Closing the Attainment Gap: Collaboration between Schools in Sierra Leone - Mason, Miriam; Galloway, David; Joyce-Gibbons, Andrew (Educational & Child Psychology, 2018)
Background: UK government policy views collaboration with outstanding schools as a way of helping apparently less successful schools to close the attainment gap. However, there has been little debate about criteria for defining a school's success or failure. Moreover it is unclear which aspects of outstanding schools could readily transfer to other schools. These questions applied when EducAid, an NGO with schools for disadvantaged children in Sierra Leone, was asked to provide a programme of workshops for teachers in neighbouring schools. Aims: (i) To establish whether EducAid's results justified agreeing to the request; (ii) To identify key features of EducAid schools that could be transferable to neighbouring schools; (iii) To propose key features of an evaluation. Methods: Collection of national and local data and analysis of key features of EducAid schools that could, and could not, transfer to other schools. Findings: The limited available data supported a decision that EducAid schools should offer workshops for other schools. Key components of the programme are identified, with a design including an ambitious evaluation framework. Conclusions: To our knowledge, this is the first time that teachers in successful schools have been asked to provide a structured programme of workshops for teachers in neighbouring schools. Discussion focuses on the challenge of inter-school collaboration in a low-income country. This includes the tension between the models of pedagogy and interpersonal relations promoted in the CPD and the constraints imposed by the public examination system.
Publisher: British Psychological Society ERIC Number: EJ1247348 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 4869029:P8HC3J4Z 4869029:V2897MQ4
Keywords: Achievement Gap; Data Collection; Developing Nations; Disadvantaged Youth; Elementary School Teachers; Exit Examinations; Foreign Countries; Institutional Cooperation; Nongovernmental Organizations; Outcomes of Education; Professional Continuing Education; Program Design; Replication (Evaluation); School Closing; School Effectiveness; Workshops; ⛔ No DOI found

Meeting agenda matters: promoting reflective dialogue in teacher communities - Dogan, Selcuk; Yurtseven, Nihal; Tatık, Ramazan Şamil (Professional Development in Education, 2018)
(2018). Meeting agenda matters: promoting reflective dialogue in teacher communities. Professional Development in Education. Ahead of Print.
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Keywords: _C:Australia AUS; _C:Lebanon LBN; _C:Pakistan PAK; _C:Turkey TUR; _C:United Kingdom GBR; _C:United States USA; _C:Zambia ZMB; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; ⛔ No DOI found

Building capacity for professional development: the development of teachers as facilitators in Ghana - Perry, Emily; Bevins, Stuart (Professional Development in Education, 2018)
In low- and middle-income countries, cascade models of teacher professional development are often used as routes to educational reform. In these models, external agents deliver professional development, which is then disseminated by in-country facilitators. However, little is known about how to support facilitators of professional development, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. In this study, we report on a model of capacity building for professional development in Ghana. In the context of a large-scale programme of science teacher professional development, a group of Ghanaian teachers gradually assumed responsibility for professional development facilitation, working alongside experienced facilitators from the UK. Using interviews focussed on a storyline technique, we explore the experiences of the Ghanaian teachers as they reflected on their roles. We found the teachers’ epistemological beliefs about teaching were coherent with those of the programme and suggest that this may be an important factor in the success of cascade models of professional development. The teachers gained self-confidence and improved their knowledge and skills of teaching and of professional development facilitation. We propose that this is useful learning for all facilitators and that the model described here is one which is potentially useful for capacity building in other contexts.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1080/19415257.2018.1474489 10/gf62g8 2129771:ZSW9GMBF
Keywords: CPD; Ghana; Professional development; _C:Benin BEN; _C:Ghana GHA; _C:India IND; _C:Kenya KEN; _C:Lesotho LSO; _C:Netherlands NLD; _C:Nigeria NGA; _C:Singapore SGP; _C:Somalia SOM; _C:Somaliland XSMLD; _C:Tanzania TZA; _C:Uganda UGA; _C:United Kingdom GBR; _C:United States USA; _C:Zambia ZMB; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; capacity building; facilitation; professional learning; science education

Doing Research In and On the Digital: Research Methods across Fields of Inquiry - Costa, Cristina; Condie, Jenna (2018)

Making progress with the automation of systematic reviews: principles of the International Collaboration for the Automation of Systematic Reviews (ICASR) - Beller, Elaine; Clark, Justin; Tsafnat, Guy; Adams, Clive; Diehl, Heinz; Lund, Hans; Ouzzani, Mourad; Thayer, Kristina; Thomas, James; Turner, Tari; Xia, Jun; Robinson, Karen; et al. (Systematic Reviews, 2018)
Systematic reviews (SR) are vital to health care, but have become complicated and time-consuming, due to the rapid expansion of evidence to be synthesised. Fortunately, many tasks of systematic reviews have the potential to be automated or may be assisted by automation. Recent advances in natural language processing, text mining and machine learning have produced new algorithms that can accurately mimic human endeavour in systematic review activity, faster and more cheaply. Automation tools need to be able to work together, to exchange data and results. Therefore, we initiated the International Collaboration for the Automation of Systematic Reviews (ICASR), to successfully put all the parts of automation of systematic review production together. The first meeting was held in Vienna in October 2015. We established a set of principles to enable tools to be developed and integrated into toolkits.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1186/s13643-018-0740-7 2129771:UVC9AI9S 2486141:HS3YSTZS 2486141:LXFVPM4S
Keywords: Automation; Collaboration; Systematic review; _TBC for use ailr-2024

Human Capital in Iraq - Tull, Kerina (2018)
This rapid review has found that human capital is developing in Iraq after years of stagnation due to the 2003 war, where the health and education sectors were hit particularly strongly (OCHA, 2018:5). About 50% of Iraq’s population is under 19 years old, and youth unemployment is very high at 34.6% (World Bank, 2017). There is a strong need to invest in young people, to release their economic value at the individual, employer, and community levels. A number of plans and strategies to help build collective skills, knowledge, or other intangible assets of individuals are noted in this review. As there are regional differences in human capital development between areas in Iraq, the evidence is divided into regions or governorates, where appropriate.
Accepted: 2018-06-04T10:07:45Z Publisher: Institute of Development Studies KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:QYRZ6CT4 4869029:FZIA7CVY
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Ninth Edition: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers - Turabian, Kate L.; Booth, Wayne C.; Colomb, Gregory G.; Williams, Joseph M.; Bizup, Joseph (University of Chicago Press, 2018)
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Is standardization the enemy of personalization? Not necessarily - Fisher, Julia Freeland (Christensen Institute, 2018)
A key difference between a system that standardizes to personalize and one that doesn’t is whether it starts with robust diagnostics that put precision first.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 4804264:GR8U9Q9Z
Keywords: Final_citation; existing

Unpacking PLCs: What evidence do we have about professional learning communities and how can we produce more? - Soares, Fernanda; Galisson, Kirsten (R&E Search for Evidence, 2018)
In this post, we further define professional learning communities (PLCs) and review existing evidence on the effect of PLCs. We then outline FHI 360-funded research that we have initiated to study PLCs in three low- and middle-income countries: Equatorial Guinea, Ghana and Nigeria.
Section: Uncategorized

Migration Policy Debates - OECD-Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD, 2018)
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Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society - Posner, Eric A.; Weyl, E. Glen (Radical Markets, 2018)
Revolutionary ideas on how to use markets to bring about fairness and prosperity for all Many blame today's economic inequality, stagnation, and political instability on the free market. The solution is to rein in the market, right? Radical Markets turns this thinking–and pretty much all conventional thinking about markets, both for and against—on its head. The book reveals bold new ways to organize markets for the good of everyone. It shows how the emancipatory force of genuinely open, free, and competitive markets can reawaken the dormant nineteenth-century spirit of liberal reform and lead to greater equality, prosperity, and cooperation. Eric Posner and Glen Weyl demonstrate why private property is inherently monopolistic, and how we would all be better off if private ownership were converted into a public auction for public benefit. They show how the principle of one person, one vote inhibits democracy, suggesting instead an ingenious way for voters to effectively influence the issues that matter most to them. They argue that every citizen of a host country should benefit from immigration—not just migrants and their capitalist employers. They propose leveraging antitrust laws to liberate markets from the grip of institutional investors and creating a data labor movement to force digital monopolies to compensate people for their electronic data. Only by radically expanding the scope of markets can we reduce inequality, restore robust economic growth, and resolve political conflicts. But to do that, we must replace our most sacred institutions with truly free and open competition— Radical Markets shows how.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.23943/9781400889457 4804264:CR7HHC8P
Keywords: Final_citation

Effectiveness of Teachers’ Guides in the Global South: Scripting, Learning Outcomes, and Classroom Utilization - Piper, Benjamin; Sitabkhan, Yasmin; Mejia, Jessica; Betts, Kellie (RTI Press, 2018)
This report presents the results of RTI International Education’s study on teachers' guides across 13 countries and 19 projects. Using quantitative and qualitative methods, we examine how teachers’ guides across the projects differ and find substantial variation in the design and structure of the documents. We develop a scripting index so that the scripting levels of the guides can be compared across projects. The impact results of the programs that use teachers’ guides show significant impacts on learning outcomes, associated with approximately an additional half year of learning, showing that structured teachers’ guides contribute to improved learning outcomes. During observations, we find that teachers make a variety of changes in their classroom instruction from how the guides are written, showing that the utilization of structured teachers’ guides do not create robotic teachers unable to use their own professional skills to teach children. Unfortunately, many changes that teachers make reduce the amount of group work and interactivity that was described in the guides, suggesting that programs should encourage teachers to more heavily utilize the instructional routines designed in the guide. The report includes a set of research-based guidelines that material developers can use to develop teachers’ guides that will support effective instructional practices and help improve learning outcomes. The key takeaway from the report is that structured teachers' guides improve learning outcomes, but that overly scripted teachers' guides are somewhat less effective than simplified teachers' guides that give specific guidance to the teacher but are not written word for word for each lesson in the guide.
shortDOI: 10/ggjrfk KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.3768/rtipress.2018.op.0053.1805 10/ggjrfk 2339240:G6QUKYB2 2405685:8N3DSXF9 2405685:BX25H7CF 2405685:NLYSQ2ZG 2534378:AJ5Q28IL

Effectiveness of teachers' guides in the Global South: Scripting, learning outcomes, and classroom utilization - Piper, Benjamin; Sitabkhan, Yasmin; Mejia, Jessica; Betts, Kellie (Research Triangle Park, 2018)
This report presents the results of RTI International Education’s study on teachers' guides across 13 countries and 19 projects. Using quantitative and qualitative methods, we examine how teachers’ guides across the projects differ and find substantial variation in the design and structure of the documents. We develop a scripting index so that the scripting levels of the guides can be compared across projects.
Publisher: RTI International. P.O. Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2194. Tel: 919-541-6000; e-mail: publications@rit.org; Web site: http://www.rti.org KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.3768/rtipress.2018.op.0053.1805 2129771:P8SHVBPP 2129771:T2KAIHB7
Keywords: _genre:PR-primary_research; _yl:b

OER Awareness and Use: The Affinity Between Higher Education and K-12 - Blomgren, Constance (The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2018)
Educators within Higher Education (HE) and K-12 share in the need for high quality educational resources to assist in the pursuit of teaching and learning. Although there are numerous differences between the two levels of education, there are commonalties in the perceptions of the purpose, practical uses, and challenges that abide in the use of Open Educational Resources (OER). Observations made while producing podcasts and videos for OER awareness, use, and championing, form an exposition of the merits of OER for HE and K-12. Benefits include cost-savings in acquiring resources for teaching and learning as well as user-generated content, instructor creativity, and contextualized and responsively timely learning opportunities. Additionally, the teaching culture of K-12 has historically supported the sharing of learning activities and learning resources. At all levels of education, OER awareness requires a deeper understanding of the changes to teaching and learning borne by open educational practices.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.19173/irrodl.v19i2.3431 4804264:GPZ5WF9I
Keywords: Final_citation; HE OER; K-12 OER; OER awareness; OER benefits; cited; existing; open educational practices; open pedagogy

Hackathons as a means of accelerating scientific discoveries and knowledge transfer - Ghouila, Amel; Siwo, Geoffrey Henry; Entfellner, Jean-Baka Domelevo; Panji, Sumir; Button-Simons, Katrina A.; Davis, Sage Zenon; Fadlelmola, Faisal M.; Participants, The DREAM of Malaria Hackathon; Ferdig, Michael T.; Mulder, Nicola; Bensellak, Taoufik; Ghansah, Anita; et al. (Genome Research, 2018)
Scientific research plays a key role in the advancement of human knowledge and pursuit of solutions to important societal challenges. Typically, research occurs within specific institutions where data are generated and subsequently analyzed. Although collaborative science bringing together multiple institutions is now common, in such collaborations the analytical processing of the data is often performed by individual researchers within the team, with only limited internal oversight and critical analysis of the workflow prior to publication. Here, we show how hackathons can be a means of enhancing collaborative science by enabling peer review before results of analyses are published by cross-validating the design of studies or underlying data sets and by driving reproducibility of scientific analyses. Traditionally, in data analysis processes, data generators and bioinformaticians are divided and do not collaborate on analyzing the data. Hackathons are a good strategy to build bridges over the traditional divide and are potentially a great agile extension to the more structured collaborations between multiple investigators and institutions.
Company: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press Distributor: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press Institution: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press Label: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Lab KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1101/gr.228460.117 2129771:XL2XEHRM

How international tests fail to inform policy: The unsolved mystery of Australia’s steady decline in PISA scores - Morsy, Leila; Khavenson, Tatiana; Carnoy, Martin (International Journal of Educational Development, 2018)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:22A9H2T5 2129771:QFFYZAQM
Keywords: Educational policies; International tests; Private education; Quality of education; Social class differences

