CLA Toolkit - USAID Learning Lab

Engaging Stakeholders - USAID Learning Lab
“Achieving and sustaining any development outcome depends on the contributions of multiple and interconnected actors...Each set of interconnected actors whose collective actions produce a particular outcome is a local system.” ~ USAID Local Systems Framework Development is an inherently collaborative process and so engaging with stakeholders is essential when designing and implementing effective development strategies and activities. By engaging across technical and support teams, with other USAID units, or with local communities, host governments, and partners we can identify areas of shared interest and potential cooperation. This helps us avoid duplication of effort, share what does and does not work, and develop innovative approaches to shared development challenges. When we don't invest in collaboration, we create information silos, miss opportunities, and lack critical perspectives that can make the difference between success and failure in our development interventions.

Engaging with Stakeholders - USAID Learning Lab

Evaluation Stakeholder Participation Planning Matrix - USAID Learning Lab

Evaluation Toolkit - USAID Learning Lab

Tool: Assessing the Quality of Education Evaluations - USAID Office of Education (2017)

Policy Linking for Measuring Global Learning Outcomes - USAID; World Bank; Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office; Australian Council for Education Research; MSI (2021)
Check out the policy linking video below , Express Interest in an Upcoming Training , USAID has worked closely with global partners including with the World Bank, UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)

Sustainable green energy production from agricultural and poultry operations-A renewable energy project for community empowerment and vocational training in remote villages in South Africa - Ushimaru, Kenji (INEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, 2012)
The development of an innovative waste-to-energy plant in rural South Africa is now underway. A plan to construct a test unit that uses chicken droppings from a nearby chicken farm as a fuel source is presented. This waste-to-energy plant offers an opportunity to provide economic development and community empowerment. The system is based on two critical components: (1) a power generation plant which uses chicken droppings as a fuel source, and (2) a waste processing unit that is based on magnetic induction heating technology. The ultimate goal of the power plant is to utilize it as a vocational training tool to teach young people of the community to become power plant technicians, a vocational option that has never been available in rural African communities until now. © 2012 IEEE.
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:Africa; C:South Africa; CA:AandC; CL:en; CLL:en; CLS:en; CT:A; CT:C; CT:P; CT:T; P:agricultural; P:economy; P:production; P:technician; P:technology; T:TVET; Z:agricultural waste; Z:economicdevelopment; Z:induction heating; Z:job creation; Z:power plant; Z:renewableenergy; Z:steam extraction; publicImportV1

Geospatial variation in measles vaccine coverage through routine and campaign strategies in Nigeria: Analysis of recent household surveys - Utazi, C. Edson; Wagai, John; Pannell, Oliver; Cutts, Felicity T.; Rhoda, Dale A.; Ferrari, Matthew J.; Dieng, Boubacar; Oteri, Joseph; Danovaro-Holliday, M. Carolina; Adeniran, Adeyemi; Tatem, Andrew J. (Vaccine, 2020)
Measles vaccination campaigns are conducted regularly in many low- and middle-income countries to boost measles control efforts and accelerate progress towards elimination. National and sometimes first-level administrative division campaign coverage may be estimated through post-campaign coverage surveys (PCCS). However, these large-area estimates mask significant geographic inequities in coverage at more granular levels. Here, we undertake a geospatial analysis of the Nigeria 2017–18 PCCS data to produce coverage estimates at 1 × 1 km resolution and the district level using binomial spatial regression models built on a suite of geospatial covariates and implemented in a Bayesian framework via the INLA-SPDE approach. We investigate the individual and combined performance of the campaign and routine immunization (RI) by mapping various indicators of coverage for children aged 9–59 months. Additionally, we compare estimated coverage before the campaign at 1 × 1 km and the district level with predicted coverage maps produced using other surveys conducted in 2013 and 2016–17. Coverage during the campaign was generally higher and more homogeneous than RI coverage but geospatial differences in the campaign’s reach of previously unvaccinated children are shown. Persistent areas of low coverage highlight the need for improved RI performance. The results can help to guide the conduct of future campaigns, improve vaccination monitoring and measles elimination efforts. Moreover, the approaches used here can be readily extended to other countries.
Keywords: Geospatial analysis; Measles vaccine; Post-campaign coverage survey; Routine immunization; Supplementary immunization activities

The Impact of Broadband Network Construction on Education - Utilities One (Utilities One, 2023)
Being connected to the digital world is no longer a luxury, but a necessity in today's society. The internet has become a powerful tool in various aspects of our lives, including education. However, not all students have equal access to this invaluable resource, leading to what is commonly known as the "homework gap.
Keywords: Final_citation

Datasets - UWESO

Are Our Children Learning? The Status of Remote-learning among School-going Children in Kenya during the Covid-19 Crisis. - Uwezo Kenya (Uwezo, 2020)
Keywords: _COVID-Continuity-Blogpost-01; _COVID_DEAA-List

National Learning Assessment 2014 test Booklet - Uwezo Kenya (Twaweza, 2014)

Effects of teaching activities via Google Sketchup and concrete models on spatial skills of preservice mathematics teachers - Uygan, Candaş; Kurtuluş, Aytaç (Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education, 2016)
The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of teaching activities supported by Google SketchUp, which is a 3-Dimensional modeling software, and concrete models on the basic skills related to spatial ability in teaching geometric solids. The study sample consisted of 72 preservice teachers who were studying elementary mathematics education in 2009-2010 academic-year in a state-funded university in Central Anatolia, Turkey. This was an experimental study. The study used a pretest posttest control group design and included two experimental groups and a control group. One of the experimental groups was taught using Google SketchUp while the other one was taught with concrete model-aided teaching activities. The activities, designed for the control group, were carried out with some traditional teaching tools such as paper, pencil and classroom writing board. The Santa Barbara Solids Test (SBST) and the Purdue Spatial Visualization Test (PSVT) were used to measure spatial ability. The SBST measures the ability to mentally visualize the cross-sections of 3D objects. The PSVT consists of three parts: "Developments", which measures skills to visualize a 3D object based on its surface development; "Rotations", which measures skills to mentally rotate 3D objects; and "Views", which measures skills to visualize different views of 3D objects. The study identified significant increases in the scores received for all of the tests by the group using Google SketchUp, in the scores received for the SBST and Developments part by the group using concrete models, and in the scores received for only the Developments part by the control group. Also, the posttest average score received for the "Views" part by the experimental group using Google SketchUp was significantly higher than the score of the experimental group using concrete models and the control group.
Keywords: Colleges & universities; Concretes; Group dynamics; Mathematical analysis; Mathematical models; Mathematics; Skills; Studies; Teachers; Teaching; Three dimensional models; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2098421; __finaldtb

Faculty Members’ Communication Needs with Regards to Technology - Uzorka, Afam (Journal of Learning for Development, 2021)
Educators are interested in the impact of technology on education and are supported by regulatory bodies promoting technology standards, recruiters seeking teachers with technology skills, legislated technology in the curriculum, and a demand for a technology skilled workforce. In response to the interest in technology in education, and faculty members incorporating technology in their work, this study was launched to investigate the communication needs of faculty members. This qualitative study selected a convenience sample of 120 faculty and administrators. Using an interview guide, interviewers met with 100 participants. Data was transcribed and entered into a database for analysis. Findings reported were about technology in communication. Concluding statements report that participants use technology in their communication. Faculty members look to early enablers to share best technology practices.
Keywords: communication; e-mail; faculty members; technology; ⛔ No DOI found

Using telecollaboration to promote intercultural competence in teacher training classrooms in Turkey and the USA - Üzüm, Babürhan; Akayoglu, Sedat; Yazan, Bedrettin (ReCALL, 2020)
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

Aprender se escribe con app: una revisión de la literatura sobre el uso de aplicaciones móviles en el aula de Primaria - Vacas Criado, Miriam
Keywords: _C:Colombia COL; _C:Greece GRC; _C:India IND; _C:Jamaica JAM; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; literature / systematic review; ⛔ No DOI found

Management Accounting and Control in Higher Education Institutions: A Systematic Literature Review - Vale, José; Amaral, Joana; Abrantes, Luís; Leal, Carmem; Silva, Rui (Administrative Sciences, 2022)
The new public management reforms have led to significant changes in higher education institutions (HEIs) regarding the management accounting and control (MAC) of these organizations. Therefore, this paper provides an overview of the main studies on MAC in these types of organizations through a systematic literature review (SLR). The PRISMA guidelines were followed, and data were collected from the Web of Science and Scopus databases. The final sample encompassed 50 articles, published between 1981 and 2020. The results show that MAC research tends to focus on management control systems and performance evaluation systems. They also suggest that, although the development and implementation of various MAC tools are crucial for HEIs, such implementation often is partial. This is due to the stakeholders’ perceptions/attitudes regarding the importance of such tools. The results also indicate that institutional theory is the most addressed one. Most of the time, HEIs implement MAC tools due to external pressures. By synthesizing the main trends in MAC, this SLR intends to provide a theoretical contribution to the literature in this research field. Several themes for further research are suggested, such as assessing the relationship between MAC and the management of “knowledge” and intellectual capital in these institutions, and addressing sustainability issues. From a practical viewpoint, HEI managers can obtain important insights to apply the most appropriate tools to their institutions.
Keywords: accounting theories; higher education institutions; management accounting; management control; systematic literature review

Integrating new technology in the language classroom: innovative teacher identities - Valentyn, Gail (Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University, 2019)
Keywords: _C:Australia AUS; _C:China CHN; _C:Estonia EST; _C:Finland FIN; _C:Mauritius MUS; _C:Namibia NAM; _C:New Zealand NZL; _C:Nigeria NGA; _C:South Africa ZAF; _C:Spain ESP; _C:Sri Lanka LKA; _C:Thailand THA; _C:Turkey TUR; _C:Uganda UGA; _C:United Kingdom GBR; _C:United States USA; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

Roof Lighting with Recycled Plastic Bottles - Valera Terreros, Nancy; Espinoza Díaz, Daniel (Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Lighting, 2020)

A Detailed Example: Galactic Dynamics - Vallejo, Juan C.; Sanjuan, Miguel AF (Predictability of Chaotic Dynamics, 2019)

Role of dark matter haloes on the predictability of computed orbits - Vallejo, Juan C.; Sanjuan, Miguel AF (Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2016)
Keywords: __C:filed:1

A Natural Ventilation Steady-State Calculation Tool for the Early Design Stage of Buildings. - Vallejo, Juan; Ford, Brian; Aparicio, Pablo; Diaz, Camilo
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Putting learning at the centre - Valters, Craig; Cummings, Clare; Nixon, Hamish
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Tools to create and democratize conversational artificial intelligence - Van Brummelen, Jessica Jessica Raquelle (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)

Teaching tech to talk: K-12 conversational artificial intelligence literacy curriculum and development tools - Van Brummelen, Jessica; Heng, Tommy; Tabunshchyk, Viktoriya (2021)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

“Alexa, Can I Program You?”: Student Perceptions of Conversational Artificial Intelligence Before and After Programming Alexa - Van Brummelen, Jessica; Tabunshchyk, Viktoriya; Heng, Tommy (IDC '21: Interaction Design and Children, 2021)

