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An analysis of parental satisfaction with school
Jerrim, John; Prieto-Latorre, Claudia
; López-Agudo, Luis Alejandro; Marcenaro-Gutiérrez, Óscar David (2022-06-30)
This article presents an analysis of factors which are important in the satisfaction with schools during primary education by families. The empirical evidence herein is based on students attending primary education in ... -
An international analysis of parental school preferences.
Jerrim, John; Prieto-Latorre, Claudia; López-Agudo, Luis Alejandro; Marcenaro-Gutiérrez, Óscar David (2023)
Parents are concerned about their children’s educational progress, and thus school choice has an important role in parenting. This research analyses the features when choosing a school in the countries participating in the ... -
Are early writers and readers more successful than their counterparts?
López-Agudo, Luis Alejandro; Marcenaro-Gutiérrez, Óscar David (2016-02-12)
There exists an increasing number of scientific contributions focused on the influence of the attendance to early childhood and/or preprimary education on the future academic track of the students, which employ the quarter ... -
Are soft skills conditioned by conflicting factors? A multiobjective programming approach to explore the trade-offs
Marcenaro-Gutiérrez, Óscar David; López-Agudo, Luis Alejandro; Henriques, Carla Oliveira (Science Direct, 2021)
Despite the relevance of noncognitive skills (i.e. soft skills) for individual development and for certain forms of employment, they tend to be overlooked in studies centred on educational performance. This study brings ... -
Comparing parental satisfaction with their child’s school during primary and secondary education
Jerrim, John; Prieto-Latorre, Claudia; López-Agudo, Luis Alejandro; Marcenaro Gutierrez, Oscar David (2023)
A wide array of research has investigated the correlates and consequences of parental satisfaction with their child’s school. In brief, parents look at academic performance, but also other non-academic dimensions such as ... -
The difficulty of obtaining causal impact: an international analysis of students’ academic achievement
Jerrim, John; López-Agudo, Luis Alejandro; Marcenaro-Gutiérrez, Óscar David; Shure, Nikki (2018-01-08)
International large-scale assessments such as PISA are increasingly being used to benchmark the academic performance of young people across the world. Yet many of the technicalities underpinning these datasets are ... -
Does it matter what students read? Evidence from Andalusia
There is a great amount of literature which states that promoting reading among students is of public interest. Nevertheless, there is scarce evidence on the differential influence that each type of readings can have on ... -
Essays on economics of education from the perspective of microeconometrics and optimization
López-Agudo, Luis Alejandro (UMA Editorial, 2017)
Esta tesis pertenece al campo de la Economía de la Educación, área de investigación dentro de la Economía que se basa en la aplicación de técnicas econométricas para analizar la realidad educativa. La intención de esta ... -
Estatus socioeconómico y nivel de inglés académico autopercibido por alumnado universitario
En esta comunicación se pretende analizar si el estatus socioeconómico del alumnado universitario influye en el nivel de inglés académico autopercibido por este, al entender que esta percepción puede ser un factor condicionante ... -
Financial illiteracy in Spain: a structural problem
Marcenaro-Gutiérrez, Óscar David; López-Agudo, Luis Alejandro; Molina Marfil, José Antonio (2019-01-29)
Financial education in Spain has been traditionally a forgotten subject. Nevertheless, recent economic problems, as the economic crisis, have put into focus the lack of financial literacy that Spanish population presents. ... -
Grade retention and academic performance: a difficult relationship?
López-Agudo, Luis Alejandro; Ladrón de Guevara Rodríguez, María; Marcenaro-Gutiérrez, Óscar David (2022-06)
The education debate in Spain has widely discussed the positive and negative features of grade retention on students’ academic performance but, in spite of its relevance, this impact has not been assessed beyond correlation. ... -
How to make parents happy with the school and teachers?
Jerrim, John; Prieto-Latorre, Claudia; López-Agudo, Luis Alejandro; Marcenaro-Gutiérrez, Óscar David (2022)
Parental satisfaction with their children’s school and teachers have been extensively analysed in the literature. However, most research works do not agree in the set of factors which define this parental satisfaction. ... -
How to reach compromises in life satisfaction: a conflicting and multidimensional task
Oliveira Henriques, Carla; Marcenaro-Gutiérrez, Óscar David; López-Agudo, Luis Alejandro; Luque-Gallego, Mariano (2019-07-10)
Recent concerns around the importance of job and life satisfaction on firms’ productivity have been brought to the policy debate in the European Union. Irrespective of the numerous scientific publications that have been ... -
Ideal Internet usage and academic achievement: finding the right balance
Ladrón de Guevara Rodríguez, María; López-Agudo, Luis Alejandro; Prieto-Latorre, Claudia; Marcenaro-Gutiérrez, Óscar David (2022-07)
Younger generations have grown up with the Internet. Far from being a purely information search engine, the Internet has become fully integrated into the way children live and learn today. It has changed the way children ... -
Iniciación al bilingüismo a través del trabajo colaborativo en el Grado de Educación Social. Una investigación-acción en el aula no bilingüe.
La sociedad del siglo XXI plantea nuevas exigencias a la ciudadanía puesto que en un mundo globalizado los retos que se presentan requieren soluciones multilaterales. En este contexto, la internacionalización genera nuevas ... -
Innovación educativa mediante el uso del inglés como lengua vehicular en educación superior: Percepciones del alumnado
Barrios-Espinosa, María Elvira; Linde-Valenzuela, Teresa Loreto; López-Agudo, Luis Alejandro (2020-10-16)
La investigación se realizó en el marco de un Proyecto de Innovación Educativa (en adelante, PIE) reconocido por el Vicerrectorado de Personal Docente e Investigador en su convocatoria 2019-2021, que plantea el diseño, ... -
International evidence on the influence of kindergarten on students’ later competences.
Parents have the option to enrol their children in kindergarten education (from 0 to 3 years) in many countries, although not all parents decide to do it, so their children are enrolled when they are between 3 to 5, or ... -
Internet use and academic performance: An interval approach
Ladrón de Guevara Rodríguez, María; López-Agudo, Luis Alejandro; Prieto-Latorre, Claudia; Marcenaro-Gutiérrez, Óscar David (Springer, 2022-05-21)
As children spend more and more time on electronic devices and social networks, there is a growing concern about the infuence that these activities may have on their development and social well-being. In this context, ... -
Is grade retention the solution for failing?
The convenience of grade retention for students’ adequate progression in the education system has been the focus of great debate. However, the characteristics that the grade retention variable presents when explaining ... -
Is homework the solution to low academic performance?
Parental associations have long held the view that Spanish elementary school pupils spend too much time undertaking homework. This situation is so alarming that it has recently (2016) caused a ‘homework strike’, which has ...