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Am I the Big Fish? The Effects of Ordinal Rank on Student Academic Performance in Middle School
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2019-06-28)
The idea that through perseverance and hard work, one can achieve his or her dreams is a pervasive one. There is already an established literature that studies the link between relative achievement and individual outcomes, ...
Why Do Asian Students Study Harder? Implications of a Model of Academic Competition
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2019-08-28)
Popularized by the OECD’s PISA rankings of a few dozen countries/regions according to the test results of their 15 year olds, Asian students’ impressive academic achievements are now well known. Each of the top five ...
Two Applications of Simulation in Healthcare Decision Making
(2019-04-26)
This study investigated the use of simulation modelling to promote informed decision making in two contexts: healthcare operations and classroom education. The first of these relied on a simple game-based model under a ...