualitative study in four Peruvian localities
A conceptual model will be developed to define and describe the different dimensions covered by family participation in school, and subsequently validate it based on a qualitative analysis of mothers’ and students’ perception and opinions in four different Peruvian contexts on the matter. The information to be used in this research is part of the […]