Should We Treat Data as Labor? Moving beyond "Free" - Arrieta-Ibarra, Imanol; Goff, Leonard; Jiménez-Hernández, Diego; Lanier, Jaron; Weyl, E. Glen (AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2018)
In the digital economy, user data is typically treated as capital created by corporations observing willing individuals. This neglects users' roles in creating data, reducing incentives for users, distributing the gains from the data economy unequally, and stoking fears of automation. Instead, treating data (at least partially) as labor could help resolve these issues and restore a functioning market for user contributions, but may run against the near-term interests of dominant data monopsonists who have benefited from data being treated as "free." Countervailing power, in the form of competition, a data labor movement, and/or thoughtful regulation could help restore balance.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1257/pandp.20181003 4804264:PNJEPNQJ
Keywords: Computer Programs: General; Equity; Justice; Inequality; and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement; Monopsony; Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Final_citation; Segmented Labor Markets

Effective Learning Strategies to Improve Basic Education Outcomes - Bolton, Laura (2018)
Improving basic education outcomes is a very broad research area. The time constraints of the helpdesk review directed focus on large-scale reviews of learning strategies in low- and middle-income countries. This was supplemented by rapid searching to see what research could be identified within the limitations of this report that focussed on outcomes on highly marginalised, conflict affected children, or those from federal states. Broader scope strategies to improve learning for other important marginalised groups for example, girls and indigenous populations, are also included.Different systematic reviews emphasise different conclusions. Bashir et al. (2018) highlight a focus on teaching to improve learning. They recommend focus on teacher knowledge, teaching practice, and instructional time.
Accepted: 2018-06-01T09:18:03Z Publisher: Institute of Development Studies KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:296DKUQW 4869029:9PIQJY7A
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Aid Agency Approaches to the Design and Delivery of Basic Education Programmes - Joynes, Chris; Plunkett, Roisin (2018)
This report provides a global selection of case studies providing evidence of approaches to the design of basic education interventions by aid agencies. In keeping with the request, the scope of the report focusses as far as possible on outcome-driven approaches, and includes an analysis of any evidence of programmatic responsiveness to need and context.
Accepted: 2018-06-01T09:20:58Z Publisher: Institute of Development Studies KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:YW3NPB37 4869029:45LREA54
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Approaches to Managing Public Sector Basic Education Systems for Delivery of School and Classroom-Focused Results - Joynes, Chris (2018)
This report provides a summary of global evidence on effective approaches to improving and reforming public sector basic education systems with a particular focus on delivery of school and classroom-focused results. In keeping with the request, the scope of the report focusses primarily on emerging practices associated with financial management, HR Management, and the use of data-gathering and evidence to inform decision-making at all levels of the system.
Accepted: 2018-05-31T12:19:43Z Publisher: Institute of Development Studies KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:6FCCB5LK 4869029:EZMSKMRS
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

The Impact of Entrepreneurship Training Programmes - Ismail, Zenobia (2018)
Entrepreneurship training programmes generally have a positive impact on existing and aspiring entrepreneurs, especially in terms of promoting better business practices. Programmes which provide training for entrepreneurs often include other interventions such as micro-finance, grants, internships or mentorship. The varied content of the programmes as well as differences in length and intensity undermines the extent to which such interventions can be compared. Consequently, it is difficult to reach a consensus regarding how effective entrepreneurship training programmes are. Entrepreneurship training programmes that combine training with finance have more impact on raising self-employment through start-ups as well as enhancing business performance and practices. Entrepreneurs are more likely to remain self-employed if they have access to a second capital grant
Accepted: 2018-05-31T12:20:48Z Publisher: Institute of Development Studies KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:KGA9SKUV 4869029:B639LLKX
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Design and evaluation of a web-based decision support tool for district-level disease surveillance in a low-resource setting - Pore, Meenal; Sengeh, David M.; Mugambi, Purity; Purswani, Nuri V.; Sesay, Tom; Arnold, Anna Lena; Tran, Anh-Minh A.; Myers, Ralph (AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings, 2018)
During the 2014 West African Ebola Virus outbreak it became apparent that the initial response to the outbreak was hampered by limitations in the collection, aggregation, analysis and use of data for intervention planning. As part of the post-Ebola recovery phase, IBM Research Africa partnered with the Port Loko District Health Management Team (DHMT) in Sierra Leone and GOAL Global, to design, implement and deploy a web-based decision support tool for district-level disease surveillance. This paper discusses the design process and the functionality of the first version of the system. The paper presents evaluation results prior to a pilot deployment and identifies features for future iterations. A qualitative assessment of the tool prior to pilot deployment indicates that it improves the timeliness and ease of using data for making decisions at the DHMT level.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:9G4XAC7L
Keywords: _C:Sierra Leone SLE

Drone Delivery Start-Up Zipline Beats Amazon, UPS And FedEx To The Punch - CNBC (2018)
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A computational literature review of the field of System Dynamics from 1974 to 2017 - Kunc, Martin; Mortenson, Michael J.; Vidgen, Richard (Journal of Simulation, 2018)
System Dynamics celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2017. While there have been numerous special issues in diverse journals that bring together work by System Dynamics scholars who share similar research interests, there have been no systematic reviews of scholarly activity across the broad field. This paper presents a computational literature review of the field from 1974 to 2017. A CLR automates the analysis of research articles with analysis of content (topic modelling of abstracts) to identify emergent themes in the literature. We performed a broad review of the field by initially searching using the term “System Dynamics” with more than 8000 articles. However, the results obtained were not satisfactory so we decided to restrict our sample to less than 800 articles from recognised journals and proceedings. After evaluation of the results obtained from topic modelling, we decided to use 51 topics covering most of the articles in our sample. A list of 51 topics provides enough granularity to identify relevant patterns of activity within the community of System Dynamics scholars. For each of these 51 topics, we present a commentary on the key insights obtained.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis _eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/17477778.2018.1468950 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1080/17477778.2018.1468950 2129771:2FU62ZKT 2129771:L8V92LVH 2405685:KNZA7VQE 2486141:2X7SQ6MJ 2486141:Y3KUR5CN
Keywords: System Dynamics; computational literature review; healthcare; methodology; supply chain

Spatially disaggregated population estimates in the absence of national population and housing census data - Wardrop, N. A.; Jochem, W. C.; Bird, T. J.; Chamberlain, H. R.; Clarke, D.; Kerr, D.; Bengtsson, L.; Juran, S.; Seaman, V.; Tatem, A. J. (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2018)
Population numbers at local levels are fundamental data for many applications, including the delivery and planning of services, election preparation, and response to disasters. In resource-poor settings, recent and reliable demographic data at subnational scales can often be lacking. National population and housing census data can be outdated, inaccurate, or missing key groups or areas, while registry data are generally lacking or incomplete. Moreover, at local scales accurate boundary data are often limited, and high rates of migration and urban growth make existing data quickly outdated. Here we review past and ongoing work aimed at producing spatially disaggregated local-scale population estimates, and discuss how new technologies are now enabling robust and cost-effective solutions. Recent advances in the availability of detailed satellite imagery, geopositioning tools for field surveys, statistical methods, and computational power are enabling the development and application of approaches that can estimate population distributions at fine spatial scales across entire countries in the absence of census data. We outline the potential of such approaches as well as their limitations, emphasizing the political and operational hurdles for acceptance and sustainable implementation of new approaches, and the continued importance of traditional sources of national statistical data.
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences Section: Perspective
Keywords: census; geostatistics; population; remote sensing; surveys

Mathematical modelling in teacher education: dealing with institutional constraints - Barquero, Berta; Bosch, Marianna; Romo, Avenilde (ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2018)
Considering the general problem of integrating mathematical modelling into current educational systems, this paper focuses on the "ecological dimension" of this problem–the institutional constraints that hinder the development of mathematical modelling as a normalised teaching activity–and the inevitable step of the professional development of teachers. Within the framework of the Anthropological Theory of the Didactic, this step is approached using the "study and research paths for teacher education" (SRP-TE), an inquiry-based process combining practical and theoretical questioning of school mathematical activities. We present a research study focusing on the design and analysis of an online and distance-learning course for in-service mathematics teachers based on the SRP-TE methodology. This course starts from the initial question of how to analyse, adapt and integrate a learning process related to mathematical modelling and how to sustain its long-term development. Our analysis is based on a case study consisting in four successive editions of a course for Latin American in-service mathematics teachers held at the Centre for Applied Research in Advanced Science and Technology in Mexico. The starting point is a modelling activity about forecasting the number of Facebook users, which includes functional modelling and regression. The results show how the course represents a valuable instrument to help teachers progress in the critical issue of identifying institutional constraints–most of them beyond the scope of action of teachers and students and not approached by previous research–hindering the integration of mathematical modelling in current secondary schools.
Publisher: Springer, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013 Cam URL: https://ezp.lib.cam.ac.uk/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/2101593199?accountid=9851 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1007/s11858-017-0907-z 2405685:6B4BREQ8 2534378:8BWRCH2S 2534378:RTGC7399
Keywords: Barriers; Case Studies; Distance Education; ERIC; Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE); Ecological Factors; Foreign Countries; Inservice Teacher Education; Instructional Design; Mathematical Models; Mathematics Teachers; Mexico; Online Courses; Prediction; Regression (Statistics); Social Media; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2095891; __finaldtb

Digital game-based learning for K-12 mathematics education: A meta-analysis - Byun, JaeHwan; Joung, Eunmi (School Science and Mathematics, 2018)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1111/ssm.12271 4804264:LF4UM7QE
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

Investigating effects of using digital video in teacher training in Cambodia - Lok, Leandra; Schellings, Gonny; Brouwer, Niels; Brok, Perry Den (Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2018)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 4804264:Z73VM26Z
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing; ⛔ No DOI found

Investigating effects of using digital video in teacher training in Cambodia - Lok, Leandra; Schellings, Gonny; Brouwer, Niels; Den Brok, Perry (Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2018)
While research has shown that video can be an effective tool in the professional learning of teachers in industrialized countries, it is unknown whether this is also true for other countries with distinctive cultural, political, and historical contexts, such as Cambodia. This paper presents results from a study which examined the effectiveness of using video to introduce student-centered teaching to teachers in Cambodia. The training consisted of collaboratively watching and discussing videos of teaching practices. A 2x2 design was used, varying group conditions (team versus pair) and relevance of the material (model video versus action video). The findings indicated that although it was not possible to determine if there had been changes in teacher behavior, using video had led to an increase in teachers' perceived knowledge of student-centered teaching, especially for the team and the model video conditions.
Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, P.O. Box 1545, Chesapeake, VA 23327 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2534378:5IAKXKPQ 2534378:INDI72PC 2534378:W5INGKSD 2534378:ZPX4ANVW
Keywords: Active Learning; Behavior Change; Cambodia; Cultural Context; ERIC; Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE); Education–Computer Applications; Faculty Development; Foreign Countries; Instructional Effectiveness; Knowledge Base for Teaching; Learning; Mixed Methods Research; Questionnaires; Student Centered Learning; Studies; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Behavior; Teacher education; Teachers; Teaching; Teaching Methods; Training; Video; Video Technology; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2095890; __finaldtb; ⛔ No DOI found

Student Perceptions of the Creation and Reuse of Digital Educational Resources in a Community Development-Oriented Organisation - Paskevicius, Michael; Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl (http://jl4d.org/index.php/ejl4d/article/view/253/284, 2018)
This case study explores students’ perceptions of the creation and reuse of digital teaching and learning resources in their work as tutors as part of a volunteer community development organisation at a large South African University. Through a series of semi-structured interviews, student-tutors reflect on their use and reuse of digital educational resources, and identify the challenges they experience in curating, adapting, and reusing educational resources for use in their teaching activities. The data is analysed qualitatively within the framework of an activity system (Engeström, 1987) to surface the primary systemic tensions that student-tutors face in the reuse of resources found online as well as open educational resources (OER). This study found that student-tutors sourced and used educational materials from the Internet, largely irrespective of their licensing conditions, while also creating and remixing a substantial number of educational materials to make them suitable for use in their context. We conclude that greater awareness of the availability of OER and explicit open licencing for works sourced and created within community development organisations could enhance sharing, collaboration, and help sustain high impact resources.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:2P7QUS2Z 2129771:U4HBXTYW 2129771:YXSZD8F3
Keywords: _C:Canada CAN; _C:South Africa ZAF; _C:Spain ESP; _C:Tanzania TZA; _C:United Kingdom GBR; _C:United States USA; _C:Zambia ZMB; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; ⛔ No DOI found

Nigeria - University, Kano; S.M. Ali (Windsor Conference, 2018)

Indicators and Methods for Assessing Entrepreneurship Training Programmes - Ismail, Zenobia (2018)
Entrepreneurship training programmes are an important component of demand side job creation strategies in developing countries (Fox and Kaul, 2017). Assessments of such programmes are constrained by variations in the programme content, as entrepreneurship training is often combined with grants, life-skills training, internships and mentorship. The targets of these programmes also vary and include vulnerable groups, subsistence entrepreneurs as well as firms which have greater potential for growth. The indicators of success should be adapted to suit the objectives and target group of the programme. Given the varied nature of entrepreneurship training programmes it is unsurprising that a range of indicators are used to assess them. The indicators can be grouped into three broad categories: indicators of business practices, indicators of business performance and psychological indicators. Income and profits are the most commonly used indicator (Cho & Honorati, 2014). Randomised control trials which compare treatment and control groups are the gold standard method for assessing entrepreneurship training programmes. However, the quality of these studies can be improved by having larger sample sizes, baseline assessments before the intervention and three to four follow-up assessments to assess the long-term success of the programme.
Accepted: 2018-05-31T13:00:34Z Publisher: Institute of Development Studies KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:7VGTBJXI 4869029:CKBQRGLX
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Classroom dialogue and digital technologies: A scoping review - Major, L.; Warwick, P.; Rasmussen, I.; Ludvigsen, S.; Cook, V. (Education and Information Technologies, 2018)
This article presents a systematic scoping review of the literature focusing on interactions between classroom dialogue and digital technology. The first review of its type in this area, it both maps extant research and, through a process of thematic synthesis, investigates the role of technology in supporting classroom dialogue. In total, 72 studies (published 2000–2016) are analysed to establish the characteristics of existing evidence and to identify themes. The central intention is to enable researchers and others to access an extensive base of studies, thematically analysed, when developing insights and interpretations in a rapidly changing field of study. The discussion illustrates the interconnectedness of key themes, placing the studies in a methodological and theoretical context and examining challenges for the future.
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ClassBeacons: Designing Distributed Visualization of Teachers' Physical Proximity in the Classroom - An, Pengcheng; Bakker, Saskia; Ordanovski, Sara; Taconis, Ruurd; Eggen, Berry (Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction, 2018)
As necessary for creating a learner-centered environment, nowadays teachers are expected to be more mindful about their proximity distribution: how to spend time in different locations of the classroom with individual learners. However feedback on this is only given to teachers by experts after classroom observation. In this paper we present the design and evaluation of ClassBeacons, a novel ambient information system that visualizes teachers' physical proximity through tangible devices distributed over the classroom. An expert review and a field evaluation with eight secondary school teachers were conducted to explore potential values of such a system and gather user experiences. Results revealed rich insights into how the system could influence teaching and learning, as well as how a distributed display can be seamlessly integrated into teachers' routines.
Keywords: ambient information system; classroom; distributed display; learner-centered education; teacher proximity

