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How has Educational Expansion changed the Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Achieving Professional, Managerial and Technical Class Positions in Britain? A Configurational Analysis. (2008)
Journal Article
Cooper, B., & Glaesser, J. (2008). How has Educational Expansion changed the Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Achieving Professional, Managerial and Technical Class Positions in Britain? A Configurational Analysis. Sociological Research Online, 13(3), 1-22

This paper, whose purpose is both substantive and methodological, focuses on changes over a nine year period, drawing on data from two British birth cohorts (individuals born in 1958 and 1970), and, substantively, employs set theoretic methods to exp... Read More about How has Educational Expansion changed the Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Achieving Professional, Managerial and Technical Class Positions in Britain? A Configurational Analysis..

Representing multiplication. (2008)
Journal Article
Harries, A., & Barmby, P. (2008). Representing multiplication. Mathematics teaching, 206, 37-41

The Importance of Districts. (2008)
Journal Article
Tymms, P., Merrell, C., Heron, T., Jones, P., Albone, S., & Henderson, B. (2008). The Importance of Districts. School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 19(3), 261-274. https://doi.org/10.1080/09243450802332069

Effectiveness studies have largely concentrated on the school as the unit of analysis, although an increasing number have directed their attention to the teacher as the main unit of interest. But policy is often directed through organisations at the... Read More about The Importance of Districts..

Goal orientations in Russian university students: from mastery to performance? (2008)
Journal Article
Remedios, R., Kiseleva, Z., & Elliott, J. (2008). Goal orientations in Russian university students: from mastery to performance?. Educational Psychology, 28(6), 677-691. https://doi.org/10.1080/01443410802200257

Research in the UK has shown that students start their university career with the goal of mastering their subject, but this focus shifts as they progress through their degree program. Studies have suggested that unlike students in the UK, Russian stu... Read More about Goal orientations in Russian university students: from mastery to performance?.