An open source machine learning framework for efficient and transparent systematic reviews - van de Schoot, Rens; de Bruin, Jonathan; Schram, Raoul; Zahedi, Parisa; de Boer, Jan; Weijdema, Felix; Kramer, Bianca; Huijts, Martijn; Hoogerwerf, Maarten; Ferdinands, Gerbrich; Harkema, Albert; Willemsen, Joukje; et al. (Nature Machine Intelligence, 2021)
To help researchers conduct a systematic review or meta-analysis as efficiently and transparently as possible, we designed a tool to accelerate the step of screening titles and abstracts. For many tasks—including but not limited to systematic reviews and meta-analyses—the scientific literature needs to be checked systematically. Scholars and practitioners currently screen thousands of studies by hand to determine which studies to include in their review or meta-analysis. This is error prone and inefficient because of extremely imbalanced data: only a fraction of the screened studies is relevant. The future of systematic reviewing will be an interaction with machine learning algorithms to deal with the enormous increase of available text. We therefore developed an open source machine learning-aided pipeline applying active learning: ASReview. We demonstrate by means of simulation studies that active learning can yield far more efficient reviewing than manual reviewing while providing high quality. Furthermore, we describe the options of the free and open source research software and present the results from user experience tests. We invite the community to contribute to open source projects such as our own that provide measurable and reproducible improvements over current practice.
Keywords: Computational biology and bioinformatics; Computer science; Medical research; SARS-CoV-2; _Added-ailr-2024

Meta-analysis of multiple outcomes: A multilevel approach - Van den Noortgate, Wim; López-López, José Antonio; Marín-Martínez, Fulgencio; Sánchez-Meca, Julio (Behavior research methods, 2015)

Retention and attrition among National Certificate (Vocational) Civil and Construction students in South African TVET - Van der Bijl, Andre; Lawrence, Mark (Industry and Higher Education, 2019)
© The Author(s) 2018. The National Certificate (Vocational) (NC(V)) was introduced into South Africa’s system of vocational training to ‘solve problems of poor quality programmes, lack of relevance to the economy, as well as low technical and cognitive skills of TVET [technical and vocational education and training] graduates’. The NC(V) did not, however, meet expectations, partially because of systemic difficulties. This article reports on research conducted among students who studied on the NC(V) Civil and Construction programme in an effort to identify appropriate corrections that could be made by college management. The research project made use of Tinto’s Student Integration Model to identify reasons for both student attrition and student persistence. The study provides information on the predicament facing TVET Civil and Construction students and has broad relevance for practitioners operating in higher and post-school education.

Dataset of indoor air parameter measurements relating to indoor air quality and thermal comfort in South African primary school classrooms of various building infrastructure types - Van Der Walt, Rita Elise; Grobbelaar, Sara Susanna; Booysen, Marthinus Johannes (Data in Brief, 2024)
In the resource-constrained South African education sector, infrastructure considered temporary or a backup in other countries is used as permanent classrooms, primarily but not exclusively in lower-income areas. Children's cognitive performance and comfort are directly impacted by indoor air quality. Temperature, relative humidity, particulate matter and CO2 levels, substantial determinants of air quality and thermal comfort, have not been investigated across different classroom building and infrastructure types. We measure these parameters with 11-min intervals in 24 classrooms at schools in Stellenbosch, South Africa. These classrooms consist of a range of different infrastructure types. Container classrooms with and without insulation, mobile (prefabricated) classrooms, and brick classrooms of different configurations are included. Measurements are concurrently sampled over ten months (249 days, still ongoing) across multiple seasons with relevant metadata, including ambient weather conditions, school days and times, and electricity availability in the (South) African context, which impacts air conditioning usage. This dataset provides valuable insights into true learning conditions in South African classrooms.
Keywords: Brick classrooms; C:South Africa; Carbon dioxide; Developing country; Indoor air quality; Learning environment; Particulate matter; Portable classrooms; Thermal environment; _z:class:countries; _z:class:themes; oa:topic:T10121 Building Energy Efficiency and Thermal Comfort Optimization; oa:topic:T11692 Effects of Noise Pollution on Health and Well-being; oa:topic:T11988 Sustainable Construction and Green Building; openalex:n:1; openalex:yes

Automation of systematic literature reviews: A systematic literature review - van Dinter, Raymon; Tekinerdogan, Bedir; Catal, Cagatay (Information and Software Technology, 2021)
Objective: This study aims to collect and synthesize the studies that focus on the automation of SLR to pave the way for further research. Method: A systematic literature review is conducted on published primary studies on the automation of SLR studies, in which 41 primary studies have been analyzed. Results: This SLR identifies the objectives of automation studies, application domains, automated steps of the SLR, automation techniques, and challenges and solution directions. Conclusion: According to our study, the leading automated step is the Selection of Primary Studies. Although many studies have provided automation approaches for systematic literature reviews, no study has been found to apply automation techniques in the planning and reporting phase. Further research is needed to support the auto mation of the other activities of the SLR process.
Keywords: Automation; Machine learning; Natural language processing; Review; Systematic literature review (SLR); Text mining; _Added-ailr-2024

Gamification of health professions education: a systematic review - van Gaalen, A. E. J.; Brouwer, J.; Schönrock-Adema, J.; Bouwkamp-Timmer, T.; Jaarsma, A. D. C.; Georgiadis, J. R. (Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2021)
Gamification refers to using game attributes in a non-gaming context.Health professions educators increasingly turn to gamification to optimize students’ learning outcomes. However, little is known about the concept of gamification and its possible working mechanisms. This review focused on empirical evidence for the effectiveness of gamification approaches and theoretical rationales for applying the chosen game attributes. We systematically searched multiple databases, and included all empirical studies evaluating the use of game attributes in health professions education. Of 5044 articles initially identified, 44 met the inclusion criteria. Negative outcomes for using gamification were not reported. Almost all studies included assessment attributes (n = 40), mostly in combination with conflict/challenge attributes (n = 27). Eight studies revealed that this specific combination had increased the use of the learning material, sometimes leading to improved learning outcomes. A relatively small number of studies was performed to explain mechanisms underlying the use of game attributes (n = 7). Our findings suggest that it is possible to improve learning outcomes in health professions education by using gamification, especially when employing game attributes that improve learning behaviours and attitudes towards learning. However, most studies lacked well-defined control groups and did not apply and/or report theory to understand underlying processes. Future research should clarify mechanisms underlying gamified educational interventions and explore theories that could explain the effects of these interventions on learning outcomes, using well-defined control groups, in a longitudinal way. In doing so, we can build on existing theories and gain a practical and comprehensive understanding of how to select the right game elements for the right educational context and the right type of student.
Keywords: _genre:LR-literature_review

Competence and TVET Innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Rwanda - van Halsema, Wybe (Competence-based Vocational and Professional Education: Bridging the Worlds of Work and Education, 2017)
In many African countries, technical and vocational education and training (TVET) is considered a means to stimulate strategic economic growth. In order to render TVET more in line with market demands, governments increasingly promote the competence-based education (CBE) approach. In this chapter, the Central African country Rwanda is studied as an exemplary case for sub-Saharan Africa in how they apply CBE. Through competence-based curriculum development and teacher training, a centralised form of workforce planning is envisaged that would shape the TVET reform in the Central African country.In Rwanda, the Belgian Technical Cooperation (BTC) follows a systems approach to implement CBE in TVET. Having done so over the past 4 years, it becomes apparent that in the transitional phases of the systems, there is much ‘transitional noise’ that hampers implementation. This fact challenges the centralist view on CBE and its scope for national workforce planning. However, some positive features emerge from CBE implementation in that it stimulates practical learning and creativity in TVET.It is argued that by adapting the concept of competence to a more decentralised, intrinsic and generic form of TVET, a more capable, innovative and employable workforce can be formed. Government should thereby not just focus on formal employment but follow a diversified and inclusive approach of TVET for youth employment in all segments of the economy.
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:Sub-Saharan Africa; C:Rwanda; CA:AandC; CL:en; CLL:en; CLS:en; CT:A; CT:C; CT:T; Competence Development; Competency Statement; Informal Sector; Master Trainer; Pilot School; T:TVET; publicImportV1

Social media research: The application of supervised machine learning in organizational communication research. - van Zoonen, Ward; van der Meer, Toni, G. L. A. (Computers in Human Behavior, 2016)
Despite the online availability of data, analysis of this information in academic research is arduous. This article explores the application of supervised machine learning (SML) to overcome challenges associated with online data analysis. In SML classifiers are used to categorize and code binary data. Based on a case study of Dutch employees’ work-related tweets, this paper compares the coding performance of three classifiers, Linear Support Vector Machine, Naïve Bayes, and logistic regression. The performance of these classifiers is assessed by examining accuracy, precision, recall, the area under the precision-recall curve, and Krippendorf’s Alpha. These indices are obtained by comparing the coding decisions of the classifier to manual coding decisions. The findings indicate that the Linear Support Vector Machine and Naïve Bayes classifiers outperform the logistic regression classifier. This study also compared the performance of these classifiers based on stratified random samples and random samples of training data. The findings indicate that in smaller training sets stratified random training samples perform better than random training samples, in large training sets (n = 4000) random samples yield better results. Finally, the Linear Support Vector Machine classifier was trained with 4000 tweets and subsequently used to categorize 578,581 tweets obtained from 430 employees.
Keywords: Communication research; Content analysis; Supervised machine learning; Twitter

Towards Systemic EdTech Testbeds: A Global Perspective - Vanbecelaere, Stefanie; Adam, Taskeen; Sieber, Carmen; Clark-Wilson, Alison; Boody Adorno, Katie; Haßler, Björn (Global EdTech Testbeds Network, 2023)
This document is an output of the Global EdTech Testbeds Network, https://globaledtech.org/.
Keywords: _r:AddedByZotZen; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence

Post-primary agricultural education and training in sub-Saharan Africa: Adapting supply to changing demand - Vandenbosch, T (2006)
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:Africa; A:Sub-Saharan Africa; C:Benin; C:Burkina Faso; C:Ethiopia; CA:AandC; CL:de; CL:en; CL:fr; CLL:en; CLS:en; CT:A; CT:C; CT:F; CT:P; CT:Q; CT:R; CT:T; F:learning; F:ministry; P:agricultural; P:agriculture; P:economy; P:environment; Q:ICT; Q:certificate; Q:secondary education; R:impact; T:Ausbildung; T:Educação profissionalizante; T:TVET; T:Training; T:apprenticeship training; T:trainee; _C:Ghana GHA; _C:Uganda UGA; publicImportV1; ⛔ No DOI found

The e-capacity of primary schools: Development of a conceptual model and scale construction from a school improvement perspective - Vanderlinde, Ruben; van Braak, Johan (Computers & education, 2010)

Teacher collaboration: A systematic review - Vangrieken, Katrien; Dochy, Filip; Raes, Elisabeth; Kyndt, Eva (Educational Research Review, 2015)
This paper presents a systematic review on teacher collaboration. In total, 82 studies were selected based on predefined selection criteria and reviewed by means of a narrative review method to thematically gather information across the studies. The first aim of this review was to provide an overview of the terminological framework to describe teacher collaboration used in previous research. Collaboration was perceived here as a continuum ranging from mere aggregates of individuals to strong team collaboration. This continuum was conceptualised as the degree of team entitativity. Second, the review investigated the focus and depth of collaboration. These appeared to be important issues and provide different opportunities for (collaborative) learning. Third, although realising teacher collaboration proves to be challenging, this review listed benefits for students, teachers, and the school. Fourth and fifth, various facilitating and hindering factors were explored that may serve as valuable points of action to realise effective collaboration. The latter has vital importance for the future as it is needed to build schools into learning organisations, to anticipate the growing importance of collaboration in society and to use education as a role model for students to properly prepare them for the future.
Keywords: Teacher collaboration; Teacher teams; Team entitativity