Sustaining and Scaling Pedagogic Innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Grounded Insights For Teacher Professional Development - Haßler, Bjoern; Hennessy, Sara; Hofmann, Riikka (Journal of Learning for Development, 2018)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.56059/jl4d.v5i1.264 4804264:XZPBP8GM
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

Adoption and Impact of OER in the Global South - Chapter summaries - Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl (2018)
Education in the Global South faces several key interrelated challenges for which Open Educational Resources (OER) are seen to be part of the solution and against which use of OER might be evaluated. These challenges include: unequal access to education; variable quality of educational resources, teaching and student performance; and increasing cost and concern about the sustainability of education. The Research on Open Educational Resources for Development (ROER4D) project was a four-year research initiative to investigate in what ways and under what circumstances the adoption of OER could address the increasing demand for accessible, relevant, high quality and affordable education in the Global South. The project was comprised of 18 sub-projects, the findings from which are captured as chapters in the edited volume, Adoption and Impact of OER in the Global South. The summaries presented here provide an overview of chapters’ study contexts, methodological approaches, key findings and recommendations, as well as links to accompanying open datasets. Of the total 16 chapters, 12 are based on sub-project findings and four are synthesis and overview chapters. The chapters are organised into five main sections: Overview, South America, Sub-Saharan Africa, South and Southeast Asia, and Conclusion. Within these broader sections, chapters are presented in sequence according to whether the research addresses basic or higher education.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.5281/zenodo.1195881 2129771:MY49RQAZ 2486141:D5N96P3K
Keywords: adoption and impact of OER in the global south; global south; oep; oer; open educational practices; open educational resources; summaries

The Politics of Learning: Directions for Future Research - Pritchett, Lant (Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE), 2018)
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Reducing Physical Violence Toward Primary School Students With Disabilities - Devries, Karen; Kuper, Hannah; Knight, Louise; Allen, Elizabeth; Kyegombe, Nambusi; Banks, Lena Morgon; Kelly, Susan; Naker, Dipak (Journal of Adolescent Health, 2018)
Purpose We tested whether the Good School Toolkit reduces physical violence from peers and school staff toward students with and without disabilities in Ugandan primary schools. Methods We conducted a cluster randomized controlled trial, with data collected via cross-sectional surveys in 2012 and 2014. Forty-two primary schools in Luwero District, Uganda, were randomly assigned to receive the Good School Toolkit for 18 months, or to a waitlisted control group. The primary outcome was past week physical violence from school staff, measured by primary 5, 6, and 7 students' (aged 11–14 years) self-reports using the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect Child Abuse Screening Tool-Child Institutional. Disability was assessed through the six Short Set Washington Group questions on functioning. Analyses were by intention to treat. Results At endline, 53% of control group students with no functional difficulties reported violence from peers or school staff, versus 84% of students with a disability. Prevalence of past week physical violence from school staff was lower in intervention schools than in the control schools after the intervention, in students with no functional difficulties (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = .41, 95% confidence interval [CI .26–.65]), students with some functional difficulties (aOR = .36, 95% CI .21–.63), and students with disabilities (aOR = .29, 95% CI .14–.59). The intervention also reduced violence from peers in young adolescents, with no evidence of a difference in effect by disability status. Conclusions The Good School Toolkit is an effective intervention to reduce violence perpetrated by peers and school staff against young adolescents with disabilities in Ugandan primary schools.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2017.09.004 2129771:83SEUMTZ 2486141:EDDLM99R
Keywords: Adolescents; Children; Disabilities; Physical abuse; School-based interventions; Uganda; Violence

Resolving the “Cost-Effective but Unaffordable” Paradox: Estimating the Health Opportunity Costs of Nonmarginal Budget Impacts - Lomas, James; Claxton, Karl; Martin, Stephen; Soares, Marta (Value in Health, 2018)
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An overview of e-learning in China: History, challenges and opportunities - Wang, Yan; Liu, Xuan; Zhang, Zhenhong (Research in Comparative and International Education, 2018)
The Chinese government has attached great importance to the development of e-learning since its emergence in the 1990s. As a consequence of the implementation of a series of policies, China has made significant achievements in the e-learning arena with respect to infrastructure construction, production of resources, academic education, non-academic training, and education for disadvantaged groups. However, due to the constraints of China’s traditional culture, information literacy, and educational mechanisms, challenges have emerged in the implementation of e-learning that need urgently to be addressed. As e-learning in China continues to grow, major research areas such as students’ and teachers’ perspectives on developments in e-learning, teachers’ pedagogical capacity and ongoing professional development in e-learning settings, and the production of more convenient and useful e-learning resources, are likely to be topics of continuing research interest.
Publisher: SAGE Publications KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1177/1745499918763421 2405685:5RZFNBJU 2534378:WASU4R5U
Keywords: Challenges; China; ICT in education; e-learning; professional development; successes

A tale of two communication tools: discussion-forum and mobile instant-messaging apps in collaborative learning - Sun, Zhong; Lin, Chin-Hsi; Wu, Minhua; Zhou, Jianshe; Luo, Liming (British Journal of Educational Technology, 2018)
Computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) has shown considerable promise, but thus far the literature has tended to focus on individual technological tools, without due regard for how the choice of one such tool over another impacts CSCL, either in outline or in detail. The present study, therefore, directly compared the learning-related uses of an online discussion forum against such use of a mobile instant-messaging app by the same group of 78 upper-division undergraduate pre-service teachers in China. The participants were asked to use one of the two communication tools during the first of three learning activities, then to switch to the other during the second, and to choose their preferred tool for the third. Based on the results of content analysis, social-network analysis and a survey of the students' attitudes, it was found that while both tools facilitated collaborative learning, they appeared to have different affordances. Specifically, using the online discussion forum resulted in more communication aimed at knowledge construction, while using the mobile instant-messaging app resulted in more social interactions.
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148 Cam URL: https://ezp.lib.cam.ac.uk/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/2013524047?accountid=9851 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1111/bjet.12571 2339240:PKJIVPW8 2405685:EPP6N37E 2405685:IARRK6UB 2534378:L8X5Q62N 2534378:UH8EAVTI 2534378:UIYLRWUW
Keywords: Applications programs; China; Collaborative learning; Collaborative virtual environments; Communication; Computer Mediated Communication; Computer Software; Computer assisted instruction–CAI; Content Analysis; Content analysis; Cooperative Learning; ERIC; Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE); Education–Teaching Methods And Curriculum; Educational technology; Foreign Countries; Handheld Devices; Higher Education; Learning; Network Analysis; Network analysis; Preferences; Preservice Teachers; Social Networks; Social factors; Student Attitudes; Student Surveys; Synchronous Communication; Telecommunications; Tools; Undergraduate Students; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2096807; __finaldtb

Implementation research: The unambiguous cornerstone of implementation science (R&E Search for Evidence, 2018)
By Theresa Hoke: This blog post defines implementation research and outlines why it makes for such a useful concept in development.
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Online tools supporting the conduct and reporting of systematic reviews and systematic maps: a case study on CADIMA and review of existing tools - Kohl, Christian; McIntosh, Emma J.; Unger, Stefan; Haddaway, Neal R.; Kecke, Steffen; Schiemann, Joachim; Wilhelm, Ralf (Environmental Evidence, 2018)
Systematic reviews and systematic maps represent powerful tools to identify, collect, evaluate and summarise primary research pertinent to a specific research question or topic in a highly standardised and reproducible manner. Even though they are seen as the “gold standard” when synthesising primary research, systematic reviews and maps are typically resource-intensive and complex activities. Thus, managing the conduct and reporting of such reviews can become a time consuming and challenging task. This paper introduces the open access online tool CADIMA, which was developed through a collaboration between the Julius Kühn-Institut and the Collaboration for Environmental Evidence, in order to increase the efficiency of the evidence synthesis process and facilitate reporting of all activities to maximise methodological rigour. Furthermore, we analyse how CADIMA compares with other available tools by providing a comprehensive summary of existing software designed for the purposes of systematic review management. We show that CADIMA is the only available open access tool that is designed to: (1) assist throughout the systematic review/map process; (2) be suited to reviews broader than medical sciences; (3) allow for offline data extraction; and, (4) support working as a review team.
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Keywords: Evidence synthesis; Managing systems; Rapid review; Review management; Systematic review software; Text mining; Time management; _Added-ailr-2024

Keeping children engaged and achieving in mathematics - Education Review Office (2018)
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Teaching approaches and strategies that work; Keeping children engaged and achieving in mathematics - New Zealand Government (2018)
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Keywords: C:New Zealand

A Comprehensive Situation Analysis of Teachers and the Teaching Profession in Sierra Leone: Final report presented to the Teaching Service Commission - Teaching Service Commission; Wright, Dr. Cream (Global Partnership for Education; World Bank, 2018)
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Keywords: _C:Sierra Leone SLE

Effectiveness of leadership capacity building in the health sector - Tull, Kerina (2018)
Although there are options available for building health workers’ and health policy makers’ capacity to become stronger leaders (i.e. as public health leaders or managers), there is little evidence that specific training or courses lead to sustainably better leadership and management skills. It is argued that the most effective types of capacity building processes to improve leadership skills in the health sector are monthly intensive training (e.g. ‘Global Nursing Policy Leadership Institute Programme’, GNPLI), or one-year fellowships with mentorship (e.g. ‘Improving Global Health through Learning Development’ programme, IGH) as part of UK-LIC/LMIC partnership programmes.
Accepted: 2018-02-19T10:24:42Z Publisher: Institute of Development Studies KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:2H996A69 4869029:LACCDLPD
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Moving toward the automation of the systematic review process: a summary of discussions at the second meeting of International Collaboration for the Automation of Systematic Reviews (ICASR) - O’Connor, Annette M.; Tsafnat, Guy; Gilbert, Stephen B.; Thayer, Kristina A.; Wolfe, Mary S. (Systematic Reviews, 2018)
The second meeting of the International Collaboration for Automation of Systematic Reviews (ICASR) was held 3–4 October 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. ICASR is an interdisciplinary group whose aim is to maximize the use of technology for conducting rapid, accurate, and efficient systematic reviews of scientific evidence. Having automated tools for systematic review should enable more transparent and timely review, maximizing the potential for identifying and translating research findings to practical application. The meeting brought together multiple stakeholder groups including users of summarized research, methodologists who explore production processes and systematic review quality, and technologists such as software developers, statisticians, and vendors. This diversity of participants was intended to ensure effective communication with numerous stakeholders about progress toward automation of systematic reviews and stimulate discussion about potential solutions to identified challenges. The meeting highlighted challenges, both simple and complex, and raised awareness among participants about ongoing efforts by various stakeholders. An outcome of this forum was to identify several short-term projects that participants felt would advance the automation of tasks in the systematic review workflow including (1) fostering better understanding about available tools, (2) developing validated datasets for testing new tools, (3) determining a standard method to facilitate interoperability of tools such as through an application programming interface or API, and (4) establishing criteria to evaluate the quality of tools’ output. ICASR 2016 provided a beneficial forum to foster focused discussion about tool development and resources and reconfirm ICASR members’ commitment toward systematic reviews’ automation.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1186/s13643-017-0667-4 2129771:MNTUDBIE 2486141:JAPM2NW5 2486141:ZR6ZFZ5N
Keywords: Automation; Data abstraction; Data extraction; Evidence synthesis; Priority ranking; Systematic review; Tools

What is global citizenship education? - UNESCO (UNESCO, 2018)
Global Citizenship Education (GCED) aims to empower learners of all ages to assume active roles, both locally and globally, in building more peaceful, tolerant, inclusive and secure societies. GCED is based on the three domains of learning - cognitive, socio-emotional and behavioural. Cognitive: knowledge and thinking skills necessary to better understand the world and its complexities. Socio-emotional: values, attitudes and social skills that enable learners to develop affectively, psychosocially, and physically and to enable them to live together with others respectfully and peacefully.
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Assessing organizational implementation context in the education sector: confirmatory factor analysis of measures of implementation leadership, climate, and citizenship - Lyon, Aaron R.; Cook, Clayton R.; Brown, Eric C.; Locke, Jill; Davis, Chayna; Ehrhart, Mark; Aarons, Gregory A. (Implementation Science, 2018)
A substantial literature has established the role of the inner organizational setting on the implementation of evidence-based practices in community contexts, but very little of this research has been extended to the education sector, one of the most common settings for the delivery of mental and behavioral health services to children and adolescents. The current study examined the factor structure, psychometric properties, and interrelations of an adapted set of pragmatic organizational instruments measuring key aspects of the organizational implementation context in schools: (1) strategic implementation leadership, (2) strategic implementation climate, and (3) implementation citizenship behavior.
Keywords: Education; Implementation citizenship; Implementation climate; Implementation leadership; Reliability; Schools; Structural validity

Education Sector Plan, 2018-2020: Getting It Right – Service Delivery, Integrity and Learning in Sierra Leone - Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (Government of Sierra Leone, 2018)
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Keywords: _C:Sierra Leone SLE

