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Examining factors influencing students to leave science classes in Cambodia: a two-level hierarchical linear modeling 研究影响柬埔寨学生离开科学课的因素：两级分层线性模型

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Asia Pacific Education Review Pub Date : 2024-02-12 DOI: 10.1007/s12564-024-09928-7

Sokunrith Pov, Norimune Kawai, Ratha Chey, Sokha Khut, Saovorak Nov

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Governance reform of local university under the “Double World-Class” policy: are there unintended but not unanticipated consequences? 双一流 "政策下的地方大学治理改革：是否存在意料之外但并非预料之外的后果？

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Asia Pacific Education Review Pub Date : 2024-02-10 DOI: 10.1007/s12564-024-09926-9

Linhao Jiang, Youliang Zhang, Yucui Shen

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International academics in national research institutes in Korea and Japan: contributions, reasons for migration, and challenges 韩国和日本国家研究机构中的国际学者：贡献、移民原因和挑战

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Asia Pacific Education Review Pub Date : 2024-02-06 DOI: 10.1007/s12564-024-09925-w

Yangson Kim, Inyoung Song, Noboru Miyoshi

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Predictive factors for reading comprehension ability in indigenous high school students instructed through various teaching methods 通过各种教学方法指导土著高中生阅读理解能力的预测因素

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Asia Pacific Education Review Pub Date : 2024-01-16 DOI: 10.1007/s12564-023-09924-3

Tzu-Hua Huang

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Inclusive education in Japan and its role in international cooperation: analysis of a project for children with disabilities in Mongolia 日本的全纳教育及其在国际合作中的作用：对蒙古残疾儿童项目的分析

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Asia Pacific Education Review Pub Date : 2024-01-11 DOI: 10.1007/s12564-023-09923-4

Subin Cho, Jeehwan Park

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A pedagogy of emptiness: a daoist perspective 空性教学法：道家视角

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Asia Pacific Education Review Pub Date : 2024-01-03 DOI: 10.1007/s12564-023-09920-7

Ying Ma, Hongyu Wang

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Estimating the causal impact of non-traditional household structures on children’s educational performance using a machine learning propensity score 利用机器学习倾向得分估算非传统家庭结构对儿童教育成绩的因果影响

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Asia Pacific Education Review Pub Date : 2023-12-12 DOI: 10.1007/s12564-023-09916-3

Li-Dan Shang, Francisco Rowe, Eric S. Lin

{"title":"Estimating the causal impact of non-traditional household structures on children’s educational performance using a machine learning propensity score","authors":"Li-Dan Shang, Francisco Rowe, Eric S. Lin","doi":"10.1007/s12564-023-09916-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12564-023-09916-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Over the past two decades, family structures have diversified. International migration has led to a rise in the number of families in which at least one parent is foreign-born. Increases have also been observed in both the rate of partnership separation, leading to a greater number of single-parent households and an increase in the number of families where grandparents have assumed caring responsibilities for their grandchildren. Evidence indicates a strong relationship between family structure and children’s educational outcomes. Parental involvement is well documented as a key ingredient for the educational success of children. Drawing on Taiwanese multi-wave survey data (Taiwan Assessment of Student Achievement) and a machine-learning-based propensity score algorithm for multiple treatments, this paper aims to determine the various relationships between children from different household structures (two-parent households, skipped generation households, single-parent households, and immigrant households) and their cognitive knowledge (measured by test scores). Key findings reveal that children from skipped generation households achieve the lowest performance scores and that those from immigrant households tend to perform even better than children from traditional two-parent households in certain disciplines. Our results suggest that policy interventions targeted at providing remedial education and/or financial assistance are needed to support children from skipped generation families to redress existing educational disadvantages in Taiwan.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47344,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Education Review","volume":"25 4","pages":"939 - 957"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12564-023-09916-3.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139008775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Tsinghua or Beida? factors affecting high school students’ selection of prestigious universities in China 清华还是北大？影响高中生选择中国名牌大学的因素

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Asia Pacific Education Review Pub Date : 2023-12-06 DOI: 10.1007/s12564-023-09919-0

Youliang Zhang, Yidan Zhu

{"title":"Tsinghua or Beida? factors affecting high school students’ selection of prestigious universities in China","authors":"Youliang Zhang, Yidan Zhu","doi":"10.1007/s12564-023-09919-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12564-023-09919-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Amid concerns about creating internationally recognized world-class universities in China, this study aims to explore the factors that influence the selection of two prestigious universities in China, namely Tsinghua and Beida, by high school students. In light of concerns surrounding the establishment of globally renowned universities in China, this study applies Simon’s Bounded Rationality Theory (Q J Econ 69(1):99–118, https://doi.org/10.2307/1884852, 1957, Models of bounded rationality, MIT Press, Cambridge, 1982) to examine the decision-making tendencies of students when faced with limited information. The study analyzes survey data collected from 10 senior high schools in Henan province. Our findings reveal that students lack clarity regarding Chinese universities and majors. Students’ misconceptions about Tsinghua and Beida are linked to insufficient information and socially entrenched images of these two universities. Students’ social environment may subtly influence their choice between Tsinghua and Beida, with different socioeconomic backgrounds resulting in varying expectations. Additionally, we identified enrollment strategies that impact high school students’ choices. The study provides policy implications for Chinese elite universities and suggests that universities can enhance enrollment strategies by effectively promoting their institutions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47344,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Education Review","volume":"25 2","pages":"475 - 487"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138594671","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Learning-by-doing in a professional learning community: technological pedagogical and content knowledge development of Hong Kong university teaching staff 在专业学习社区中边做边学：香港大学教学人员的技术教学和内容知识发展

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Asia Pacific Education Review Pub Date : 2023-12-06 DOI: 10.1007/s12564-023-09918-1

Fan Su, Di Zou, Lixun Wang

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Predicting academic success: machine learning analysis of student, parental, and school efforts 预测学业成功：对学生、家长和学校努力的机器学习分析

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Asia Pacific Education Review Pub Date : 2023-11-29 DOI: 10.1007/s12564-023-09915-4

Xin Jin

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