Statistical Analyses of Digital Divide Factors - Várallyai, László; Herdon, Miklós; Botos, Szilvia (Procedia Economics and Finance, 2015)
The digital divide has become an extremely important issue for many international organizations and a major challenge for policy makers and academic researchers. We have to know the factors of digital divide to find solutions for eliminating disparities in ICTs.The first goal of our research is to measure or calculate the digital divide in Hungary. The digital divide is a complex and multidimensional issue, which requires taking into account diverse technologies, variables, and territories. In this context, factor analysis has revealed as a useful tool to capture the overall dimension of the digital divide. Therefore our research is based on different ICT indicators from Eurostat statistics and the Empirica survey results. Our research focuses on the digital divide circumstances in Hungary. The investigated fields are the followings: Percentage of households with access to the Internet; Percentage of households with a broadband connection; Percentage of individuals regularly using the Internet at least once a week; Percentage of individuals who have never used a computer; Percentage of individuals who ordered goods or services online for private use. The correlation matrix in our research (which comes from factor analysis) shows that all variables are closely related to each other, with correlation coefficients larger than 0.8. For instance, the percentage of individuals who have never used a computer is highly and negatively correlated with using the Internet and having access at home because most people are connected to the Internet through a computer. Furthermore, the high and positive correlations of broadband infrastructural and usage indicators show the increasing importance of high-speed connections: many of the latest online services, are only possible through fast networks. Given these strong correlations, factor analysis seems to be appropriate.Since the EU has been paying special attention to bridging the rural-urban digital divide the relationship between ICT factor and population density has also been analyzed. Furthermore, the percentage of population aged 65 and over is included to capture the potential influence of regional demographic differences on the extent of ICT adoption. In this sense, older people often face more barriers to use ICT than younger individuals. The highest correlations with ICT factor are found for GDP per capita, human resources in science and technology, in contrast to population density, which shows the lowest one among the considered variables. This article shows our research results on the field of digital divide factors using by statistical analyses.
Keywords: Digital divide; ICT.; e-competences; e-skills; skills gap

The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience - Varela, Francisco J.; Rosch, Eleanor; Thompson, Evan (MIT Press, 1992)
The Embodied Mind provides a unique, sophisticated treatment of the spontaneous and reflective dimension of human experience. The authors argue that only by having a sense of common ground between mind in Science and mind in experience can our understanding of cognition be more complete. Toward that end, they develop a dialogue between cognitive science and Buddhist meditative psychology and situate it in relation to other traditions such as phenomenology and psychoanalysis.
Keywords: Psychology / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition

Building and Strengthening National Systems for Early Childhood Development - Vargas-Barón, Emily (Handbook of early childhood development research and its impact on global policy, 2014)

Modeling the Epidemic Growth of Preprints on COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 - Vasconcelos, Giovani L.; Cordeiro, Luan P.; Duarte-Filho, Gerson C.; Brum, Arthur A. (Frontiers in Physics, 2021)
The response of the scientific community to the global health emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has produced an unprecedented number of manuscripts in a short period of time, the vast majority of which have been shared in the form of preprints posted on online preprint repositories before peer review. This surge in preprint publications has in itself attracted considerable attention, although mostly in the bibliometrics literature. In the present study we apply a mathematical growth model, known as the generalized Richards model, to describe the time evolution of the cumulative number of COVID-19 related preprints. This mathematical approach allows us to infer several important aspects concerning the underlying growth dynamics, such as its current stage and its possible evolution in the near future. We also analyze the rank-frequency distribution of preprints servers, ordered by the number of COVID-19 preprints they host, and find that it follows a power law in the low rank (high frequency) region, with the high rank (low frequency) tail being better described by a q-exponential function. The Zipf-like law in the high frequency regime indicates the presence of a cumulative advantage effect, whereby servers that already have more preprints receive more submissions.

Occupants’ responses to window views, daylighting and lighting in buildings: A critical review - Vasquez, Natalia Giraldo; Rupp, Ricardo Forgiarini; Andersen, Rune Korsholm; Toftum, Jørn (Building and Environment, 2022)
Keywords: BE:RELEVANT

Country Gender Assessment (CGA): St. Vincent & the Grenadines - Vassell, Linnette; Baksh, Rawwida (Caribbean Development Bank, 2015)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Comparative pedagogies and epistemological diversity: social and materials contexts of teaching in Tanzania - Vavrus, Frances; Bartlett, Lesley (Comparative Education Review, 2012)

How ed-tech can help leapfrog progress in education - Vegas, Emeliana; Ziegler, Lauren; Zerbino, Nicolas (Center for Universal Education at The Brookings Institution, 2019)
This brief analyzes the use of ed-tech innovations around the world.
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing; ⛔ No DOI found

How ed-tech can help leapfrog progress in education - Vegas, Emeliana; Ziegler, Lauren; Zerbino, Nicolas (Brookings, 2019)
This brief analyzes the use of ed-tech innovations around the world.

Sistemas internacionais de aprendizagem profissional: uma análise comparativa em alguns países desenvolvidos e emergentes - Veloso, José Rodrigo Paprotzki; Rodrigues, Marta M Assumpção (Universidade de Aveiro, 2016)
Este trabalho examina as políticas públicas que articulam educa- ção e trabalho para a juventude, de uma perspectiva comparada, contrapondo as trajetórias de países desenvolvidos e em desenvolvimento. Mais especificamente, focaliza a política de formação de aprendizes (Aprendizagem) nos casos de Alemanha, Inglaterra, França, Estados Unidos, Brasil, África do Sul e Índia. O objetivo é revelar que há algo que antecede os formatos atuais que, ao formar imagens políticas específicas, ilumina os cenários dos sistemas de Aprendizagem dos países analisados. Lança mão do enfoque da trajetória histórica (path dependence) para analisar as particularidades de cada caso.
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; C:Angola; CLL:pt; publicImportV1; skills

What do we know about primary teachers’ mathematical content knowledge in South Africa? An analysis of SACMEQ 2007 - Venkat, Hamsa; Spaull, Nic (International Journal of Educational Development, 2015)

Girls' Education in Dominica - Ventura, Joseph (The Borgen Project, 2018)
Girls’ education in Dominica is a success story among the broader educational initiatives enacted in the country.

Acceso, uso y actitud de la tecnología en las escuelas de Educación Primaria - Ventura, Raúl Céspedes; Pagán, Javier Ballesta (Aula Abierta, 2018)
Keywords: __C:filed:1; ❓ Multiple DOI

Effectiveness of educational technology in early mathematics education: A systematic literature review - Verbruggen, Sandy; Depaepe, Fien; Torbeyns, Joke (International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, 2021)
Despite the general agreement regarding the importance of stimulating young children’s early mathematical skills, mathematical learning opportunities in preschool are limited. Educational technology (ET) may be an effective tool to address this problem. Taking into account the weaknesses of previous reviews, we conducted a systematic and comprehensive review of the research literature on the effectiveness of ET in early mathematics education, critically analyzing the findings of studies adhering to a media comparison approach (comparing an ET condition to a non-ET condition or another ET condition) versus studies following a value-added approach (comparing at least two ET conditions which only differ with respect to one feature in the ET or in its implementation). Reviewing 54 studies, we systematically analyzed (1) the effectiveness of ET, (2) the features of the ET and ET implementation associated with ET effectiveness, and (3) child characteristics associated with ET effectiveness. Our analyses indicated that media comparison studies comparing an ET to a non-ET condition provide evidence for the effectiveness of ET for enhancing young children’s mathematical competencies. Second, value-added studies pointed to ET implementation features associated with ET effectiveness, namely teacher support during ET use and an individual grouping structure. Finally, both media comparison and value-added studies revealed that ET effectiveness is associated with children’s performance in the ET and with their prior knowledge. To further advance the field, value-added studies on features of the ET and its implementation are required, as well as studies focusing on important child characteristics that are associated with ET effectiveness.
Keywords: Early mathematics education; Educational technology; Media comparison approach; Systematic literature review; Value-added approach

Tracking the reach of COVID-19 kin loss with a bereavement multiplier applied to the United States - Verdery, Ashton M.; Smith-Greenaway, Emily; Margolis, Rachel; Daw, Jonathan (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020)
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to a large increase in mortality in the United States and around the world, leaving many grieving the sudden loss of family members. We created an indicator—the COVID-19 bereavement multiplier—that estimates the average number of individuals who will experience the death of a close relative (defined as a grandparent, parent, sibling, spouse, or child) for each COVID-19 death. Using demographic microsimulation-based estimates of kinship networks in the United States, the clear age gradient in COVID-19 mortality seen across contexts, and several hypothetical infection prevalence scenarios, we estimate COVID-19 bereavement multipliers for White and Black individuals in the United States. Our analysis shows that for every COVID-19 death, approximately nine surviving Americans will lose a grandparent, parent, sibling, spouse, or child. These estimates imply, for example, that if 190,000 Americans die from COVID-19, as some models project, then ∼1.7 million will experience the death of a close relative. We demonstrate that our estimates of the bereavement multiplier are stable across epidemiological realities, including infection scenarios, total number of deaths, and the distribution of deaths, which means researchers can estimate the bereavement burden over the course of the epidemic in lockstep with rising death tolls. In addition, we provide estimates of bereavement multipliers by age group, types of kin loss, and race to illuminate prospective disparities. The bereavement multiplier is a useful indicator for tracking COVID-19’s multiplicative impact as it reverberates across American families and can be tailored to other causes of death.
Keywords: COVID-19; __C:filed:1; bereavement; demography; mortality; social support

Partnering with the private sector in the post-2015 era? The main political and social implications in the educational arena - VERGER, ANTONI; MOSCHETTI, MAURO (Progressive Lab for Sustainable Development, 2017)
Keywords: Final_citation; ⛔ No DOI found

AI-based literature reviews: A topic modeling approach - Verma, Manoj Kumar; Yuvaraj, Mayank (Journal of Information and Knowledge, 2023)

A review of research on the impact of professional learning communities on teaching practice and student learning - Vescio, Vicki; Ross, Dorene; Adams, Alyson (Teaching and teacher education, 2008)
Keywords: C:International

Future opportunities for education technology in England - Vicentini, Letizia; Day, Laurie; Gill, Valdeep; Lillis, Johnny; Komers, Selina; Olausson, Niklas (Department for Education, 2022)

Os Desafios Das Reformas Na Formação De Professores Na África Subsariana - Vieira, Arlindo (2015)
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:SSA; publicImportV1; ⛔ No DOI found

Lectoescritura inicial (LEI): una transición con sentido - Vijil-Morin, Alejandra (2020)
Keywords: Author:OpenDevEd