Addressing the challenge of scholarship and industry currency in vocational education: a pilot - Everingham, Nancy; McLean, David; Mancini, Jane; Mitton, Amber; Williams, Melanie (International Journal of Training Research, 2018)
This paper explores a pilot project in which three VET teachers in an Australian dual-sector university trialled a scholarship framework by undertaking a small ethnographic inquiry into current practices in their respective industries. The framework defined a method for engaging with industry while simultaneously developing VET teacher capability in scholarly practice. The teachers were asked to reflect on their experience of engaging in a scholarly project and how new knowledge has been incorporated into their teaching and curriculum design. The reflections were analysed using the indicators of scholarly quality from the self-same framework, and the key enabling factors and benefits were identified. The claimed success of the pilot is traced primarily to having a framework that provided a logical guide for the planning and execution of the projects and institutional support in the form of mentoring and paid time release.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1080/14480220.2017.1403946 10/gf62kf 2129771:47SF9F3P 2317526:GAPYPAGG DOI-10.1080/14480220.2017.1403946
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; C:Australia; CLL:en; Vocational currency; industry currency; publicImportV1; scholarly practice; scholarship

What have we learned after ten years of systematic reviews in international development? - Waddington, Hugh; Masset, Edoardo; Jimenez, Emmanuel (Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2018)
The paper discusses the role of systematic evidence in helping make better decisions to reach global development targets. Coming at the end of the ﬁrst decade of serious funding and support for systematic evidence generation in development economics and development studies, the paper presents opportunities and challenges for the continued development of systematic review methodologies. It concludes by introducing the papers collected in the issue, which make and demonstrate the case for theory-based approaches to evidence synthesis.
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Theory-based systematic reviews - White, Howard (Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2018)
It has been common to say that studies should address not just the question of what works, but also how, where, for whom and at what cost? A unifying framework for such an approach is the theory of change. This paper lays out an approach for using such a theory-based approach to systematic reviews, discussing issues which arise in mixed-methods causal chain analysis. I illustrate the funnel of attrition which is a heuristic device to understand why effect sizes are lower at the higher reaches of the causal chain, including why participation is less than usually expected. Examples are given from the international development sector.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1080/19439342.2018.1439078 10/gf4jqh 2129771:TZ45P7Q4 2317526:NZADPF4K
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -GeneralCitations; CLL:en; Systematic reviews; causal chain analysis; impact evaluation; publicImportV1; theory-based approach

Meta-analysis of action video game impact on perceptual, attentional, and cognitive skills. - Bediou, Benoit; Adams, Deanne M.; Mayer, Richard E.; Tipton, Elizabeth; Green, C. Shawn; Bavelier, Daphne (Psychological Bulletin, 2018)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1037/bul0000130 4804264:V8VYQ8GY
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

The Effectiveness of Digital Game-Based Vocabulary Learning: A Framework-Based View of Meta-Analysis - Chen, Meng-Hua; Tseng, Wen-Ta; Hsiao, Tsung-Yuan (British Journal of Educational Technology, 2018)
This study presents the results of a meta-analytic study about the effects of digital game-based learning (DGBL) on vocabulary. The results of the study showed that the effects of DGBL on vocabulary learning may vary with game design features (Q = 5.857, df = 1, p = 0.016), but not with learners' age (Q = 0.906, df = 1, p = 0.341) or linguistic background (Q = 0.0001, df = 1, p = 0.994). In light of the research findings, Csikszentmihalyi's (1990) Flow Theory was adopted to theorize the role of game design in DGBL. It is proposed that a hierarchy should exist on the "challenge" axis in the Flow Theory, with adventure-oriented games above non-adventure-based games along the "challenge" axis. The theoretical underpinning is that the dynamic equilibrium between challenge and abilities can function independently of the effects of learners' age and linguistic background.
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell ERIC Number: EJ1166075 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1111/bjet.12526 2129771:24BG25I9 2486141:NGYKSG8A
Keywords: Age Differences; Computer Games; Design; Instructional Effectiveness; Meta Analysis; Native Language; Role; Statistical Analysis; Theories; Vocabulary Development

Building an online community: student teachers' perceptions on the advantages of using social networking services in a teacher education program - Habibi, Akhmad; Mukinin, Amirul; Riyanto, Yatim; Prasohjo, Lantip Diat; Sulistiyo, Urip; Sofwan, Muhammad; Saudagar, Ferdiaz (Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2018)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.17718/tojde.382663 4804264:B5XIABT4
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

Building an online community: student teachers' perceptions on the advantages of using social networking services in a teacher education program - Habibi, Akhmad; Mukinin, Amirul; Riyanto, Yatim; Prasohjo, Lantip Diat; Sulistiyo, Urip; Sofwan, Muhammad; Saudagar, Ferdiaz (Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2018)
This inquiry examined student teachers' perceptions on the advantages of using Social Networking Services (SNS) in an English teacher education program at a public university in Jambi, Indonesia to ease the communication, supervision, discussion, and report submissions between supervisors and student teachers. The networking types included in the program are Whatsapp, Telegram, Email, and Google Form. The method of the research was qualitative through using focus group discussions as the technique of collecting data involving forty-two student teachers. We organized our analysis and discussion around their perceptions and the contexts in which the advantages they perceived emerge. The analyses of the texts revealed that two salient themes with their sub-themes related to the advantages of using Social Networking Services (SNS) in a teacher education program were social interaction (peer discussion and platform to interact with supervisors or lecturers) and learning motivation and experience supports (self-directed learning, promotes critical thinking, content engagement). Some pedagogical and social implications are also discussed.
Publisher: Anadolu University, Office of the Rector, Eskisehir, 26470, Turkey Cam URL: https://ezp.lib.cam.ac.uk/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/2013525781?accountid=9851 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.17718/tojde.382663 2405685:J6BE7A45 2534378:E9ZSB7L9 2534378:MCTX9ZFS
Keywords: Case Studies; College Students; Computer Mediated Communication; Critical Thinking; Data Analysis; ERIC; Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE); Educational Benefits; Focus Groups; Foreign Countries; Group Discussion; Higher Education; Independent Study; Indonesia; Interpersonal Communication; Learner Engagement; Learning Motivation; Practicums; Preservice Teacher Education; Qualitative Research; Social Networks; Student Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Education Programs; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2097353; __finaldtb

Improving educational outcomes & reducing absenteeism at remote villages with mobile technology and WhatsApp: findings from rural India - Nedungadi, Prema; Mulki, Karunya; Raman, Raghu (Education and Information Technologies, 2018)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1007/s10639-017-9588-z 4804264:QICLG2CE
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

Improving educational outcomes & reducing absenteeism at remote villages with mobile technology and WhatsApp: findings from rural India - Nedungadi, Prema; Mulki, Karunya; Raman, Raghu (Education and Information Technologies, 2018)
Reduction of teacher and student absenteeism, together with consistent teacher support and training, are critical factors in improving the quality of education in rural India. As part of an ongoing project involving schools and educational centers in rural areas spread across 21 Indian states, this study investigated how implementation of two simple, accessible technologies could not only reduce absenteeism but also increase teachers' effectiveness and improve student performance. In addition to students and teachers, key stakeholders included educational coordinators who provided support and monitoring regarding use of WhatsApp and two additional apps designed specifically to support simple educational improvements. In our study we coded and analyzed nine months of messages (n = 8968), both photographs and texts, posted by 26 participants. The number of text messages related to attendance was strongly positively correlated with frequency of interactions between coordinators and teachers. Our approach resulted in increased teacher and student attendance, as well as improvements in lessons and other planned educational activities. This model functions well in rural settings where there is poor internet connectivity and lack of supporting infrastructure. Remote schools can easily adopt this tablet-based model to reduce teacher absenteeism, improve teaching techniques, improve educational resources, and increase student performance.
Publisher: Springer, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013 Cam URL: https://ezp.lib.cam.ac.uk/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/2013521521?accountid=9851 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1007/s10639-017-9588-z 2129771:FUJHTZ2D 2405685:6WP3TDP7 2534378:9HNTLUFX 2534378:H8CJ8ZGT 2534378:V4VN2T5H 4556019:7XRZPBHX
Keywords: Absenteeism; Academic Achievement; Attendance; Attendance Patterns; Computer Oriented Programs; Computers–Information Science And Information Theory; ERIC; Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE); Educational Opportunities; Educational Quality; Educational technology; Foreign Countries; ICT; India; Monitoring; Quality of education; Rural Areas; Rural areas; Rural education; School education; Software; Students; Teacher Effectiveness; Teacher absence; Teacher monitoring; Teachers; Tele-education; WhatsApp; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2097863; __finaldtb

The effectiveness of integrating mobile devices with inquiry-based learning on students' learning achievements: a meta-analysis - Zheng, Lanqin; Li, Xin; Tian, Lu; Cui, Panpan (International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation, 2018)
Mobile devices are gaining more and more popularity in recent years. Researchers and practitioners took advantages of mobile devices to facilitate inquiry-based learning in the past decade. Although there were many studies that using mobile devices in inquiry-based learning, the systematic review of the effectiveness of integrating mobile devices with inquiry-based learning remained lacking. This meta-analysis examined 34 empirical studies with 2316 participants on integrating mobile devices with inquiry-based learning from 2007 to 2016. The results indicated that there was a high effect size of 0.91 for the application of mobile devices in improving students' learning achievements. The features of moderator variables were also deeply analysed and synthesised based on the content analysis of all studies. The results together with the implications for practices and research were also discussed in detail.
Publisher: Inderscience Publishers KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1504/IJMLO.2018.089238 2129771:3ZU8Q5C4 2486141:WUJE9E2P
Keywords: inquiry-based learning; learning achievement; meta-analysis; mobile devices

Digital accesibility toolkit (Christian Blind Mission, 2018)
CBM publications. Download our reports, policies, guidelines, evaluation summaries, and more here. Search by topic, year & type.
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Early Years Toolkit (2018)

IAP2 Spectrum for Public Participation (International Association for Public Participation, 2018)
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Séminaire sur l’employabilité des diplômés organisé par la CITEF (AUF, 2018)
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Toward the 2020 goal of soil-transmitted helminthiasis control and elimination (2018)

Young Persons with Disabilities: Global Study on Ending Gender-Based Violence, and Realizing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (2018)

Perinteisistä oppimisympäristöistä villeihin: Sitoutuneisuuden taso viidesluokkalaisilla oppilailla perinteisessä oppikirjaympäristössä ja digitaalisessa ViLLE-oppimisympäristössä matematiikan oppitunneilla - Aaltonen, Antti; Hotanen, Valtteri (2018)
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Keywords: _C:Myanmar MMR; _C:Netherlands NLD; _C:United Kingdom GBR; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; ⛔ No DOI found

Women's access to agricultural technologies in rice production and processing hubs: A comparative analysis of Ethiopia, Madagascar and Tanzania - Achandi, Esther L.; Mujawamariya, Gaudiose; Agboh-Noameshie, Afiavi R.; Gebremariam, Shewaye; Rahalivavololona, Njaka; Rodenburg, Jonne; Rahalivavololona, Njaka; Rodenburg, Jonne; Rodenburg, Jonne (Journal of Rural Studies, 2018)
© 2018 Elsevier Ltd This study presents results from a farmer survey conducted with 560 rice farmers from 27 villages spread over five hubs (concentration areas of rice production and processing) in three different countries in Eastern Africa (Ethiopia, Tanzania and Madagascar). The main research objective was to assess women's access to rice technologies and constraints to adoption of technologies. Constraints were analyzed over five different categories: (1) institutional (2) access to agricultural inputs, (3) technology-contextual, (4) household and socio-cultural and (5) extension. Key providers of extension were public (government), Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and international organizations. Our study identifies that the overarching constraints to technology adoption are institutional and cultural impediments and related to the mode of delivery of extension services. Furthermore, the Focus Group Discussions (FGD) with the women, revealed that empowerment of women in decision making at the household level can enhance women's access and engagement in better farming practices suggested under extension advisory services. This is specifically true where women are able to overcome the hurdles of acquisition of extension training and access to the improved technologies.
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Interaction with Children with Visual Impairments in the Classroom for All - Acheampong, Daniel Yaw (2018)

Assessment of Perceived Ease of Use and Instructional Use of ICT by Lecturers in Technical Training Institutions in Kenya - Agufana, PB; Too, JK; Mukwa, CW (African Journal of Education, Science and Technology, 2018)
In the past ten years, Information Communication Technology (ICT) has become an essential part of our learning and development in education. The rapid development of these new technologies coupled with the worldwide challenge to educate all children has led to a global reform and development of teacher education and motivated educational Institutions to redesign and restructure their teaching methods to enable students equip themselves for the future. The main purpose of this study therefore was to explore the relationship between Perceived Ease of Use and instructional use of ICT by Lecturers in Technical Training Institutions in Kenya. The study adopted the quantitative research design. A sample size of 629 respondents was drawn from a total population of 2909 Lecturers in Technical Training Institutions in Kenya. Data were collected using questionnaires. The quantitative data obtained from the administrated questionnaires were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The findings indicated that use of ICT by lecturers’ is perceived to greatly improve instruction. The study recommends that lecturers be encouraged to use ICT for instructional purposes because it greatly improves the passage of instruction.
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Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:East Africa; C:Kenya; C:Rwanda; CA:AandC; CL:en; CLL:en; CLS:en; CT:A; CT:C; CT:F; CT:P; CT:Q; CT:T; F:assessment; F:attitude; P:culture; P:school teacher; Q:ICT; Q:lifelong learning; Q:open learning; T:TVET; __C:filed:1; publicImportV1; ⛔ No DOI found

Perspectives on Elections and the Challenges for Democracy in Nigeria - Aisha Abdu-Ismail (2018)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:KI2ZVF8T 2129771:TBTHZ9W7 2486141:QJYUGWJG

Challenges Experienced in Implementing School-based Continuing Professional Teacher Development in Fort Beaufort Education District in South Africa - Ajibade, Benedicta A.; Rembe, Symphorosa (Anthropologist, 2018)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.31901/24566802.2018/33.1-3.1887 2129771:SNGC8MTK
Keywords: __C:filed:1

Teachers in North-West Nigeria A situation analysis of teacher gaps, effectiveness, and recruitment and deployment processes - Akogun, Oladele B; Adesina, Adedoyin; Iluobi, Ifeatu (Education Data, Research and Evaluation in Nigeria (EDOREN, 2018)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:CDGR3NNS 2129771:Q73W74LP 2486141:2EAKXHT3

The role of existing evidence in developing teacher recruitment and deployment policies in North-Western Nigeria - Akogun, Oladele B; Adesina, Adedoyin; Iluobi, Ifeatu (EDOREN Project Thematic Research Study. Education Data, Research and Evaluation in Nigeria (EDOREN, 2018)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:C8E78LYH 2129771:MDGYHHWU 2486141:AZPUZ3UI

The EDOREN Model: Reflections and implications for other DFID programmes - Akogun, Oladele B; Friedrich, Florian; Macauslan, Ian; Packer, Steve; Rai, Shefali (Education Data, Research and Evaluation in Nigeria (EDOREN, 2018)
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A study of the management and Implementation of the policy on special education needs and disability for improving access of persons with Disabilities to Nigeria’s basic education - Akogun, Oladele B; Njobdi, Sani; Adebukola, Adebayo (2018)
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Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis for Primary School Site Selection in Al-Mahaweel district Using GIS Technique - Ali, Khalid Ahmed (2018)
Site selection is the process of finding sites that meet the requirements set by the selection criteria. The long-term and success sustainability of planning school, finding the appropriate school locations is challenging and an important. This study aims to develop a primary school site selection model using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) integrated new approach. It was carried out by Geographic Information Systems and multi-criteria evaluation model (MCEM). Different criteria were used to suggest a number of potential primary school sites using a spatial analysis, which is the new school should be away from existing schools and the major roads, a new site should also be reliably flat land and on certain types of land use. The population factor of the age group less than 14 years was included as a factor to choose the suitable location. As a result, the final suitability map indicates that 18 % of the study area is suitable for a primary school site, 73% moderately suitable, and 9% of the study area under unsuitable.

