Browsing OSU - Faculty Papers by Subject "education"
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Child ability and household human capital investment decisions in Burkina Faso
(University of Chicago Press, 2012)Using data we collected in Burkina Faso, we explore how child ability influences parents' decisions to invest in their children's human capital. We use a direct measure of child ability for all primary school-aged children, ... -
Consolidating rural school districts: Potential savings and effects on student achievement
(Cambridge University Press, 2000-12)One frequently proposed policy is to consolidate rural school districts in order to save money by obtaining economies of size. The effects of school district size on both expenditures and standardized test scores are ... -
Enhancing textual accessibility for readers with dyslexia through transfer learning
(Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2023-10-22)This paper explores automated modification of text to make it more accessible for people with dyslexia, a reading disorder affecting a significant percentage of the global population. The modifications are both in terms ... -
Preliminary study of illumination levels in university and elementary classrooms in Campina Grande, Brazil
(Science Publications, 2007)The purpose of our study was to provide preliminary data on light levels used in university and elementary school classrooms in Campina Grande, Brazil with the aim of providing Brazilian politicians and educators with data ...