Pedagogía del abrazo: una propuesta educativa - Vijil-Morin, Alejandra (2020)
La alfabetización es una experiencia transformadora a nivel cognitivo, biológico, emocional y político, pero ¿Cómo están aprendiendo lxs niñxs a leer y escribir en Nicaragua? ¿Cómo se reflejan las políticas educativas del régimen en pruebas estandarizadas de desempeño lector? ¿Qué esperanza le queda a un país empobrecido; a una infancia cargada de traumas, violencia, pandemias; a un sistema educativo rehén de la dictadura? En este escrito me gustaría rescatar la importancia de la alfabetización a través de una revisión de investigaciones; luego, dejar en evidencia las carencias de una administración educativa que se jacta de haber superado el analfabetismo. Y, finalmente, proponer una alternativa sencilla pero profundamente política para transformar la educación en Nicaragua: un abrazo.
Keywords: Author:OpenDevEd; ⛔ No DOI found

Enseñando con sentido: Una guía práctica de lectoescritura para transitar de preescolar a primaria - Vijil-Morin, Alejandra; Mairena, Dánea (TallerLEI, 2022)
Una guía práctica de lectoescritura para transitar de preescolar a primaria La presente guía pretende llevar experiencias regionales exitosas a su aula de clase, ofreciéndole una serie de recursos prácticos. Fue hecha pensando en los retos que enfrentamos a diario en el aula como educadores y basada en un estudio realizado con
Keywords: Author:OpenDevEd

Education Sector Diagnosis - School safety assessment for six CDEMA Member States - Vijil Morin, Alejandra; Villavicencio Peralta, Xuzel Ana; Sheldon, Ayeisha; Haßler, Björn (OpenDevEd, 2022)
Keywords: Author:OpenDevEd; _r:AddedByZotZen; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence

Education Sector Contingency Plan: Guidelines and Templates - Vijil-Morin, Alejandra; Villavicencio, Xuzel; Haßler, Björn (Open Development & Education, 2023)
An output of the Open Development & Education, https://opendeved.net/
Keywords: _internal; _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence

Education Sector Contingency Plan: Guidelines and Templates - Vijil-Morin, Alejandra; Villavicencio, Xuzel; Haßler, Björn (Open Development & Education, 2023)
An output of the Open Development & Education, https://opendeved.net/

Model Education Plan - Vijil-Morin, Alejandra; Villavicencio, Xuzel; Haßler, Björn (Open Development & Education, 2022)
An output of the Open Development & Education, https://opendeved.net/
Keywords: _internal; _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence

Model Education Plan - Vijil-Morin, Alejandra; Villavicencio, Xuzel; Haßler, Björn (Open Development & Education, 2022)
An output of the Open Development & Education, https://opendeved.net/

Monitoring and Evaluation Framework - Vijil-Morin, Alejandra; Villavicencio, Xuzel; Haßler, Björn (Open Development & Education, 2022)
An output of the Open Development & Education, https://opendeved.net/
Keywords: _internal; _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence

Monitoring and Evaluation Framework - Vijil-Morin, Alejandra; Villavicencio, Xuzel; Haßler, Björn (Open Development & Education, 2022)
An output of the Open Development & Education, https://opendeved.net/

Antigua and Barbuda: Safe Education Sector Plan - Vijil-Morin, Alejandra; Villavicencio, Xuzel; Moustafa, Nariman; Haßler, Björn (Open Development & Education, 2022)
An output of the Open Development & Education, https://opendeved.net/
Keywords: _internal; _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence

Antigua and Barbuda: Safe Education Sector Plan - Vijil-Morin, Alejandra; Villavicencio, Xuzel; Moustafa, Nariman; Haßler, Björn (Open Development & Education, 2022)
An output of the Open Development & Education, https://opendeved.net/

Barbados: Safe Education Sector Plan - Vijil-Morin, Alejandra; Villavicencio, Xuzel; Moustafa, Nariman; Haßler, Björn (Open Development & Education, 2022)
An output of the Open Development & Education, https://opendeved.net/
Keywords: _internal; _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence

Barbados: Safe Education Sector Plan - Vijil-Morin, Alejandra; Villavicencio, Xuzel; Moustafa, Nariman; Haßler, Björn (Open Development & Education, 2022)
An output of the Open Development & Education, https://opendeved.net/

Dominica: Safe Education Sector Plan - Vijil-Morin, Alejandra; Villavicencio, Xuzel; Moustafa, Nariman; Haßler, Björn (Open Development & Education, 2022)
An output of the Open Development & Education, https://opendeved.net/
Keywords: _internal; _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence

Dominica: Safe Education Sector Plan - Vijil-Morin, Alejandra; Villavicencio, Xuzel; Moustafa, Nariman; Haßler, Björn (Open Development & Education, 2022)
An output of the Open Development & Education, https://opendeved.net/

Factors Related to Teacher Absenteeism in Sierra Leone: Literature Review - Vijil, Alejandra; Bellinger, Amy; Godwin, Katie; Haßler, Björn; McBurnie, Chris (EdTech Hub, 2022)
Keywords: Author:OpenDevEd; _C:Sierra Leone SLE

Factors Related to Teacher Absenteeism in Sierra Leone: Literature Review - Vijil, Alejandra; Bellinger, Amy; Godwin, Katie; Haßler, Björn; McBurnie, Chris (EdTech Hub, 2022)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
Keywords: _C:Sierra Leone SLE; _r:AddedByZotZen

Data collection and visualisation tools in the education sector in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia - Vijil, Alejandra; El-Serafy, Yomna; Adam, Taskeen; Haßler, Björn (EdTech Hub, 2022)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
Keywords: _r:AddedByZotZen

Technology and School Mapping - Vijil, Alejandra; Godwin, Katie; Mackintosh, Alasdair; Ramirez, Ana; Mcburnie, Chris; Haßler, Björn (EdTech Hub, 2022)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
Keywords: _r:AddedByZotZen

Costed Implementation Plan - Vijil, Alejandra; Haßler, Björn (Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States, 2022)
Keywords: Author:OpenDevEd

Indoor environmental quality of classrooms and occupants' comfort in a special education school in Slovak Republic - Vilcekova, Silvia; Meciarova, Ludmila; Burdova, Eva Kridlova; Katunska, Jana; Kosicanova, Danica; Doroudiani, Saeed (Building and Environment, 2017)
Keywords: BE:RELEVANT

Students' acceptance of tablet PCs in Italian high schools: Profiles and differences - Villani, Daniela; Morganti, Laura; Carissoli, Claudia; Gatti, Elena; Bonanomi, Andrea; Cacciamani, Stefano; Confalonieri, Emanuela; Riva, Giuseppe (British Journal of Educational Technology, 2018)
Keywords: _C:France FRA; _C:Italy ITA; _C:Spain ESP; _C:United Kingdom GBR; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

The different ways that teachers can influence the socio-emotional development of their students: A literature review - Villaseñor, Paula (2017)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

The “Improving Learning Through Classroom Experience” Study - Villavicencio Peralta, Xuzel; Megogo Bokamba, Tania Elena (Open Development & Education, 2023)
The Improvement Learning Through Classroom Experience (ILCE) is a programme that focuses on the relationship between natural conditions and school learning outcomes

Aprendizaje híbrido Experiencias internacionales con enfoque multimodal - Villavicencio, Xuzel; Coflan, Caitlin (2022)
Esta presentación se elaboró originalmente para una serie de seminarios web sobre aprendizaje blended e híbrido para UNICEF El Salvador y el Ministerio de Educación de El Salvador. Los talleres en línea se impartieron en dos sesiones, con los profesores de El Salvador como parte fundamental de la audiencia. Junto con las lecciones aprendidas de las diversas iniciativas internacionales mapeadas, también se tocaron temas como la infraestructura de las TIC del país y la relevancia de un enfoque de Aprendizaje Socioemocional (SEL). Keywords: híbrido; blended; multimodal; El Salvador; capacitación docente; aprendizaje socioemocional An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
Keywords: _r:AddedByZotZen

Hybrid learning International experiences with multimodal approaches - Villavicencio, Xuzel; Coflan, Caitlin (2022)
This slide deck was originally developed for a webinar series on blended and hybrid learning for UNICEF El Salvador and the El Salvador Ministry of Education. The online workshops were delivered in two sessions, with the teachers from El Salvador as a key part of the audience. Along with the lessons learnt from the various international initiatives mapped, subjects like the country's ICT infrastructure and the relevance of a Socio Emotional Learning (SEL) approach were also covered. Keywords: hybrid; blended; El Salvador; multimodal; teacher training; socio-emotional learning. An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
Keywords: _r:AddedByZotZen

Blended and Hybrid Learning Initiatives: A curated list for El Salvador - Villavicencio, Xuzel; Coflan, Caitlin Moss (EdTech Hub, 2022)
This document was produced in response to a request from the UNICEF country office and Ministry of Education team of El Salvador that was submitted to the EdTech Hub Helpdesk in November 2021. The UNICEF team requested a curated list of global blended and hybrid initiatives with a focus on initiatives that have used a multimodal strategy, highlighting effective and ineffective practices. This report does not aim to cover every leading and innovative blended / hybrid initiative with relevance to the Salvadoran context. Rather, it presents a list of curated resources with examples of challenges, lessons learned, and teacher training approaches that can be used as a guide when designing a multimodal strategy for the education sector. Keywords: hybrid; blended; El Salvador; multimodal; teacher training; remote learning An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
Keywords: _r:AddedByZotZen

Project updates for Climate, Environment and Education Adaptation Research (CLEEAR) Tanzania Steering Committee - Villavicencio, Xuzel; Haßler, Björn; Jengo, Eunice (2024)
An output of the Open Development & Education, https://opendeved.net/
Keywords: _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence

Conducting surveys in Tanzanian schools – Second pilot - Villavicencio, Xuzel; Haßler, Björn; Toyinbo, Oluyemi (Open Development & Education, 2023)
An output of the Open Development & Education, https://opendeved.net/
Keywords: _comingsoon; _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence

Climate-resilient school buildings - Villavicencio, Xuzel; Hassler, Bjoern (Open Development & Education, 2023)
An output of the Open Development & Education, https://opendeved.net/
Keywords: _comingsoon; _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence

Project updates for Climate, Environment and Education Adaptation Research (CLEEAR) Tanzania Steering Committee - Villavicencio, Xuzel; Hassler, Bjoern (Open Development & Education, 2023)
An output of the Open Development & Education, https://opendeved.net/
Keywords: _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence

Iniciativas para el desarrollo de habilidades STEM de las adolescentes en la región de ALC - Villavicencio, Xuzel; Myers, Christina; Coflan, Caitlin (EdTech Hub, 2022)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
Keywords: Author:OpenDevEd; F: Helpdesk response; _r:AddedByZotZen

STEM Skills Initiatives for Adolescent Girls in the LAC Region - Villavicencio, Xuzel; Myers, Christina; Coflan, Caitlin Moss (EdTech Hub, 2022)
This report was produced in response to a request from the UNICEF country office of Argentina and presents a curated list of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) skills initiatives for adolescent girls in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region. It also provides an introduction to gender equality and background on the participation of women in STEM fields in the LAC region — as well as cross-cutting recommendations based on an analysis of a series of initiatives. Key words: STEM; Gender; Girls; LAC; Argentina; technology; Science An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
Keywords: Author:OpenDevEd; F: Helpdesk response; _r:AddedByZotZen

What retrofits could make classroom environments more conducive to learning? - Villavicencio, Xuzel; Toyinbo, Oluyemi (2023)
This slide deck relates to a presentation given by OpenDevEd at The Education and Development Forum in Oxford (UKFIET 2023), as part of the sub-theme “Conflict, crisis, climate, and migration”. This presentation was part of the symposium called Climate, environment and education outcomes – Preliminary findings and practical experience from East and West Africa.