Effects of ceiling fans on the thermal comfort of students in learning environments of Bayero University - Ali, S.M.; Martinson, D.B.; Al-Maiyah, S.; Mark, C.E. (2018)
Place: Kano, Nigeria KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:ASM7QF5F 2129771:BA7IRZ9C 2129771:SQX2DQMJ 2129771:T2KUV836 2129771:WD7IFUAZ 2486141:5SHQDWV9 2486141:K3GY47XA 5072953:8L4QNJNE 5072953:ZSTCP9FH
Keywords: Africa; Ceiling fans; overheating; thermal comfort; tropics

How students digitally age: by gaining or losing? - Altan, Bilge Aslan; Karalar, Halit (İlköğretim Online, 2018)
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Keywords: _C:Iceland ISL; _C:India IND; _C:Iran IRN; _C:Turkey TUR; _C:United States USA; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; ⛔ No DOI found

How students digitally age: by gaining or losing? Öğrenciler teknoloji ile nasıl büyüyor: kazanarak mı kaybederek mi? - Altan, Bilge Aslan; Karalar, Halit (Elementary Education Online, 2018)
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Keywords: _C:Iceland ISL; _C:India IND; _C:Iran IRN; _C:Turkey TUR; _C:United States USA; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; ⛔ No DOI found

Innovative Designs | Sequential, Multiple Assignment, Randomized Trial - American Institute for Research (2018)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:S2L43PDM 4426965:ERZ6N3PF

Rapid-Cycle Evaluations - American Institute for Research (2018)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:UPSDIS3R 4426965:8YPNTQXR

Sequential, Multiple Assignment, Randomized Trial - American Institute for Research (2018)
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Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

Assessing a Remedial Intervention Programme in Developing the Planning Skills of Grade 4 and 5 Learners - Amod, Zaytoon; Heafield, Deidré; Seabi, Joseph (International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2018)
The search for assessment procedures that are more fair and useful have led to the investigation of alternatives to traditional forms of intellectual assessment. This study explored an alternative which combined a dynamic assessment approach with the Planning, Attention, Simultaneous and Successive Processing (PASS) model of cognitive processing. The aim was to investigate the effectiveness of a planning intervention programme based on Feuerstein's criteria for Mediated Learning Experience (MLE) with a group of Grade 4 and 5 remedial school learners who presented with a range of barriers to learning. Twenty six learners were assigned to the experimental group and 25 to the control group. The results showed that there was a significant improvement in the experimental group's Planning Scale score on the Cognitive Assessment System, following the intervention. These results imply that children often have far greater potential than is realised and that intentional mediation can help to enhance cognitive functioning and assist in further developing children's learning potential.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1080/1034912X.2017.1406067 2129771:MVMNMCSC 2486141:75MF49FC
Keywords: _Added to LR; _G:reviewed

Impacts Two Years After a Scalable Early Childhood Development Intervention to Increase Psychosocial Stimulation in the Home: A Follow-Up of a Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial in Colombia. - Andrew, A.; Attanasio, O.; Fitzsimons, E.; Grantham-McGregor, S.; Meghir, C.; Rubio-Codina, M. (PLoS Med 15, 2018)

Global policy agendas and the Education Sustainable Development Goal: Perspectives from sub-Saharan African research and researchers - Asare, Samuel; Mitchell, Rafael; Rose, Pauline (BAICE Conference, York, 2018)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Why the TVET System of French-Speaking African Countries is Not Able to Produce a Highly Qualified and Operational Man Power? A Comparison with Canadian Community Colleges - Assignon, Efia R. (Handbook of Comparative Studies on Community Colleges and Global Counterparts, 2018)
Most of the French-speaking African countries gained political independence in the 1960s. Since then, the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) system inherited from France has not allowed them to develop their economies. Moreover, in these countries, there are many new building projects that need highly qualiﬁed workers, and due to the problems with the TVET system, they cannot hire the needed workers locally. This chapter analyzes why for over 50 years, these countries are unable to provide their economies with effective manpower with professional and operational abilities that can function to attract investors and why the system produces so many unemployed graduates. To answer these questions, this chapter will ﬁrst analyze the TVET system in West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) countries, Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo to then compare it with Canadian Community Colleges. The comparison is made because there are strong similarities between the Francophone African economies and the Canadian economy, both of which are based essentially on small and medium enterprises.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:2MET3DD3 2317526:46K7AD9E
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -GeneralCitations; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; CLL:en; publicImportV1

The Heterogeneous Effect of Information on Student Performance: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Mexico. - Avitabile, Ciro; Hoyos, Rafael De (Journal of Development Economics, 2018)

Skilled labour shortage: a qualitative study of Ghana’s training and apprenticeship system - Ayentimi, Desmond Tutu; Burgess, John; Dayaram, Kantha (Human Resource Development International, 2018)
The impacts of training and apprenticeship education towards building high-level technical and vocational skills that support human capital development and attracting foreign direct investment are being reshaped by global competition. This article draws on human capital theory to report on a qualitative study that explores skilled labour challenges within Ghana’s training and apprenticeship system through the lens of the demand side of employment perspective. The ﬁndings point to a training mismatch, lack of regulations and ineﬀective apprenticeship programmes, underinvestment in education and training, and outdated training programmes. The bottlenecks in the supply of skilled labour in Ghana are hampering the ﬁrms’ ability to ﬁnd skilled labour across industries. We suggest improved social partnership between industries and training institutions, with increased government investment in training and apprenticeship programmes, as a way forward to address the technical and vocational skilled labour supply bottlenecks. Wider implications for the African region which shares similar developing contexts are discussed.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1080/13678868.2018.1447881 10/gf62j4 2129771:7CCEGI9P 2129771:VR5IUN53 2317526:77W3HCTM LOCAL-SCOPUS_ID:85044955362
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Needs for In-service Professional Development of Teachers to Improve Students’ Academic Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa - Ayodele Ajani, Oluwatoyin (Arts and Social Sciences Journal, 2018)

Design Research in Education: A Practical Guide for Early Career Researchers - Bakker, Arthur (Routledge, 2018)
Design Research in Education is a practical guide containing all the information required to begin a design research project. Providing an accessible background to the methodological approaches used in design research as well as addressing all the potential issues that early career researchers will encounter, the book uniquely helps the early career researcher to gain a full overview of design research and the practical skills needed to get their project off the ground. Based on extensive experience, the book also contains multiple examples of design research from both undergraduate and postgraduate students, to demonstrate possible projects to the reader. With easy to follow chapters and accessible question and response sections, Design Research in Education contains practical advice on a wide range of topics related to design research projects including: The theory of design research, what it entails, and when it is suitable The formulation of research questions How to structure a research project The quality of research and the methodological issues of validity and reliability How to write up your research The supervision of design research. Through its theoretical grounding and practical advice, Design Research in Education is the ideal introduction into the field of design based research and is essential reading for bachelor's, master's and PhD students new to the field, as well as to supervisors overseeing projects that use design research.
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Unstructured data in marketing - Balducci, B; Marinova, D (Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 2018)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1007/s11747-018-0581-x 2129771:2CA8BCWE 2129771:UWJSVBLQ 2405685:RTNHA8JP 2486141:GRQZTIKQ

Internet Use by Secondary School Students: A Digital Divide in Sustainable Societies? - Ballesta Pagán, Francisco; Lozano Martínez, Josefina; Cerezo Máiquez, Mari (Sustainability, 2018)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.3390/su10103703 10/gf62gx 2129771:Z6I3P3JZ
Keywords: _C:Ecuador ECU; _C:France FRA; _C:Spain ESP; _C:Switzerland CHE; _C:United States USA; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

The Economic Lives of Young Women in the Time of Ebola: Lessons from an Empowerment Program [Unpublished Manuscript] - Bandiera, Oriana; Buehren, Niklas; Goldstein, Markus; Rasul, Imran; Smurra, Andrea (Unpublished Manuscript, 2018)

Mobile learning for science and mathematics school education: A systematic review of empirical evidence - Bano, Muneera; Zowghi, Didar; Kearney, Matthew; Schuck, Sandra; Aubusson, Peter (Computers & Education, 2018)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1016/j.compedu.2018.02.006 2129771:TF98WPE8

Redesigning an education project for child friendly radio: a multisectoral collaboration to promote children’s health, education, and human rights after a humanitarian crisis in Sierra Leone - Barnett, Sarah; van Dijk, Jetske; Swaray, Abdulai; Amara, Tamba; Young, Patricia (BMJ, 2018)
Sarah Barnett and colleagues describe how an educational project was rapidly adapted into a radio education programme after the 2014 Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone
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Keywords: _C:Sierra Leone SLE

CS Unplugged—How Is It Used, and Does It Work? - Bell, Tim; Vahrenhold, Jan (Progress in Pattern Recognition, Image Analysis, Computer Vision, and Applications, 2018)
Computer Science Unplugged has been used for many years as a way to communicate concepts from computer science to audiences in a variety of settings. Despite its widespread use, there is relatively little systematic evaluation of its eﬀectiveness. In this paper we review what (Computer Science) Unplugged means, and the many contexts in which it has been used, as it started as an outreach tool, and then found its way into other contexts such as teacher training, and more recently into the classroom to support a formal curriculum. Formal evaluations of using Computer Science Unplugged as an approach to teaching the subject of computer science are reviewed, and we also reﬂect on the complex considerations that lie behind the development of activities and puzzles that are simple enough for school students to use.
Series Title: Lecture Notes in Computer Science

Data analysis methods for qualitative research: managing the challenges of coding, interrater reliability, and thematic analysis. - Belotto, Michael J. (The Qualitative Report, 2018)
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Methods for evidence synthesis in the case of very few studies - Bender, Ralf; Friede, Tim; Koch, Armin; Kuss, Oliver; Schlattmann, Peter; Schwarzer, Guido; Skipka, Guido (Research Synthesis Methods, 2018)
In systematic reviews, meta-analyses are routinely applied to summarize the results of the relevant studies for a specific research question. If one can assume that in all studies the same true effect is estimated, the application of a meta-analysis with common effect (commonly referred to as fixed-effect meta-analysis) is adequate. If between-study heterogeneity is expected to be present, the method of choice is a meta-analysis with random effects. The widely used DerSimonian and Laird method for meta-analyses with random effects has been criticized due to its unfavorable statistical properties, especially in the case of very few studies. A working group of the Cochrane Collaboration recommended the use of the Knapp-Hartung method for meta-analyses with random effects. However, as heterogeneity cannot be reliably estimated if only very few studies are available, the Knapp-Hartung method, while correctly accounting for the corresponding uncertainty, has very low power. Our aim is to summarize possible methods to perform meaningful evidence syntheses in the situation with only very few (ie, 2-4) studies. Some general recommendations are provided on which method should be used when. Our recommendations are based on the existing literature on methods for meta-analysis with very few studies and consensus of the authors. The recommendations are illustrated by 2 examples coming from dossier assessments of the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care.
_eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/jrsm.1297
Keywords: common effect; evidence synthesis; fixed effects; meta-analysis; random effects; very few studies

Towards sustainable technology-enhanced innovation in higher education: Advancing learning design by understanding and supporting teacher design practice - Bennett, Sue; Lockyer, Lori; Agostinho, Shirley (British Journal of Educational Technology, 2018)
Publisher: Wiley Online Library KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:BDBNETQY 2129771:TSQR3UF8

Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research, fourth edition - BERA (BERA, 2018)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:LGHU5B6B 2486141:6J3EPYKA

Literacy, Equity, and the Employment of iPads in the Classroom: A Comparison of Secure and Developing Readers - Bergeson, Kristi Tamte; Rosheim, Kay (International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2018)
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Keywords: _C:France FRA; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; verified

School Finance in Latin America: A Conceptual Framework and a Review of Policies - Bertoni, Eleonora; Elacqua, Gregory; Marotta, Luana; Martínez, Matias; Soares, Sammara; Santos, Humberto; Vegas, Emiliana (Education Division Social Sector: Inter-American Development Bank, 2018)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:CNSRWMQC 2129771:RCB7Z72C
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Do financial education interventions for women from poor households impact their financial behaviors? Experimental evidence from India - Bhutoria, Aditi; Vignoles, Anna (Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2018)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Dual VET - Vocational Education and Training in Germany - BIBB (2018)
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Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -GeneralCitations; publicImportV1

