Effect of private tutoring on university entrance examination performance in Turkey.

Autor/inn/en	Tansel, Aysit; Bircan, Fatma
Institution	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit
Titel	Effect of private tutoring on university entrance examination performance in Turkey.
Quelle	Bonn: IZA (2005), 23 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	Discussion paper / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (Bonn). 1609
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Monographie
DOI	10.2139/ssrn.721925
Schlagwörter	Empirische Untersuchung; Erfolg; Eltern; Privatunterricht; Aufnahmeprüfung; Bildungsabschluss; Nachhilfeunterricht; Datenanalyse; Einkommen; Hochschulzulassung; Hochschule; Vorbereitung; Türkei
Abstract	There is an excess demand for university education in Turkey. Highly competitive university entrance examination which rations the available places at university programs is very central to the lives of young people. In order to increase the chances of success of their children in the university entrance examination parents spend large sums of money on private tutoring (dersane) of their children. In this study, the authors investigate the factors that determine participation in private tutoring and the effect of private tutoring on getting placed at a university program. They further examine the impact of private tutoring on the scores of the applicants in the university entrance examination. The results indicate that controlling for other factors those students who receive private tutoring perform better in the university entrance examination. (DIPF/Orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2006/3