Contingency plan - Villavicencio, Xuzel; Vijil-Morin, Alejandra (Open Development & Education, 2022)
An output of the Open Development & Education, https://opendeved.net/
Keywords: _internal; _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence

Contingency plan - Villavicencio, Xuzel; Vijil-Morin, Alejandra (Open Development & Education, 2022)
An output of the Open Development & Education, https://opendeved.net/

St. Kitts and Nevis: Safe Education Sector Plan - Villavicencio, Xuzel; Vijil-Morin, Alejandra; Moustafa, Nariman; Haßler, Björn (Open Development & Education, 2022)
An output of the Open Development & Education, https://opendeved.net/
Keywords: _internal; _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence

St. Kitts and Nevis: Safe Education Sector Plan - Villavicencio, Xuzel; Vijil-Morin, Alejandra; Moustafa, Nariman; Haßler, Björn (Open Development & Education, 2022)
An output of the Open Development & Education, https://opendeved.net/

St. Lucia: Safe Education Sector Plan - Villavicencio, Xuzel; Vijil-Morin, Alejandra; Moustafa, Nariman; Haßler, Björn (Open Development & Education, 2022)
An output of the Open Development & Education, https://opendeved.net/
Keywords: _internal; _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence

St. Lucia: Safe Education Sector Plan - Villavicencio, Xuzel; Vijil-Morin, Alejandra; Moustafa, Nariman; Haßler, Björn (Open Development & Education, 2022)
An output of the Open Development & Education, https://opendeved.net/

St. Vincent and the Grenadines: Safe Education Sector Plan - Villavicencio, Xuzel; Vijil-Morin, Alejandra; Moustafa, Nariman; Haßler, Björn (Open Development & Education, 2022)
An output of the Open Development & Education, https://opendeved.net/
Keywords: _internal; _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence

St. Vincent and the Grenadines: Safe Education Sector Plan - Villavicencio, Xuzel; Vijil-Morin, Alejandra; Moustafa, Nariman; Haßler, Björn (Open Development & Education, 2022)
An output of the Open Development & Education, https://opendeved.net/

Teacher professional development: An international review of the literature - Villegas-Reimers, E. (2003)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

How much electricity does AI consume? - Vincent, James (The Verge, 2024)
How many watts and joules does it actually take to generate a single Balenciaga pope?

Facing the challenges of the One-Tablet-Per-Child policy in Thai primary school education. - Viriyapong, Ratchada; Harfield, Antony (International Journal of Advanced Computer Science & Applications, 2013)

Unintended Consequences of Rewards for Student Attendance: Results From a Field Experiment in Indian Classrooms. - Visaria, Sujata; Dehejia, Rajeev; Chao, Melody M.; Mukhopadhyay, Anirban (Economics of Education Review, 2016)

Digital Literacy and Public Policy through the Library Lens - Visser, Marijke (Maine Policy Review, 2013)

Large-scale comparison of bibliographic data sources: Scopus, Web of Science, Dimensions, Crossref, and Microsoft Academic - Visser, Martijn; van Eck, Nees Jan; Waltman, Ludo (arXiv:2005.10732 [cs], 2021)
We present a large-scale comparison of five multidisciplinary bibliographic data sources: Scopus, Web of Science, Dimensions, Crossref, and Microsoft Academic. The comparison considers scientific documents from the period 2008-2017 covered by these data sources. Scopus is compared in a pairwise manner with each of the other data sources. We first analyze differences between the data sources in the coverage of documents, focusing for instance on differences over time, differences per document type, and differences per discipline. We then study differences in the completeness and accuracy of citation links. Based on our analysis, we discuss strengths and weaknesses of the different data sources. We emphasize the importance of combining a comprehensive coverage of the scientific literature with a flexible set of filters for making selections of the literature.
Keywords: Computer Science - Digital Libraries; ⛔ No DOI found

How Much Can We Generalize From Impact Evaluations? - Vivalt, Eva (Journal of the European Economic Association, 2020)
Impact evaluations can help to inform policy decisions, but they are rooted in particular contexts and to what extent they generalize is an open question. I exploit a new data set of impact evaluation results and find a large amount of effect heterogeneity. Effect sizes vary systematically with study characteristics, with government-implemented programs having smaller effect sizes than academic or non-governmental organization-implemented programs, even controlling for sample size. I show that treatment effect heterogeneity can be appreciably reduced by taking study characteristics into account.

Perspectives and Metaphors of Learning: A Commentary on James Lester’s Narrative-Centered AI-Based Environments - Vivitsou, Marianna (AI in Learning: Designing the Future, 2023)
This commentary aims to discuss perspectives on narrative-centered learning and metaphors of AI-based learning environments. To this end, the commentary draws from James Lester’s keynote and an interview with a focus on the narrative element that underlies the use of AI in Learning. In both texts, Lester offers an account of the narrative-centered learning environments that he has been developing with his research group. One example of such environments is Crystal Island, an AI-based game for K-12 students learning science. Along with Crystal Island, more metaphors of learning emerge. Based on these, this chapter uses Paul Ricoeur’s narrative theory and metaphor theory to reflect on the role of characters and the narrative plot in relation to Lester’s visualization of the future of learning with AI-based technologies. In this process, new roles in AI-based learning are introduced. One such example is the role of drama manager. The drama manager is a novel metaphor in game-based learning. In addition, more conventional metaphors, such as the tutorial dialogue, are brought forward as well as technological metaphors. The multiplicity of metaphors have agency at the core, as connecting tissue. Agency, although not explicitly articulated in the keynote and the interview, is an all-encompassing metaphor in learning. As technological advancement shakes the boundaries of thinking about agency nowadays, new dynamic metaphors are needed in AI-based learning. Toward this direction, the commentary draws from new materialist and post-humanist thinkers to raise these issues and the need to take the narrative further.
Keywords: Agency; Crystal Island; Metaphors of learning; Narrative; Narrative-based learning

A comparative study on the traditional and intensive delivery of an online course: Design and facilitation recommendations - Vlachopoulos, P.; Jan, S.K.; Lockyer, L. (Research in Learning Technology, 2019)
In this paper, we present findings from a comparative study on a fully online postgraduate course offered in traditional (i.e. 13-week academic session) and intensive (i.e. 6-week academic session) delivery formats. Keeping the course curriculum, structure and quality consistent in both delivery modes, the study investigated student participation and academic performance given different facilitation techniques applied to the discussion forums. Using data from the learning management system and students’ final marks, we conducted quantitative and qualitative analysis and found no difference in the academic performance of students in both courses; however, there was a statistically significant relationship between student participation and academic performance in the intensive delivery format but not in the traditional delivery format. We also found differences in the type of interactions in the different delivery formats. Two key takeaways emerge from our study. Firstly, intensive online courses can be as effective as traditional courses in terms of achievement of learning outcomes with variations in learning design, in this case, the facilitation approach used. Secondly, considering the level and nature of interactions, student-centred discussion forums that allow students to assume different roles work well in the intensive delivery format especially in open discussions. These are important findings for academics and practitioners who wish to offer intensive courses without compromising on course quality and student success. © 2019 P. Vlachopoulos et al.
Keywords: Discussion; Facilitation; Intensive; Interactions; Online; Performance; _AcademicRecoveryOECS

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES FOR OER: A CASE STUDY OF BRAZILIAN FUNDAMENTAL EDUCATION PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS - Vladimirschi, Viviane (2018)
Keywords: __C:filed:1; ⛔ No DOI found

Proliferation of Papers and Preprints During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: Progress or Problems With Peer Review? - Vlasschaert, Caitlyn; Topf, Joel M.; Hiremath, Swapnil (Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease, 2020)
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has spread exponentially throughout the world in a short period, aided by our hyperconnected world including global trade and travel. Unlike previous pandemics, the pace of the spread of the virus has been matched by the pace of publications, not just in traditional journals, but also in preprint servers. Not all publication findings are true, and sifting through the firehose of data has been challenging to peer reviewers, editors, as well as to consumers of the literature, that is, scientists, healthcare workers, and the general public. There has been an equally exponential rise in the public discussion on social media. Rather than decry the pace of change, we suggest the nephrology community should embrace it, making deposition of research into preprint servers the default, encouraging prepublication peer review more widely of such preprint studies, and harnessing social media tools to make these actions easier and seamless.
Keywords: Blog posts; COVID-19; Critical appraisal; Peer review; Preprints; Twitter; _genre:PR-primary_research

Tablet-based cross-curricular maths vs. traditional maths classroom practice for higher-order learning outcomes - Volk, Marina; Cotič, Mara; Zajc, Matej; Starcic, Andreja Istenic (Computers & Education, 2017)
Keywords: __C:filed:1

Keeping on: How ALP Brings Disaffected Youth Back to School in Liberia. - von Hahmann, Gail; Tengbeh, Josephine FD (International Journal on School Disaffection, 2008)
Keywords: _AcademicRecoveryOECS

Second handbook of information technology in primary and secondary education - Voogt, Joke (Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2018)
Keywords: _C:Afghanistan AFG; _C:Albania ALB; _C:Algeria DZA; _C:Andorra AND; _C:Angola AGO; _C:Argentina ARG; _C:Australia AUS; _C:Austria AUT; _C:Bahrain BHR; _C:Bangladesh BGD; _C:Belarus BLR; _C:Belgium BEL; _C:Benin BEN; _C:Bhutan BTN; _C:Bolivia BOL; _C:Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH; _C:Botswana BWA; _C:Brazil BRA; _C:Brunei Darussalam BRN; _C:Bulgaria BGR; _C:Burkina Faso BFA; _C:Burundi BDI; _C:Cambodia KHM; _C:Cameroon CMR; _C:Canada CAN; _C:Chad TCD; _C:Chile CHL; _C:China CHN; _C:Colombia COL; _C:Comoros COM; _C:Congo XCO; _C:Congo, Democratic Republic COD; _C:Costa Rica CRI; _C:Croatia HRV; _C:Cuba CUB; _C:Cyprus CYP; _C:Czech Republic CZE; _C:Denmark DNK; _C:Djibouti DJI; _C:Dominica DMA; _C:Dominican Republic DOM; _C:Ecuador ECU; _C:Egypt EGY; _C:El Salvador SLV; _C:Equatorial Guinea GNQ; _C:Eritrea ERI; _C:Estonia EST; _C:Ethiopia ETH; _C:Fiji FJI; _C:Finland FIN; _C:France FRA; _C:Gabon GAB; _C:Gambia GMB; _C:Georgia GEO; _C:Germany DEU; _C:Ghana GHA; _C:Greece GRC; _C:Guatemala GTM; _C:Guinea GIN; _C:Holy See VAT; _C:Honduras HND; _C:Hungary HUN; _C:Iceland ISL; _C:India IND; _C:Indonesia IDN; _C:Iran IRN; _C:Iraq IRQ; _C:Ireland IRL; _C:Israel ISR; _C:Italy ITA; _C:Jamaica JAM; _C:Japan JPN; _C:Jordan JOR; _C:Kenya KEN; _C:Kiribati KIR; _C:Korea XKOR; _C:Korea, Democratic People's Republic PRK; _C:Korea, Republic KOR; _C:Kosovo XKSVO; _C:Kuwait KWT; _C:Laos LAO; _C:Latvia LVA; _C:Lebanon LBN; _C:Lesotho LSO; _C:Liberia LBR; _C:Libya LBY; _C:Lithuania LTU; _C:Luxembourg LUX; _C:Madagascar MDG; _C:Malawi MWI; _C:Malaysia MYS; _C:Maldives MDV; _C:Mali MLI; _C:Malta MLT; _C:Mauritania MRT; _C:Mauritius MUS; _C:Mexico MEX; _C:Monaco MCO; _C:Mongolia MNG; _C:Montenegro MNE