Digitization, Digitalization, and Digital Transformation: Confuse Them At Your Peril - Bloomberg, J. (Forbes, 2018)
We digitize information, we digitalize processes and roles that make up the operations of a business, and we digitally transform the business and its strategy. Each one is necessary but not sufficient for the next.
Section: Tech KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 4804264:4H95WXGE 4804264:ERQH4GKR
Keywords: Final_citation; anystyle; existing

Prospects, Issues and Challenges of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Revamping Nigeria's Depressed Economy - Bolarina, Fehintola Fatimoh Bintu; Akinyele, Temitayo Abosede (International Journal of Vocational and Technical Education Research, 2018)
Nigeria aspires to become a major player in the world economy in line with her Vision 20-2020. To achieve this ambitious goal, the most crucial vehicle apart from power and infrastructure, is a skilled and competent workforce. This is necessary for the effective implementation of national development projects and for attracting necessary international investment by hi-tech industries. (NBTE, 2011). Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is used as a comprehensive term referring to those aspects of the educational process involving, in addition to general education, the study of technologies and related sciences, the acquisition of practical skills, attitudes, understanding and knowledge relating to occupations in various sectors of economic and social life (UNESCO and ILO 2001) In addition to technical knowledge and aptitude, TVET is also concerned with softer skills like communication, negotiation and teamwork. It is dispensed in public and private educational establishments or other forms of formal or informal instructor aimed at granting all segments of the society access to lifelong resources.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:RCZXNRUT 2317526:V85JMU8R UTI-8A876AB1-4639-3E89-A9AA-2B55532EA115
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:Africa; A:West Africa; C:Nigeria; CA:AandC; CL:en; CLL:en; CLS:en; CT:A; CT:C; CT:P; CT:Q; CT:T; Q:higher education; T:CTE; T:OE; T:PVE; T:TVET; T:career; T:occupational education; T:professional and vocational education; publicImportV1; ⛔ No DOI found

Manipulative apps to support students with disabilities in mathematics - Bouck, Emily C.; Working, Christopher; Bone, Erin (Intervention in School and Clinic, 2018)
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Keywords: __C:filed:1

Dissemination and implementation research in health: translating science to practice - Brownson, Ross C.; Colditz, Graham A.; Proctor, Enola Knisley (Oxford University Press, 2018)
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Keywords: Information Dissemination; Translational Medical Research; methods

Through the Looking Glass: Can Classroom Observation and Coaching Improve Teacher Performance in Brazil? - Bruns, Barbara; Costa, Leandro; Cunha, Nina (2018)
shortDOI: 10/ggft3x KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2018.03.003 10/ggft3x 2129771:PXEQ493U 2405685:7A2ZCMGH
Keywords: _C:Brazil BRA; _C:Canada CAN; _C:Chile CHL; _C:China CHN; _C:Colombia COL; _C:Dominican Republic DOM; _C:Ecuador ECU; _C:Ethiopia ETH; _C:Guatemala GTM; _C:Honduras HND; _C:India IND; _C:Japan JPN; _C:Kenya KEN; _C:Malawi MWI; _C:Nepal NPL; _C:Peru PER; _C:Philippines PHL; _C:Portugal PRT; _C:Singapore SGP; _C:United States USA; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; _yl:a

The future of work: Switzerland’s digital opportunity - Bughin, Jacques; Ziegler, Marco; Mischke, Jan; Wenger, Felix; Reik, Angelika; Läubli, Daniel; Sen, Mita; Schmidt, Minna (https://www.mckinsey.com/mgi/overview, 2018)
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A shifting landscape: using tablets to support learning in students with diverse abilities - Burke, Anne; Hughes, Janette (Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2018)
00001 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1080/1475939x.2017.1396492 10/gdm2tb 2129771:M9ZRQEM3 2129771:V2RSUT26
Keywords: __C:filed:1

Achieving quality in early childhood education in the Eastern Caribbean depends on teacher preparation - Burns, Sheron C. (Early Child Development and Care, 2018)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1080/03004430.2017.1310723 2129771:JFDI73T9

Factors Affecting Students' Acceptance of Tablet PCs: A Study in Italian High Schools - Cacciamani, Stefano; Villani, Daniela; Bonanomi, Andrea; Carissoli, Claudia; Olivari, Maria Giulia; Morganti, Laura; Riva, Giuseppe; Confalonieri, Emanuela (Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2018)
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Keywords: __C:filed:1

El uso de las tabletas y su impacto en el aprendizaje. Una investigación nacional en centros de Educación Primaria - Camacho Martí, Mar; Esteve-Mon, Francesc M. (2018)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:6UCM6PMS 2129771:JQ3P5ULL 2129771:ZZLWABGH
Keywords: _C:Dominican Republic DOM; _C:Finland FIN; _C:France FRA; _C:India IND; _C:Iran IRN; _C:Lebanon LBN; _C:Malaysia MYS; _C:Netherlands NLD; _C:Spain ESP; _C:Thailand THA; _C:Turkey TUR; _C:United Kingdom GBR; _C:United States USA; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; ⛔ No DOI found

Mathematics teacher education curriculum at a university in Zambia: student teachers’ acquisition of appropriate competencies for teaching mathematics in secondary school. - Changwe, Robert; Mulenga, Innocent Mutale (2018)
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Journal of Language and Social Sciences Education
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

School Policies as a Determinant for Selection of Home Science Subject: The Belvedere of the Kenyan Secondary School - Chelagat, Abigael; Kitainge, Kisilu; Were, Gertrude (African Journal of Education,Science and Technology, 2018)
Home Science is a subject that facilitates acquisition of knowledge, skills and attitudes meant to improve lives of everyone yet very few students choose to pursue it in secondary school. This study sought to establish the influence of school policies on enrolment in Home Science subject in secondary school in 3 Sub-Counties of Elgeyo Marakwet County. It was guided by the following specific objectives: to identify the various school policies on subject selection in secondary schools in Elgeyo Marakwet County and to investigate how school policies on subject selection influenced enrolment of Home Science in secondary schools. The research design adopted was a descriptive survey. Purposive sampling technique was used to select all the six (6) county secondary schools offering Home Science subject at Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) level. This was to ensure a homogenous group for the study with the aim of curbing extraneous variables. Six (6) Home Science teachers were also purposively selected together with the six (6) Principals of all the purposively sampled county secondary schools. This study had a total of twelve (12) respondents. Data from the Home Science teachers was collected using questionnaires and interview schedules were used to collect data from the Principals. The sample size was deemed adequate due to their respective positions in the sampled schools. Data was analyzed descriptively. The study established that most schools did not have policies thus low enrolment in Home Science subject. Also, schools had streaming practices with a class being set specifically for Home Science thus limiting number of students choosing the subject. The study recommends that Home Science related professionals should market the subject through career talks and curriculum developers should review the curriculum for the sake of re-introducing the Home Science subject at primary school for learners to have prior knowledge to undertake the subject at Secondary school. These interventions will increase student enrolment in Home Science subject.
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Using machine learning to advance synthesis and use of conservation and environmental evidence - Cheng, S. H.; Augustin, C.; Bethel, A.; Gill, D.; Anzaroot, S.; Brun, J.; DeWilde, B.; Minnich, R. C.; Garside, R.; Masuda, Y. J.; Miller, D. C.; Wilkie, D.; et al. (Conservation Biology, 2018)
Article impact statement: Machine learning optimizes processes of systematic evidence synthesis and improves its utility for evidence-based conservation.
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Impacts of climate change on health and wellbeing in South Africa - Chersich, Matthew F.; Wright, Caradee Y.; Venter, Francois; Rees, Helen; Scorgie, Fiona; Erasmus, Barend (International journal of environmental research and public health, 2018)
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.3390/ijerph15091884 2129771:EPJ9C9DP 4682641:VTCC4LRL
Keywords: BE:LMIC; BE:RELEVANT

Developing theory using machine learning methods - Choudhury, P.; Allen, R; Endres, M. (2018)
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Chatbot: An education support system for student - Clarizia, Fabio; Colace, Francesco; Lombardi, Marco; Pascale, Francesco; Santaniello, Domenico (International Symposium on Cyberspace Safety and Security, 2018)

Student engagement with computerized practising: Ability, task value, and difficulty perceptions - Cornelisz, Ilja; Van Klaveren, Chris (Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2018)
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Keywords: _C:Netherlands NLD; _C:United States USA; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

Too Little or Too Much? Actionable Advice in an Early-Childhood Text Messaging Experiment - Cortes, Kalena E.; Fricke, Hans; Loeb, Susanna; Song, David S. (2018)
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Curriculum and training needs of mid-level health workers in Africa: A situational review from Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Uganda - Couper, Ian; Couper, Ian; Ray, Sunanda; Ray, Sunanda; Blaauw, Duane; Ng'Wena, Gideon; Muchiri, Lucy; Oyungu, Eren; Omigbodun, Akinyinka; Omigbodun, Akinyinka; Morhason-Bello, Imran; Ibingira, Charles; et al. (BMC Health Services Research, 2018)
© 2018 The Author(s). Background: Africa's health systems rely on services provided by mid-level health workers (MLWs). Investment in their training is worthwhile since they are more likely to be retained in underserved areas, require shorter training courses and are less dependent on technology and investigations in their clinical practice than physicians. Their training programs and curricula need up-dating to be relevant to their practice and to reflect advances in health professional education. This study was conducted to review the training and curricula of MLWs in Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Uganda, to ascertain areas for improvement. Methods: Key informants from professional associations, regulatory bodies, training institutions, labour organisations and government ministries were interviewed in each country. Policy documents and training curricula were reviewed for relevant content. Feedback was provided through stakeholder and participant meetings and comments recorded. 421 District managers and 975 MLWs from urban and rural government district health facilities completed self-administered questionnaires regarding MLW training and performance. Results: Qualitative data indicated commonalities in scope of practice and in training programs across the four countries, with a focus on basic diagnosis and medical treatment. Older programs tended to be more didactic in their training approach and were often lacking in resources. Significant concerns regarding skills gaps and quality of training were raised. Nevertheless, quantitative data showed that most MLWs felt their basic training was adequate for the work they do. MLWs and district managers indicated that training methods needed updating with additional skills offered. MLWs wanted their training to include more problem-solving approaches and practical procedures that could be life-saving. Conclusions: MLWs are essential frontline workers in health services, not just a stop-gap. In Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda, their important role is appreciated by health service managers. At the same time, significant deficiencies in training program content and educational methodologies exist in these countries, whereas programs in South Africa appear to have benefited from their more recent origin. Improvements to training and curricula, based on international educational developments as well as the local burden of disease, will enable them to function with greater effectiveness and contribute to better quality care and outcomes.
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Researching Information Technology in Education: Meeting the Challenges of an Ever-Changing Environment - Cox, Margaret J. (Second Handbook of Information Technology in Primary and Secondary Education, 2018)
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Machine learning methods for crop yield prediction and climate change impact assessment in agriculture - Crane-Droesch, Andrew (Environmental Research Letters, 2018)
Publisher: IOP Publishing

Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research - Creswell, John; Plano Clark, Vicki (SAGE, 2018)
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Using digital technology to enhance formative assessment in mathematics classrooms - Dalby, Diane; Swan, Malcolm (British Journal of Educational Technology, 2018)
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Keywords: _C:Netherlands NLD; _C:United Kingdom GBR; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

Etude de cas sur l'intégration des tablettes et du tableau blanc interactif dans un établissement primaire genevois: facteurs d'appropriation chez les enseignants - Dauve-Raeis, Véronique Evelyne Célia (University of Geneva, 2018)
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Keywords: _C:Canada CAN; _C:France FRA; _C:Georgia GEO; _C:Portugal PRT; _C:Saudi Arabia SAU; _C:Sweden SWE; _C:Turkey TUR; _C:United States USA; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

Bitcoin's growing energy problem - De Vries, Alex (Joule, 2018)
Publisher: Elsevier

DFID Digital Strategy - DFID (2018)
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DFID Education Policy: Get Children Learning - DFID (2018)
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Girls Education Challenge: Thematic Review (Education Technology) - DFID (DFID, 2018)
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Leh Wi Learn - Sierra Leone Secondary Education Improvement Programme - DFID (2018)
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Keywords: _C:Sierra Leone SLE

Dimensions - A Collaborative Approach to Enhancing Research Discovery - Dimensions Resources; Adams, Jonathan; Phill Jones; Porter, Simon; Szomszor, Martin; Draux, Hélène; Osipov, Igor (2018)
Developed in partnership with over 100 leading research organizations around the world, Dimensions aims to break down barriers to discovery and innovation by enabling users to find and access the most relevant information faster, analyze the academic and broader outcomes of research, and gather insights to inform future activities. This report takes a closer look at some of the research insights that can be gathered using the new Dimensions platform, with a focus on the benefits of its collaborative approach to development.
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Keywords: 160511 Research; Science and Technology Policy; FOS: Political science

Skills Training & Certification for Refugees in Uganda - DIT Uganda (2018)
Skills Training & Certification for Refugees in Uganda
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Global Teacher Status Index 2018 - Dolton, Peter; Marcenaro, Oscar; De Vries, Robert; She, Po-Wen (Varkey Foundation, 2018)
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Community Involvement and Teacher Attendance in Basic Schools: The Case of East Mamprusi District in Ghana - Donkor, Anthony Kudjo; Waek, Biliman Izal (International Journal of Education and Practice, 2018)
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A Conceptual Understanding of How Educational Technology Coaches Help Teachers Integrate iPad Affordances into Their Teaching. - Drennan, Gail; Moll, Ian (Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2018)
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Keywords: __C:filed:1; ⛔ No DOI found

The Impact of Using Geography Open Education Resources (OER) to Capacitate Natural Science Teachers Teaching the Earth and Beyond Strand in South African Schools - Dreyer, J. M.; Dreyer, J.M. (Alternation Journal, 2018)
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Keywords: _C:Australia AUS; _C:China CHN; _C:India IND; _C:South Africa ZAF; _C:Turkey TUR; _C:United Kingdom GBR; _C:United States USA; _C:Zambia ZMB; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

