Is a schools' performance related to technical change? - A study on the relationship between innovations and secondary school productivity

Computers and Education

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 884-892

  Haelermans, Carla ^a,b   Blank, Jos L T ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Educational innovations; Productivity; Secondary education; Technology

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; EDUCATION COMPUTING; PRODUCTIVITY;

EDUCATIONAL INNOVATIONS; INNOVATION CLUSTERS; PROCESS INNOVATION; PRODUCTION MODELING; SECONDARY SCHOOLS; STUDENT PERFORMANCE; TECHNICAL CHANGE;

TEACHING;

EID: 84860994487     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2012.03.027     Document Type: Article

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