International handbook of information technology in primary and secondary education - Voogt, Joke; Knezek, Gerald (Springer international handbooks of education, 2008)

The Teacher Scheme for Educational Dialogue Analysis (T-SEDA): Developing a research-based observation tool for supporting teacher inquiry into pupils' participation in classroom dialogue - Vrikki, M.; Kershner, R.; Calcagni, E.; Hennessy, S.; Lee, L.; Hernández, F.; Estrada, N.; Ahmed, F. (International Journal of Research and Methods in Education, 2018)
In this paper we examine two systematic observation methods intended to be used by pre-service and in-service teachers to help increase their awareness of children's participation in productive classroom dialogue. We identify the affordances of these methods for supporting teachers' reflective practice, focusing in this case on students' equitable participation in science groupwork activities. This involves the use of Teacher-SEDA (T-SEDA), a sub-scheme of SEDA (Cam-UNAM Scheme for Educational Dialogue Analysis), which was empirically trialled by a mixed group of researchers and teachers, using video-recordings from primary science classrooms in the UK and Mexico. The T-SEDA trials reported in this paper compare a 'simulated live' approach based on time-sampling techniques, with a 'follow-up analysis' approach, which uses audio-recordings and transcripts. The findings suggest that using either technique regularly can aid teachers in noticing classroom events and adjusting teaching accordingly. The 'live' coding approach appears to be the more practical method that teachers could use to audit the development of classroom equitable participation. However, the follow-up analysis emerged as a more informative approach, shedding light on more ambiguous cases of relative participation.
Keywords: Analytic tool; CitedIn:eCubed; Classroom observation; Done:ReferenceFixed; Education; Teachers; classroom observation; eCubed; educational dialogue; equitable participation; reflective practice; teacher inquiry

Non-linear density wave solutions for different models of galaxies - Vukcevic, M. (Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2014)

DigComp 2.2, The Digital Competence framework for citizens: with new examples of knowledge, skills and attitudes - Vuorikari, Riina; Kluzer, Stefano; Punie, Yves (Publications Office of the European Union, 2022)
Digital skills for work and for life are at the top of the European Policy Agenda. The EU digital skills strategy and related policy initiatives have the objective of enhancing digital skills and competences for the digital transformation. The European Skills Agenda, of 1 July 2020, supports digital skills for all, including by supporting the objectives of the Digital Education Action Plan, which has the objectives of i) en-hancing digital skills and competences for the digital transformation while ii) fostering the development of a high-performing digital education system. The Digital Compass and the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan set the ambitious policy targets of reaching a minimum of 80% of the population with basic digital skills and having 20 million ICT specialists by 2030

The effect of availability and distance from school on children’s time allocation in Ghana and Guatemala - Vuri, Daniela (Understanding Children's Work, 2007)

Professional Learning Communities - A Guideline for South African Schools - VVOB (VVOB, 2015)
The Department of Basic Education, with the support of VVOB, and with input from a wide range of stakeholders, developed a practical guideline on implementing PLCs in schools. The Integrated Strategic Framework for Teacher Professional Development (ISPFTED) foresees the nation-wide implementation of Professional Learning Communities by 2017. PLCs are put forward as a central instrument to strengthen teachers’ professional development. During a colloquium held in September 2014 a wide range of speakers from academia, government, unions and subject associations provided input on international and local research, local experiences and various initiatives on PLCs. The participants also provided feedback on two draft documents: a policy document on subject committees and PLCs and a practical guideline on implementing PLCs. The final product of this exercise can be downloaded below.

Putting SDG4 into practice: professional learning communities in education | Unesco IIEP Learning Portal - VVOB (VVOB, 2017)
Inclusive and equitable education provides all learners with the capabilities to become economically productive, develop sustainable livelihoods, contribute to peaceful and democratic societies, and enhance individual wellbeing. This technical brief describes how professional learning communities (PLCs) matter for quality education, as they play an important role in the professional development and motivation of teachers and school leaders. The experiences of VVOB demonstrate how reinforcing the capacities of national and local education authorities to establish and support PLCs is of crucial importance to the success of these communities.

Teacher motivation for online learning: piloting a microlearning support system | VVOB in Rwanda - VVOB (VVOB, 2021)
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

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.

How to do a good systematic review of effects in international development: a tool kit - Waddington, Hugh; White, Howard; Snilstveit, Birte; Hombrados, Jorge Garcia; Vojtkova, Martina; Davies, Philip; Bhavsar, Ami; Eyers, John; Koehlmoos, Tracey Perez; Petticrew, Mark; Valentine, Jeffrey C.; Tugwell, Peter (Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2012)
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -GeneralCitations; -missingHU; 3ie; DL4D cited; THEME: Education management; ___working_potential_duplicate; publicImportV1

Understanding the accuracy of teachers’ perceptions about low achieving learners in primary schools in rural India: An empirical analysis of alignments and misalignments - Wadmare, Pratik; Nanda, Mansi; Sabates, Ricardo; Sunder, Naveen; Wadhwa, Wilima (International Journal of Educational Research Open, 2022)
Teachers' perceptions of their students’ academic skills are crucial in enabling teaching at the appropriate level and shaping learning processes. We examine how accurate are teachers’ perceptions for low achieving students using data collected from around 1,800 primary school teachers across 848 schools in rural India. We find that around 40% of teachers inaccurately perceive that the low performing students in their classroom had already acquired foundational literacy, when they have not. Female teachers, para-teachers, and teachers with lower work burden are more likely to have accurate perceptions of low performing students. Our study highlights the need to work with teachers to ensure more realistic perceptions in order for pedagogical approaches like teaching at the right level to reach its intended impact.
Keywords: Foundational Literacy; India; Perceptions; School Accountability; Teachers

A multilevel study into the effect of tablet use in Dutch primary schools on reading achievements - Wafelaar, F. D. (2020)
Keywords: _C:Australia AUS; _C:Finland FIN; _C:Netherlands NLD; _C:New Zealand NZL; _C:Norway NOR; _C:Russian Federation RUS; _C:Switzerland CHE; _C:Thailand THA; _C:United States USA; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

Mobiles For Reading: A Landscape Research Review (USAID, 2014)

Learning, Marginalization, and Improving the Quality of Education in Low-income Countries - Wagner, Daniel A.; Lewis (eds), Nathan M. Castillo and Suzanne Grant (Open Book Publishers, 2022)
Academic publishing of peer-reviewed open access monographs
Keywords: _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence

Refugee Education: is technology the solution? - Wagner, E. (Save the Children, 2017)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Artificial intelligence and the conduct of literature reviews - Wagner, Gerit; Lukyanenko, Roman; Paré, Guy (Journal of Information Technology, 2022)
Artificial intelligence (AI) is beginning to transform traditional research practices in many areas. In this context, literature reviews stand out because they operate on large and rapidly growing volumes of documents, that is, partially structured (meta)data, and pervade almost every type of paper published in information systems research or related social science disciplines. To familiarize researchers with some of the recent trends in this area, we outline how AI can expedite individual steps of the literature review process. Considering that the use of AI in this context is in an early stage of development, we propose a comprehensive research agenda for AI-based literature reviews (AILRs) in our field. With this agenda, we would like to encourage design science research and a broader constructive discourse on shaping the future of AILRs in research.
Keywords: _Added-ailr-2024; _important-ailr-2024

A process pattern model for tackling and improving big data quality - Wahyudi, A.; Kuk, G; Janssen, M. (Information Systems Frontiers, 2018)

Using examination and learning assessment data to uncover foundational skill gaps in Sierra Leone’s secondary schools - Waistell, Daniel; De, Sourovi; Ofori Owusu, Diana; Allen, Reg; Sanni, Kayode; Dupigny, Albert (UKFIET Conference, 2019)
Keywords: _C:Sierra Leone SLE; ⛔ No DOI found

ROER4D Project Activity Toolkit - Communication - Walji, Sukaina (Research on Open Educational Resources for Development project, 2018)
The Research on Open Educational Resources for Development (ROER4D) project was a four-year (2013–2017), large-scale networked project which set out to contribute a Global South research perspective on how open educational resources can help to improve access, enhance quality and reduce the cost of education in the Global South. The project engaged a total of 103 researchers in 18 sub-projects across 21 countries from South America, Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, coordinated by central Network Hub teams based at the University of Cape Town and Wawasan Open University. This chapter forms part of a project activity toolkit, which is comprised of five documents outlining activities associated with each of the ROER4D UCT Network Hub pillars of project management activity: networking, evaluation, communications, research capacity development, and curation and dissemination. It is hoped that these chapters will be of practical use to other research projects attempting to integrate any of these functions in their operational strategy. The chapter charts the experience of the ROER4D Communications Advisor in developing a research communication strategy for the project. It provides a short overview of the research communication field in order to give context and background to some of the field’s key debates and considerations, with attention given to the specific field of development research communication. Following this, it describes the evolution of the ROER4D research communication strategy.
Keywords: CitedIn:eCubed; Done:ReferenceFixed; eCubed; global south; oer; open educational resources; open research; research communication; roer4d; utilization-focused evaluation

Child-centred Educational Radio Project in Kailahun District, Sierra Leone - Walker, David; Tristram, Bella; Pereznieto, Paola; Young, Tricia (United Nations Girls' Education Initiative; Overseas Development Institute)
Keywords: _C:Sierra Leone SLE

A Critical Investigation into How Year 8 Students’ Narrative Writing Skills are Developed Through the Medium of Oral Storytelling - Walker, Hannah (Journal of Classics Teaching, 2018)
This research project seeks to examine, using approaches drawn from a case study, how oral storytelling within the classroom can influence various aspects of narrative writing. Therefore, certain teaching strategies and oral activities were implemented in a sequence of lessons which aimed to develop the style and content base of students’ narrative writing.
Keywords: Author:OpenDevEd

Schools2030 Toolkit - Walker, Hannah (Open Development & Education, 2024)
An output of the Open Development & Education, https://opendeved.net/
Keywords: Coming soon; Internal; _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence

Trialling open educational resources for technology-supported teacher professional development in rural Zimbabwe - Walker, Hannah; Hennessy, Sara; Pimmer, Christoph (Research Papers in Education, 2022)
This study reports on the adaptation and outcomes of a teacher professional development (TPD) programme in a rural Zimbabwean secondary school. The programme incorporated Open Educational Resources (OER), specifically OER4school materials, that were provided via tablet computers for teachers and students. A mixed-methods case study was employed to explore teachers’ perceptions, knowledge, experiences of interactive learning and teaching in relation to this TPD, as well as their perceptions and experiences of the role and value of using technology to support student learning. Video data from structured lesson observations were triangulated with teacher post-lesson interviews and thematically coded. The interviews indicated that all teachers demonstrated a change in mindset and a clear understanding of interactive teaching methods. However, the structured observations revealed that only half of the teachers were using these interactive methods. Teachers also emphasised the value of OER and tablet technologies in improving lesson planning and making classroom learning more authentic. The use of technology, as both a TPD medium and as a classroom tool, showed potential to enhance the quality of TPD and teacher quality. Yet more specific teacher development to support the interactive use of technology within the classroom would be beneficial.
Keywords: Author:OpenDevEd; Open education resources; Zimbabwe; educational technology; tablets; teacher education; teacher professional development

Module 3: Assessing readiness for EdTech in your education system - Walker, Hannah; Lurvink, Anne-Fleur; McBurnie, Chris; Moustafa, Nariman; Macharia, Grace; Haßler, Björn (Open Development & Education, 2023)
This resource is an output of the Open Development & Education 'EdTech Fellowship' programme. The programme page is avaialble here: https://opendeved.net/programmes/edtech-fellowship/.
Keywords: _comingsoon; _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence

Module 0. Kick-Off of the EdTech Fellowship - Walker, Hannah; Lurvink, Anne-Fleur; Moustafa, Nariman; Macharia, Grace; Haßler, Björn (Open Development & Education, 2023)
This resource is an output of the Open Development & Education 'EdTech Fellowship' programme. The programme page is avaialble here: https://opendeved.net/programmes/edtech-fellowship/.
Keywords: _comingsoon; _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence

Module 1. Defining and understanding your ‘people’ and user base. - Walker, Hannah; Lurvink, Anne-Fleur; Moustafa, Nariman; Macharia, Grace; Haßler, Björn (Open Development & Education, 2023)
This resource is an output of the Open Development & Education 'EdTech Fellowship' programme. The programme page is avaialble here: https://opendeved.net/programmes/edtech-fellowship/.
Keywords: _comingsoon; _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence

Module 2: Building a pedagogically effective EdTech intervention - Walker, Hannah; Lurvink, Anne-Fleur; Moustafa, Nariman; Macharia, Grace; Haßler, Björn (Open Development & Education, 2023)
This resource is an output of the Open Development & Education 'EdTech Fellowship' programme. The programme page is avaialble here: https://opendeved.net/programmes/edtech-fellowship/.
Keywords: _comingsoon; _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence

EdTech Impact in Education – An Analysis Prepared for the Education Endowment Foundation - Walker, Hannah; Moustafa, Nariman; Haßler, Björn (OpenDevEd, 2023)
Keywords: _r:AddedByZotZen; _r:AddedByZotZen-Plus; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence

‘Tich Mi Ar Tich Dem’: Designing a low-cost and scalable teacher professional development in Sierra Leone - Walker, Hannah; Tegha, Ghislaine; Lurvink, Anne-Fleur; McBurnie, Chris (Open Development & Education, 2022)
Reading Time: 4 minutes Over the past two decades, Sierra Leone has faced a series of shocks: a civil war, landslides, Ebola, and the COVID-19 pandemic. These shocks have aggravated the learning crisis that the country’s education system faces—and dramatically increased the pressure on teachers to deliver high-quality support to children. In this context, the Ministry of Basic and […]
Keywords: _C:Sierra Leone SLE

‘Tich Mi Ar Tich Dem’: Designing a low-cost and scalable teacher professional development in Sierra Leone - Walker, Hannah; Tegha, Ghislaine; Lurvink, Anne-Fleur; McBurnie, Chris (Open Development & Education, 2022)
An output of the Open Development & Education, https://opendeved.net/
Keywords: _comingsoon; _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence

Tich Mi Ar Tich Dem - Open Development & Education - Walker, Hannah; Tegha, Ghislaine; Lurvink, Anne-Fleur; McBurnie, Chris; McBurnie, Hannah Walker, Ghislaine Tegha, Anne-Fleur Lurvink and Chris (2022)
Over the past two decades, Sierra Leone has faced a series of shocks: a civil war, landslides, Ebola, and the COVID-19 pandemic. These shocks have aggravated the learning crisis that the country’s education system faces—and dramatically increased the pressure on teachers to deliver high-quality support to children. In this context, the Ministry of Basic and

Tich Mi Ar Tich Dem - Open Development & Education - Walker, Hannah; Tegha, Ghislaine; Lurvink, Anne-Fleur; McBurnie, Chris; McBurnie, Hannah Walker, Ghislaine Tegha, Anne-Fleur Lurvink and Chris (2022)
Over the past two decades, Sierra Leone has faced a series of shocks: a civil war, landslides, Ebola, and the COVID-19 pandemic. These shocks have aggravated the learning crisis that the country’s education system faces—and dramatically increased the pressure on teachers to deliver high-quality support to children. In this context, the Ministry of Basic and

A Study of Agricultural Technical and Vocational Education and Training (ATVET) in Developing Countries - Walker, K; Hofstetter, S (2016)
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:Africa; A:Sub-Saharan Africa; A:West Africa; C:Benin; C:Ethiopia; CA:AandC; CL:en; CLL:en; CLS:en; CT:A; CT:C; CT:D; CT:F; CT:P; CT:R; CT:T; D:developing country; F:gender; F:women; P:agricultural; P:agriculture; P:production; R:case study; T:Ausbildung; T:TVET; T:informal VET; publicImportV1; ⛔ No DOI found

Study on Agricultural Technical and Vocational Education and Training (ATVET) in Developing Countries - Walker, Katharina; Hofstetter, Sonja (Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, 2016)

Inclusion in Practice: An explanatory study of how patterns of classroom discourse shape processes of educational inclusion in Tanzanian secondary school classrooms - Walker, Lisa Beth (University of Cambridge, 2020)
Keywords: _C:Albania ALB; _C:Australia AUS; _C:Austria AUT; _C:Botswana BWA; _C:Brunei Darussalam BRN; _C:Germany DEU; _C:India IND; _C:Israel ISR; _C:Jordan JOR; _C:Kenya KEN; _C:Lesotho LSO; _C:Malaysia MYS; _C:Malta MLT; _C:Morocco MAR; _C:Mozambique MOZ; _C:Netherlands NLD; _C:Peru PER; _C:Russian Federation RUS; _C:Seychelles SYC; _C:South Africa ZAF; _C:Syrian Arab Republic SYR; _C:Tanzania TZA; _C:United Kingdom GBR; _C:United States USA; _C:Zambia ZMB; _C:Zimbabwe ZWE; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

Covid has eroded progress by disadvantaged pupils in England, finds study - Walker, Peter (The Guardian, 2021)
Research shows regional disparities, with some children in the north losing twice as much learning
Keywords: Coronavirus; Education; Inequality; North of England; Primary schools; Schools; Secondary schools; Teaching; UK news

Effects of Early Childhood Psychosocial Stimulation and Nutritional Supplementation on Cognition and Education in GrowthStunted Jamaican Children: Prospective Cohort Study. - Walker, Susan P.; Chang, Susan M.; Powell, Christine A.; Grantham-McGregor, Sally M. (The Lancet, 2005)

Quantitative Analysis of the Distribution of Professional Staff with Advanced Degrees in 2014 Missouri Public School Districts by Student Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status - Wall, T J (2015)
Keywords: Lebanon_event_2021; _C:Finland FIN; _C:Norway NOR; _C:Sweden SWE; _C:United States USA; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

Deploying an interactive machine learning system in an evidence-based practice center: Abstrackr - Wallace, B.C.; Small, K.; Brodley, C.E. (2012)

bwallace/abstrackr-web - wallace, byron (2023)
web-based citation screening tool

Introduction: Learning about teacher learning: reflections of a science educator - Wallace, J. (Leadership and Professional Development in Science Education: New Possibilities for Enhancing Teacher Learning, 2003)

Apprenticeship Strategies Among Dii Potters from Cameroon, West Africa - Wallaert, H (2008)
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:West Africa; C:Cameroon; CA:AandC; CL:en; CLL:en; CLS:en; CT:A; CT:C; CT:T; T:Lehrlingsausbildung; T:apprentice; publicImportV1

Cost Measurement Guidance Note for Donor-Funded Education Programming. - Walls, Elena; Tulloch, Caitlin; Holla, Alaka (United States Agency for International Development, prepared for Building Evidence in Education (BE2), 2020)
The guidance note’s fundamental objective is to facilitate the adoption of robust cost measurement practices and for the results to improve the effectiveness of global investments in education development among funders and national governments. The closing section of the note presents recommended steps for instituting cost measurement practices in an international donor agency. Harmonizing cost measurement across the entire global sector will increase its value by allowing for comparisons of cost-efficiency and cost-effectiveness of interventions funded by different donors. Similar to international standards for evaluation studies, adopting clear standards for cost studies would allow us to build and use the knowledge base and ultimately improve the efficiency and effectiveness of international investments in education.

Low Cost Mobile Phones for Large Scale Teacher - Walsh, Christopher S; Shaheen, Robina; Power, Tom; Hedges, Claire; Kahtoon, Masuda; Mondol, Sikander (2012)
Education has the power to transform societies and contribute to social and economic development. In this paper we present the mobile technologies used for teacher professional development (TPD) and communicative language teaching in English in Action (EIA). The project aims to assist 25 million people access greater social and economic opportunities through English language teaching and TPD. EIA, in partnership with the Government of Bangladesh, will work with 80,000 teachers through a work-based programme of TPD using audio and visual resources on low cost mobile phones. With access to over 700 audio files aligned with the national textbook English for Today and professional development films that explain and then illustrate successful student-centred English teaching and learning, the project has already documented significant improvement in teachers’ and pupils’ English language competency. This paper provides an account of, and rationale for, the changes in the technologies used across two phases of the project, from the iPod Nano and Touch used in the pilot study with 690 teachers (2009-2010) to the low cost Nokia C1-01 mobile phone with a micro secure digital (SD) being used in upscaling to 12,500 teachers (2012-2014). We argue the low cost alphanumeric mobile phone with micro SD cards provides unprecedented opportunities to both deliver TPD and improve teachers’ and students’ communicative English language skills. The paper considers the unique suitability mobile phones present for resource constrained education systems in developing countries. Simultaneously we highlight the need for further application and research into the use of mobile technologies, not only for large-scale TPD projects, but for a diversity of international development projects and programmes which aim to achieve sustainable change at scale.