A description of the self-perceived educational needs of emergency nurses in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - Dulandas, Reka; Brysiewicz, Petra (African Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2018)
© 2018 African Federation for Emergency Medicine Introduction: Emergency nurses are usually the first to interact with critically ill patients and victims of violence and injuries, and require advanced skills and knowledge to manage such patients. Inadequate training prevents nurses from providing optimal emergency care, and it is important to investigate if there are any skills and competencies lacking in these emergency nurses. We sought to describe the self-perceived educational needs of emergency nurses in Durban, South Africa. Methods: A descriptive quantitative survey was conducted with nurses working in four emergency centres (two state, and two privately funded hospitals) in Durban, South Africa. Results: The survey questionnaire was distributed with a response rate of 79% (n = 128). Almost half the respondents (48%, n = 61) scored less than the mean score of 29, thus indicating lower competency levels. The majority of respondents (67%, n = 85) perceived themselves as highly competent in basic skills (e.g. assess breathing, administer oxygen, assess circulation). Less than half the respondents (45%, n = 57) perceived themselves as highly competent in the intermediate skills (e.g. control haemorrhage, assist with endotracheal intubation, manage shock). A large number of respondents (46%, n = 59) perceived themselves as least competent in advanced skills (e.g. defibrillation/cardioversion, interpreting an echocardiogram [ECG]). The mean score obtained for educational need was 100, thus reflecting a high educational need, and more than half the respondents (62%, n = 79) scored higher than the mean score of 100 for educational needs. The lowest score was 41. Thirty percent (n = 38) of the respondents scored 117, indicating educational needs for all the competencies listed. Overall, 72% (n = 92) agreed that emergency education was a need. Discussion: The study emphasises the need for support systems for educational development of emergency nurses. Further training in specific skills and competencies may enhance emergency care provided. There is a growing need for ongoing educational development of emergency nurses in South Africa.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1016/j.afjem.2018.03.001 10/gf62nv 2129771:RG8A9AFE 2317526:PYTR6KRL
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:Africa; C:South Africa; CA:AandC; CCZ:South Africa; CL:en; CLL:en; CLS:en; CT:A; CT:C; CT:P; CT:R; CT:T; P:media; P:nurse; R:quantitative; R:questionnaire; R:survey; T:Training; Z:Competency needs; Z:Educational needs; Z:Emergency nurses; _C:Australia AUS; _C:Botswana BWA; _C:Ghana GHA; _C:Pakistan PAK; _C:Sierra Leone SLE; _C:Singapore SGP; _C:South Africa ZAF; _C:Tanzania TZA; _C:Thailand THA; _C:United Kingdom GBR; _C:United States USA; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; publicImportV1

Entrepreneurship training and skills development in Africa: Evidence from Koforidua Technical University, Ghana - Dzisi, Smile; Odoom, Franklin Dodzi; Gligah, Bernice (International Journal of Economics and Business Research, 2018)
Copyright © 2018 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. The significant role entrepreneurial training plays in the success of entrepreneurs has been touted in the literature. This paper explores the idea of practical entrepreneurship training and skills development among African students. The primary objective is to establish the extent to which acquisition of practical entrepreneurial training in addition to the students’ course of study is beneficial to them. The findings revealed that practical entrepreneurial training is new to students in Ghana. The few students who are exposed to practical entrepreneurial training have acquired entrepreneurial skills and knowledge, and this enabled them to set up their own businesses. The findings of this study have implications on growth and development of the economies Africa by creating new and innovative jobs to subsequently and significantly decrease unemployment. The study recommends that tertiary institutions should have entrepreneurial centre for practical sessions.
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Common Types of SEN - Best SEN Schools - special educational needs schools in the UK - Education Advisers (2018)
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Early Years Toolkit - Education Endowment Foundation (Education Endowment Foundation, 2018)
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Teaching & Learning Toolkit - Education Endowment Foundation (Education Endowment Foundation, 2018)
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Makerspace in school: considerations from a large-scale national testbed - Eriksson, Eva; Heath, Carl; Ljungstrand, Peter; Parnes, Peter (International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, 2018)
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Keywords: Stefanie

Higher Education Students' Ownership and Usage of Smart Phones and Tablets: The Case of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). - Essel, Harry Barton; Nunoo, Francis Kofi Nimo; Tachie-Menson, Akosua; Amankwa, John Opuni (International Journal of Educational Technology, 2018)
EdTechHub.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:DXG3ZX4S
Keywords: _C:Australia AUS; _C:Ghana GHA; _C:Ireland IRL; _C:Nigeria NGA; _C:Spain ESP; _C:United Kingdom GBR; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; ⛔ No DOI found

The impact of Artificial Intelligence on learning, teaching, and education. - European Commission. Joint Research Centre. (Publications Office, 2018)
This report describes the current state of the art in artificial intelligence (AI) and its potential impact for learning, teaching, and education. It provides conceptual foundations for well-informed policy-oriented work, research, and forward-looking activities that address the opportunities and challenges created by recent developments in AI. The report is aimed for policy developers, but it also makes contributions that are of interest for AI technology developers and researchers studying the impact of AI on economy, society, and the future of education and learning.
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The Power of a Label: Merit Scholarships vs Needs-Based Scholarships? - Evans, David (World Bank Blog, 2018)

Promoting teachers’ implementation of culturally and contextually relevant class-wide behavior plans - Fallon, Lindsay M.; Cathcart, Sadie C.; DeFouw, Emily R.; O'Keeffe, Breda V.; Sugai, George (Psychology in the Schools, 2018)
Disproportionality in disciplinary actions for certain racial groups has been well documented for several decades. In an effort to support all students, specifically those who are culturally and linguistically diverse, many have called for adopting a multitiered system of support framework that is considerate of student culture and school context. This framework applies to supporting students’ learning and behavior across settings, particularly in the classroom. To bridge existing gaps between theory and practice, this empirical study sought to evaluate whether teachers who self-assessed their own use of culturally and contextually relevant practices would implement a class-wide behavior plan with high levels of implementation fidelity. Results indicated that teachers who engaged in self-assessment and training did implement the plan with high levels of implementation fidelity, particularly when given performance feedback. Additionally, students tended to display slightly higher rates of academic engagement upon consistent implementation of the plan.
_eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/pits.22107
Keywords: diverse learners; implementation fidelity; single-case design

The learning circle experience: Findings from the P2PU participant survey - Fellows, Michelle (University of Washington Information School, 2018)
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Hur lärare kan arbeta med problemlösningsuppgifter - Findelius Jämsén, Isabelle; Nilsson, Frida (2018)
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Keywords: _C:Australia AUS; _C:Greece GRC; _C:Sweden SWE; _C:Zambia ZMB; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

Results from a Study for Teaching Human Body Systems to Primary School Students Using Tablets - Fokides, Emmanuel; Mastrokoukou, Aikaterini (Contemporary Educational Technology, 2018)
00000 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.30935/cet.414808 10/gf62g3 2129771:CQS9KRSX 2129771:QBFK3ZID
Keywords: _C:Canada CAN; _C:Dominican Republic DOM; _C:Greece GRC; _C:Singapore SGP; _C:Sweden SWE; _C:United Kingdom GBR; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

International large-scale computer-based studies on information technology literacy in education - Fraillon, Julian (Second Handbook of Information Technology in Primary and Secondary Education, 2018)
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Keywords: _C:Australia AUS; _C:Japan JPN; _C:United States USA; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

Globalization, Mass Education and Technical and Vocational Education and Training - Galguera, MP (2018)
This book assesses the influence of the international organization UNESCO on the development of national Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) systems in the Southern African Community Region (SADC), focusing particularly on Botswana and Namibia. Designed around UNESCO’s Better Education for Africa’s Rise (BEAR) project, the study is an excellent example of applied policy research. Analysis is from the perspective of key stakeholders including UNESCO headquarters and field offices, Ministries of Education and of Labor, employers and employees, education and training institutions, international partners and more. Both qualitative and quantitative evidence are used to provide a comparative overview, and the author also reveals the current state of data on skills. Readers will discover common goals and challenges across the nations but also a common lack of action to measure the impact and influence that UNESCO’s programs have had at a national level, prior to this study. Were the newly implemented educational policies successful or not? If the public policies failed, why was that? These chapters shed light on such questions and how UNESCO's contribution influenced the national development processes, in the context of globalization processes and trends of global mass education. The book has much to offer for both scholars and those working in UN agencies or national governments who seek to develop education systems and better link them to the world of work.
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Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:Sub-Saharan Africa; A:West Africa; C:Namibia; CA:AandC; CL:en; CLL:en; CLS:en; CT:A; CT:C; CT:F; CT:P; CT:Q; CT:T; F:qualification; P:construction; P:economy; Q:ODEL; Q:open learning; T:Educação profissionalizante; T:TVET; publicImportV1

Equitable access to health professional training in Uganda: A cross sectional study - Galukande, M.; Maling, S.; Kabakyenga, J.; Nshaho, J.; Oboke, H.; Oonge, B.; Muyenje, H.; Katumba-Sentongo, G.; Mayanja-Kizza, H.; Sewankambo, N. K. (Annals of Global Health, 2018)
© 2018 The Author(s). Objective: We set out to assess inequalities to access health professional education, and the impact of an education improvement program supported by MEPI (Medical Education Partnership Initiative). Inequalities in the higher education system in sub-Saharan Africa remain despite some transformative policies and affirmative action. Methods: We reviewed enrollment data from four universities for the period 2001–2014 for various health professional training programs, and conducted group discussions through an iterative process with selected stakeholders, and including a group of education experts. Two time periods, 2001–2010 and 2011–2014, were considered. In 2010–11, the MEPI education program began. Gender ratios, regional representation, secondary schools, and the number of admissions by university and year were analysed. We used SPSS version 17 software to analyse these data with level of significance p < 0.05. We collated qualitative data along predetermined and emerging themes. Results: The overall male-to-female ratio among the student population was 2.3:1. In total, there were 7,023 admissions, 4,403 between 2001–2010 (440 per annum) and 2,620 between 2011–2014 (655 per annum) with p = 0.018. There were no significant increases in admissions in the central and western regions over the two time periods, 1,708 to 849 and 1,113 to 867 respectively, both p = 0.713 and p = 0.253. We propose improving the university admission criteria and increasing enrollment to health professions training schools. Conclusion: There were significant inequalities for higher education training in Uganda by gender, regional representation and school attended. Modifying the admission criteria and increasing enrollment may reduce these inequalities.
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Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:Sub-Saharan Africa; CA:AandC; CL:de; CL:en; CLL:en; CLS:en; CT:A; CT:C; CT:F; CT:P; CT:Q; CT:R; CT:T; F:Improvement; F:access; F:equity; F:gender; F:policy; P:health; P:media; Q:higher education; R:impact; R:iterative; R:qualitative; T:Ausbildung; T:Educação Profissional Técnica de Nível Médio; T:Fortbildung; _C:Uganda UGA; publicImportV1

Open Educational Resources: Challenges and Opportunities in Indian Primary Education - Ganapathi, Janani (International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2018)
Publisher: Athabasca University KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.19173/irrodl.v19i3.3662 2129771:R5XYHP56 2129771:SF383X85
Keywords: _C:Australia AUS; _C:India IND; _C:Kenya KEN; _C:New Zealand NZL; _C:Poland POL; _C:South Africa ZAF; _C:United States USA; _C:Zambia ZMB; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

The role of open educational resources (OERs) in primary education in developing nations: A case study of India - Ganapathi, Janani (Queensland University of Technology, 2018)
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Keywords: _C:Afghanistan AFG; _C:Australia AUS; _C:Bangladesh BGD; _C:Brazil BRA; _C:Cambodia KHM; _C:Canada CAN; _C:Chile CHL; _C:China CHN; _C:Colombia COL; _C:Eritrea ERI; _C:Finland FIN; _C:Ghana GHA; _C:India IND; _C:Iran IRN; _C:Ireland IRL; _C:Japan JPN; _C:Kenya KEN; _C:Korea XKOR; _C:Lesotho LSO; _C:Malawi MWI; _C:Malaysia MYS; _C:Mexico MEX; _C:Mozambique MOZ; _C:Nepal NPL; _C:New Zealand NZL; _C:Nigeria NGA; _C:Norway NOR; _C:Pakistan PAK; _C:Poland POL; _C:Russian Federation RUS; _C:Sierra Leone SLE; _C:Singapore SGP; _C:South Africa ZAF; _C:Spain ESP; _C:Sri Lanka LKA; _C:Sudan SDN; _C:Sweden SWE; _C:Tanzania TZA; _C:Tibet XTIBT; _C:Togo TGO; _C:Turkey TUR; _C:Uganda UGA; _C:United Arab Emirates ARE; _C:United Kingdom GBR; _C:United States USA; _C:Viet Nam VNM; _C:Zambia ZMB; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

Expert comments on: Are children with low vision adapted to the visual environment in classrooms of mainstream schools? - Ganesh, Sandra; Narendran, Kalpana (Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2018)
Publisher: Medknow
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

A Well-Incentivised Education System - Glennerster, R; Lea, N; Rudge, A; Fell, S; Mulligan, R (2018)
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Test of English Language Learning (℡L)(Pearson, 2016) - Gokturk, Nazlinur (Language Assessment Quarterly, 2018)
00000 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1080/15434303.2018.1448821 10/gdm2tv 2129771:8794Z7HW 2129771:QYLBCMMH
Keywords: __C:filed:1

The race between education and technology - Goldin, Claudia; Katz, Lawrence F. (Inequality in the 21st Century, 2018)
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Keywords: Final_citation

The Effects of Tulsa’s Pre‐K Program on Middle School Student Performance. - Gormley, D. Phillips, W. T. Jr.; Anderson, S. (Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2018)
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TVET Strategic Plan 2018-2022 - Government of Kenya (2018)
A Strategic Plan that is aligned to both the dynamic operating environment and the strategic priorities of the Government as outlined in the Kenya Vision 2030, the Constitution of Kenya 2010, and other relevant regional and international policy documents serves as a guide for the organization. I am, therefore, pleased to participate in unveiling of TVETA’s 2018-2022 Strategic Plan which provides a clear road map for the achievement of competitive human capital. The development of this Strategic Plan was based on a review of the Authority’s performance and experiences since its inception, and is a culmination of an extensive consultative process among the Authority’s staff, board of directors and key stakeholders in the country. Our vision and mission are geared towards realizing our mandate by clearly identifying strategic objectives to pursue that conform to our core values. We are aware that this can only be achieved if we continuously align with the dynamism of our operating environment with a view to facilitating fair and competitive practices, while catalyzing the ever-evolving creativity and innovation of the Kenyan public
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TVETA Competency Based Education and Training and Assessment Standards & Guidelines - Government of Kenya (2018)
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Digital Transformation at Scale: Why the Strategy Is Delivery. - Greenway, Andrew (LONDON Publishing PARTNER, 2018)
Organisations that grew up on the web have changed our attitude to the services we rely on every day. We expect them to work, be simple, cheap or free. They have done this by perfecting new technologies, practices, cultures and business models. However, organizations founded before the Internet aren't keeping pace - despite spending millions on IT. Faced with the digital revolution, many people working in large organisations instinctively see its consequences as another layer of complexity. To some of them, `digital' promises a better fax machine, a quicker horse, a brighter candle. In fact, digital is about applying the culture, practices, business models and technologies of the Internet era to respond to people's raised expectations. It is not a new function. It is not even a new way of running the existing functions of an organisation, whether those are IT or communications. It is a new way of running organisations. A successful digital transformation makes it possible not only to deliver products and services that are simpler, cheaper and better, but for the organisation as a whole to operate effectively in the online era. This book is a guide to building a digital institution. Based on experience and not theory it explains how a growing band of reformers in businesses and governments around the world have helped their organisations pivot to this new way of working, and what lessons others can learn from their experience. It is based on the authors' experience designing and helping to deliver the UK government's successful `Government Digital Service'. The GDS was a new institution made responsible for the digital transformation of government, designing public services for the Internet era. It snipped GBP4 billion off the government's technology bill, opened up public sector contracts to thousands of new suppliers, and delivered online services so good that citizens chose to use them over the offline alternatives, without a big marketing campaign. Other countries, and private sector companies too, took note. Here is a simple map to navigate a path through the blockers, buzzwords and bloody-mindedness that doom analogue organisations.
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A Content Analysis of Teaching and Learning in a 1: 1 K-12 Tablet Environment as Evidenced by Student Achievement and Pedagogy - Grogan, Kelly (Lamar University-Beaumont, 2018)
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GSMA Mobile Connectivity Index | Sierra Leone - GSMA (2018)
The GSMA Mobile Connectivity Index is a global mobile connectivity and digital economy guide covering 150 countries and 7 sub-regions
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Smarter without smartphones?: effects of mobile phone bans in schools on academic performance, well-being, and bullying - Guldvik, Maria Køber; Kvinnsland, Ingvild (2018)
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Principal leadership and the integration of information and communication technolgies for teaching and learning in Zimbabwe - Guvhu, Rosemary (University of the Free State, 2018)
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A systematic review of adolescent girl program implementation in low‐and middle‐income countries: evidence gaps and insights - Haberland, Nicole A.; McCarthy, Katharine J.; Brady, Martha (Journal of Adolescent Health, 2018)

Randomised controlled trials – the gold standard for effectiveness research - Hariton, Eduardo; Locascio, Joseph J (International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 2018)
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Short and long-term effects of a mathematics tablet intervention for low performing second graders. - Hassler Hallstedt, Martin; Klingberg, Torkel; Ghaderi, Ata (Journal of Educational Psychology, 2018)
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Challenges of life outside the dual system: VET in neo-liberal economies - Hayward, Geoff (2018)
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Cross-Cultural Requisites for Reducing Educational and Digital Divides through Technology Integration - Heinrich, Carolyn J.; Darling-Aduana, Jennifer; Martin, Caroline (2018)
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The Potential and Prerequisites of Effective Tablet Integration in Rural Kenya - Heinrich, Carolyn J.; Darling-Aduana, Jennifer; Martin, Caroline (2018)
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Keywords: _C:Cambodia KHM; _C:China CHN; _C:Cuba CUB; _C:Ghana GHA; _C:Kenya KEN; _C:South Africa ZAF; _C:United States USA; _C:eSwatini SWZ; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; ⛔ No DOI found

Scaling up an early childhood development programme through a national multisectoral approach to social protection: lessons from Chile Crece Contigo - Helia Molina Milman (The BMJ, 2018)

Young children and tablets: A systematic review of effects on learning and development - Herodotou, Christothea (Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2018)
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Intelligent assistants in higher-education environments: the FIT-EBot, a chatbot for administrative and learning support - Hien, Ho Thao; Cuong, Pham-Nguyen; Nam, Le Nguyen Hoai; Nhung, Ho Le Thi Kim; Thang, Le Dinh (Proceedings of the ninth international symposium on information and communication technology, 2018)

Chatbot for education system - Hiremath, Guruswami; Hajare, Aishwarya; Bhosale, Priyanka; Nanaware, Rasika; Wagh, K. S. (International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, 2018)
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Recognition of Prior Learning Implementation in Library and Information Science Schools in South Africa: A Literature Review - Hlongwane, I (Africa Education Review, 2018)
This article reviews the literature on trends and practices of recognition of prior learning (RPL) in Africa and internationally with specific reference to some of the key elements of the RPL system, including; purpose; assessment methods; quality assurance; and legislative and regulatory frameworks. In addition, a theoretical foundation of RPL is discussed underpinned by the experiential learning theory principles with a brief description of other learning theories related to RPL. The article also discusses the trends and practices of RPL in African countries with an established RPL system. The key finding of the literature review was that there are different conceptions of RPL globally but which all have a similar purpose, that is, economic benefit. Africa has a different take on RPL. A portfolio of evidence is the most commonly used method of assessment both internationally and in Africa with an increased use of e-portfolios internationally. A variety of quality assurance methods are used which differ from country to country but are similar to the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) quality standards which have been in use for many decades in the United States (US) since the inception of RPL. There are discrepancies in terms of legislative and regulatory frameworks. Some countries in Africa and internationally have no formal legislative and regulatory frameworks for RPL despite providing RPL services for years or decades. South Africa and Mauritius boast standardised and regulated RPL systems as do other developed countries such as New Zealand.
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Using Smartphones as Experimental Tools—Effects on Interest, Curiosity, and Learning in Physics Education - Hochberg, Katrin; Kuhn, Jochen; Müller, Andreas (Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2018)
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Mixed methods appraisal tool (MMAT), version 2018 user guide - Hong, Q.N.; Pluye, P.; Fabregues, S.; Bartlett, G.; Boardman, F.; Cargo, M.; Dagenais, P.; Gagnon, M-P.; Griffiths, F.; Nicolau, B.; O'Cathain, A.; Rousseau, M-C.; et al. (McGill University Department of Family Medicine, 2018)
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App clusters: Exploring patterns of multiple app use in primary learning contexts - Howard, Sarah K.; Yang, Jie; Ma, Jun; Maton, Karl; Rennie, Ellie (Computers & Education, 2018)
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Extending a conventional chatbot knowledge base to external knowledge source and introducing user based sessions for diabetes education - Hussain, Shafquat; Athula, Ginige (2018 32nd International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications Workshops (WAINA), 2018)

Artificial intelligence faces reproducibility crisis - Hutson, M. (Science, 2018)
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Has artificial intelligence become alchemy? - Hutson, M. (Science, 2018)
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Policy formulation and programme development - International Institute for Educational Planning (UNESCO, 2018)
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School Choice: Digital Prints and Network Analysis - Ivaniushina, Valeria; Williams, Elena (Digital Transformation and Global Society, 2018)
We apply social network analysis to examine school choice in the second-largest Russian city Saint-Petersburg. We use online data (“digital footprints”) of between-schools comparisons on a large school information resource shkola-spb.ru. This resource allows to identify clusters of city schools that have been compared to each other more often and thus reflect choice preferences of students and parents looking for a school. Network analysis is conducted in R (‘igraph’ package). For community detection, we employed fast-greedy clustering algorithm (Good et al. 2010). The resulting communities (school clusters) have been placed on a city map to identify territorial patterns formed according to choice preferences.Network analysis of the district school networks based on between-schools online comparisons reveals two main factors for community formation. The first factor is territorial proximity: users compare schools that are relatively close to each other and not separated by wide streets, parks, industrial areas, rivers, etc. The second grouping principle is the type of school: private schools always form a separate cluster which shows that they are not being compared with public schools. In one district there was also a cluster of elite or academically challenging public schools grouped together.
Keywords: Digital prints; Network analysis; School choice; _C:Germany DEU; _C:Russian Federation RUS; _C:Switzerland CHE; _C:United States USA; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

A review of research on bridging the gap between formal and informal learning with technology in primary school contexts - Jagušt, Tomislav; Botički, Ivica; So, H.-J. (Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2018)
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Keywords: _C:China CHN; _C:Croatia HRV; _C:France FRA; _C:Korea XKOR; _C:Singapore SGP; _C:United Kingdom GBR; _C:United States USA; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; literature / systematic review

'Living Discourse': Critical Pedagogic Coaching for Active Student for Active Student Learning in Educational Technology - Jameson, Jill (International Conference on e-Learning, 2018)
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‘Living Discourse’: Critical Pedagogic Coaching for Active Student Learning in Educational Technology - Jameson, Jill (ICEL 2018 13th International Conference on e-Learning, 2018)
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Mixing and Matching: Using Qualitative Methods to Improve Quantitative Impact Evaluations (IEs) and Systematic Reviews (SRs) of Development Outcomes - Jimenez, Emmanuel; Waddington, Hugh; Goel, Neeta; Prost, Audrey; Pullin, Andrew (2018)
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Measuring the Information Society Report 2018 - Johannes Bauer; Benavente, Daniela; Gillet, Josh; Helsper, Ellen; Van Deursen, Alexander (International Telecommunication Union, 2018)
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InfoInternet for Education in the Global South: A Study of Applications Enabled by Free Information-only Internet Access in Technologically Disadvantaged Areas (authors' version) - Johansen, Johanna; Johansen, Christian; Noll, Josef (arXiv preprint arXiv:1808.09496, 2018)
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Keywords: _C:Bangladesh BGD; _C:Congo; Democratic Republic COD; _C:Congo; Republic COG; _C:Finland FIN; _C:Germany DEU; _C:India IND; _C:Namibia NAM; _C:Nigeria NGA; _C:Norway NOR; _C:Peru PER; _C:Tanzania TZA; _C:Thailand THA; _C:Uganda UGA; _C:United Kingdom GBR; _C:United States USA; _C:Uruguay URY; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; ⛔ No DOI found

How do we address the reproducibility crisis in artificial intelligence? Forbes - Jones, M. (2018)
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Exploring the Perspectives of Participants of Two Mathematics Professional Development Courses in South Africa: Personal, Professional and Community Outcomes - Joubert M.; Kenny S. (African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2018)
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An Overview of ICT for Education of Refugees and IDPs​ - Joynes, D.; James, , Z (Department for International Development, 2018)
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Developing inclusive education policy and practice in Zanzibar : collaborative action research - Juma, Said (Jyväskylä studies in education, psychology and social research, 2018)
This doctoral dissertation, which consists of three interrelated sub-studies and an overarching summary, explores the inclusive education development process in Zanzibar, Tanzania. The purpose of the research is to contribute to the development of inclusive policies and practices in order to increase the presence, participation and achievement of all learners. The overarching research question investigated in this research was as follows: How is inclusive education developed in Zanzibar, and how can it be better integrated into the education system? This question was divided into six sub-questions. Each of the three interrelated sub-studies in this dissertation focused on specific sub-questions. The data included several documents related to inclusive education development; interviews conducted with 20 teachers from two primary schools; these teachers’ reflective diaries, which were kept during their action research projects, and the researcher’s reflective diary. The data were analysed using qualitative content analysis and thematic analysis. The findings revealed that Zanzibar has taken several measures to make its education system more inclusive. These measures include acknowledging inclusive education in its 2006 education policy, drafting an inclusive education policy, introducing a re-entry policy for school girls who become pregnant, increasing the number of years of compulsory education from 10 to 12, removing school fees for both primary and secondary schools, providing in-service teacher training for inclusive education, recruiting inclusive education and life skills advisors and resource teachers, and introducing inclusive education courses in teacher training colleges. It is also worth noting that the teachers in this research experienced collaborative action research as valuable in developing their inclusive practices, despite the challenges they encounter in the course of conducting their projects. Despite its advantages, collaborative action research demands additional time from the teachers beyond their teaching responsibilities. The research participants found the teacher resource centres to be key in enhancing their professional development. This research shows the need to review the teaching methods and materials used in schools. Reforms in teacher education curricula are also needed in response to increasingly diverse learning needs and educational changes. In addition, this research emphasises the integration of inclusive education and collaborative action research into teacher education so that all teachers can teach inclusively. Both school-based organisational learning and school–community and school–university collaborations can foster collaborative school cultures and inclusive teacher education.
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Keywords: _C:Argentina ARG; _C:Australia AUS; _C:Bangladesh BGD; _C:Botswana BWA; _C:Cambodia KHM; _C:Canada CAN; _C:Central African Republic CAF; _C:China CHN; _C:Finland FIN; _C:Germany DEU; _C:Ghana GHA; _C:India IND; _C:Ireland IRL; _C:Italy ITA; _C:Japan JPN; _C:Kenya KEN; _C:Lesotho LSO; _C:Malawi MWI; _C:Malaysia MYS; _C:Mexico MEX; _C:Mongolia MNG; _C:Namibia NAM; _C:Nepal NPL; _C:New Zealand NZL; _C:North Macedonia MKD; _C:Norway NOR; _C:Oman OMN; _C:Pakistan PAK; _C:Russian Federation RUS; _C:Singapore SGP; _C:South Africa ZAF; _C:Spain ESP; _C:Sweden SWE; _C:Tanzania TZA; _C:Thailand THA; _C:Turkey TUR; _C:Uganda UGA; _C:United Kingdom GBR; _C:United States USA; _C:Viet Nam VNM; _C:Zambia ZMB; _C:Zimbabwe ZWE; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; ⛔ No DOI found