Going digital on low-cost mobile phones in Bangladesh - Walsh, Christopher; Power, Tom (2011)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Meta-synthesis method for qualitative research: a literature review - Walsh, Denis; Downe, Soo (Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2005)
Aim. This paper discusses the purpose and stages of meta-synthesis and the epistemological status of knowledge generated from the technique. Particular attention is paid to exploring the contested areas of the method that remain. Background. There is a growing interest in meta-synthesis as a technique for generating new insights and understanding from qualitative health care research. An increasing number of meta-synthesis papers are appearing in the nursing and midwifery literature. Methods. Literature on the technique of meta-synthesis and examples of meta-synthesis papers were searched and reviewed. A meta-synthesis exercise was undertaken, and this informed reflection and critique of the method. Findings. Meta-synthesis attempts to integrate results from a number of different but inter-related qualitative studies. The technique has an interpretive, rather than aggregating, intent, in contrast to meta-analysis of quantitative studies. Examples from the literature indicate that some aspects of the technique are not yet fully established. Conclusion. Despite the contingent nature of evidence gleaned from meta-synthesis and current lack of consensus about some of its aspects, meta-synthesis is an important technique for qualitative researchers and can deepen understanding of the contextual dimensions of health care.
Keywords: contextual; interpretive; literature review; meta-synthesis; midwifery; qualitative research

ARTIREV: an integrated bibliometric tool to efficiently conduct quality literature reviews - Walsh, Isabelle; Renaud, Alexandre; Jeanneret Medina, Maximiliano; Baudet, Cedric; Mourmant, Gaetan (Systèmes d’information et management, 2022)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

What professional development makes the most difference to teachers - Walter, C.; Briggs, J. (University of Oxford Department of Education, 2012)

Study on Key Issues and Policy Considerations in Promoting Lifelong Learning in Selected African Countries Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, Rwanda and Tanzania - Walters, Shirley; Yang, Jin; Roslander, Peter (2012)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Towards a renewal of apprenticeship in West Africa - Walther, R (2008)
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -GeneralCitations; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:Africa; A:Central Africa; A:East Africa; A:Sub-Saharan Africa; A:West Africa; C:Angola; C:Benin; C:Cameroon; C:Ethiopia; C:Mali; C:Senegal; C:South Africa; CA:AandC; CL:de; CL:en; CLL:en; CLS:en; CT:A; CT:C; CT:F; CT:P; CT:Q; CT:T; F:access; F:inclusion; F:pedagogy; P:crafts; P:economy; P:nature; Q:certificate; Q:higher education; Q:secondary education; T:Ausbildung; T:Lehrlingsausbildung; T:TVET; T:apprentice; T:trainee; publicImportV1

Document de Travail - La formation en secteur informel: Note de problématique - Walther, Richard (Agence Française de Développement, 2006)
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -GeneralCitations; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; C:Benin; C:Cameroon; C:Morocco; C:Senegal; C:South Africa; CLL:fr; publicImportV1

Nouvelles formes d’apprentissage en Afrique de l’Ouest: Vers une meilleure insertion professionnelle des jeunes - Walther, Richard (2008)
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -GeneralCitations; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; C:Benin; C:Mali; C:Senegal; C:Togo; CLL:fr; publicImportV1; ⛔ No DOI found

La formation professionnelle en secteur informel - ou Comment dynamiser l’économie des pays en développement? Les conclusions d’une enquête terrain dans sept pays africains. - Walther, Richard; Filipiak, Ewa (Agence Française de Développmement, 2007)
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -GeneralCitations; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQv:f2-H-fr; C:Angola; C:Benin; C:Cameroun; C:Ethiopia; C:Morocco; C:Senegal; CLL:fr; publicImportV1

Evaluating the impact of a tablet-based intervention on the mathematics attainment, receptive language and approaches to learning of preschool children - Walton, Jodie M. (University of Nottingham, 2018)
Keywords: _C:Australia AUS; _C:Brazil BRA; _C:China CHN; _C:France FRA; _C:India IND; _C:Ireland IRL; _C:Japan JPN; _C:Jordan JOR; _C:Korea, Republic KOR; _C:Malawi MWI; _C:Mexico MEX; _C:Netherlands NLD; _C:Singapore SGP; _C:Spain ESP; _C:Sudan SDN; _C:United Kingdom GBR; _C:United States USA; _C:Uruguay URY; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for Professional Teacher and Teacher Educator Development: A Case of TESSA MOOC in Kenya. - Wambugu, Patriciah W. (Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2018)
Keywords: _C:China CHN; _C:Kenya KEN; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

An ontological analysis of some fundamental information systems concepts - Wand, Y; Weber, R (1988)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Predicting school performance using a combination of traditional and non-traditional education data from South Africa - Wandera, Henry; Marivate, Vukosi; Sengeh, Moinina David
The application of big data analytics in education is transforming learning, teaching and administration in schools. Current Education Data Mining (EDM) research focuses on teaching and personalized learning in higher institutions mostly in western countries with limited research conducted in African countries. Most research has been conducted using small datasets, simple learning analytics techniques and machine learning black box models to predict students’ performance. Black box modelling approaches use complex structures which are difﬁcult to be easily interpreted by stakeholders. We synthesize EDM approaches and tree based machine learning techniques to identify important features that can predict school performance across African countries such as South Africa. We apply LightGBM a gradient boosting framework and interpretable tree based algorithms on combined data sources from community surveys, school master lists and examination results to perform feature importance. The challenge faced in EDM research is limited education data sources, we merged different existing datasets from government reports and archives. We used community survey data to determine the standards of living in secondary schools within those communities. Cell phone internet, toilets, security, usable water sources, number of teachers and students, school location, and family head were identiﬁed as control variables impacting the attainment of schools. LightGBM, underlies the developed prediction model. It empowered the model with high accuracy, stability and easy interpretation hence outperforming XGBoost, decision tree and random forest algorithms.
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Violence against children perpetrated by peers: A cross-sectional school-based survey in Uganda - Wandera, Stephen Ojiambo; Clarke, Kelly; Knight, Louise; Allen, Elizabeth; Walakira, Eddy; Namy, Sophie; Naker, Dipak; Devries, Karen (Child Abuse & Neglect, 2017)

Antecedents and Consequences of Teachers’ Emotional Labor: a Systematic Review and Meta-analytic Investigation - Wang, Hui; Hall, Nathan C.; Taxer, Jamie L. (Educational Psychology Review, 2019)
Emotional labor represents a long-standing area of research that since its initial development by Hochschild (1983) has been increasingly explored to understand why and how teachers manage and express their emotions in class. However, previous studies investigating teachers’ emotional labor have utilized varying conceptual frameworks and have often shown inconsistent effects, particularly concerning deep acting (i.e., the internalization of desired emotions such that expressed emotions are more consistent with experienced emotions). The current systematic review aimed to outline and summarize existing research findings on teachers’ emotional labor and is supplemented by a meta-analytic investigation on the connection between teachers’ emotional labor and psychological well-being. Practical implications, limitations, and directions for future research are discussed.
Keywords: _C:Australia AUS; _C:Belgium BEL; _C:Canada CAN; _C:China CHN; _C:France FRA; _C:Germany DEU; _C:Malaysia MYS; _C:Netherlands NLD; _C:Pakistan PAK; _C:Poland POL; _C:Romania ROU; _C:Turkey TUR; _C:United Kingdom GBR; _C:United States USA; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

MOOCs as an alternative for teacher professional development: examining learner persistence in one Chinese MOOC - Wang, Qiong; Chen, Bodong; Fan, Yizhou; Zhang, Guogang (Peking University, 2018)
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

MOOCs as an alternative for teacher professional development: examining learner persistence in one Chinese MOOC - Wang, Qiong; Chen, Bodong; Fan, Yizhou; Zhang, Guogang (Peking University, 2018)
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have developed into a significant international movement, showing great promise in addressing equity, quality, and efficiency issues in global education. To date, many MOOCs have been developed specifically for teacher professional development (TPD). In this regard, an important empirical question remains to be addressed: How and to what extent can MOOCs support equity, quality, and efficiency in teacher professional development? To help fill this knowledge gap, this study, conducted from 2014 to 2016, focused on persistent teacher-learners in a TPD MOOC that was offered for seven consecutive rounds by the X-Learning Center of Peking University. The study found that more than 15% of the 105,383 teachers who enrolled in this MOOC were persistent teacher-learners, defined as learners who enrolled in multiple rounds. Data analysis showed that these persistent teacher-learners had diverse motivations for re-enrollment, including refreshing conceptual understanding, achieving higher scores, earning course certification, and discussing practical problems. The study also found that the persistent teacher-learners developed self-regulated learning skills in the course of multiple rounds of the MOOC and showed significantly higher learning achievement than one-time enrollees. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of both clicklog data and interview data revealed additional insights into the persistent teacher-learners’ learning within the MOOC and their real-world teaching practice beyond the MOOC. Overall, this study contributes to an improved understanding of the potential of MOOCs as an alternative TPD delivery mode in developing countries and sheds light on the future design of effective TPD through MOOCs.
Keywords: __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2425977; __finaldtb; tpdsysrev_potential_duplicate; ⛔ No DOI found

A case study of using an online community of practice for teachers' professional development at a secondary school in China - Wang, Qiyun; Lu, Zhiping (Learning, Media and Technology, 2012)
In this case study, an online community was designed at a secondary school in China for the teachers to prepare their lessons collectively, reflect on their teaching practices, collect comments from peers, and share resources. A survey was administered to the teachers to investigate their perceptions on the online community for their professional development. Two hundred and eighty-three teachers responded to the survey and eight teachers were further interviewed by email. The result showed that most teachers liked using the online community as they could gain subject knowledge and could obtain support from peers, share experiences and get feedback, and exchange resources. Also, online entries confirmed that transformational changes in teaching pedagogy and students' learning activities occurred along the time. However, certain teachers did not participate in the online community frequently. This paper describes the context of the case study, design dimensions of the online community, teachers' positive perceptions on using the online community, and transformational changes. Also, strategies for promoting effective use of the online community are discussed and follow-up studies to address the challenges involved in this study are proposed. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
Keywords: Case Studies; China; Communities of Practice; Distance Education; ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE); Education--Teaching Methods And Curriculum; Educational Practices; Electronic Learning; Electronic Mail; Foreign Countries; Interviews; Learning; Lesson Plans; Mail Surveys; Online instruction; Participant Satisfaction; Pedagogy; Polls & surveys; Professional Development; Professional development; Secondary Education; Secondary School Teachers; Secondary school teachers; Teacher Surveys; Teaching Methods; Technology Uses in Education; Transformative Learning; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2096477; __finaldtb

Using the Robot as a Research Assistant: Research Design Using Generative AI - Wang, Shida (NYU SPS Applied Analytics Laboratory, 2023)

Handbook of Research on E-Learning Applications for Career and Technical Education: Technologies for Vocational Training - Wang, Victor X. (IGI Global, 2009)

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.
Keywords: Challenges; China; ICT in education; e-learning; professional development; successes

Individual difference in thermal comfort: A literature review - Wang, Zhe; de Dear, Richard; Luo, Maohui; Lin, Borong; He, Yingdong; Ghahramani, Ali; Zhu, Yingxin (Building and Environment, 2018)
Human individual differences widely and markedly affect thermal comfort and should be carefully considered in the design and operation of the built environment. This paper aims to list and examine the magnitude and significance of individual difference in the preferred/neutral/comfort temperature through reviewing previous climate chamber and field studies. Causal factors for individual differences are investigated, including sex, age and etc. There is no clear and consistent conclusions as to the significance and size of inter-group differences in thermal comfort (between females and males, or the young and the old). To address the issue of individual difference, a paradigm shift from centralized to personalized air condition is on the way with the following three steps: first, collecting individual physiological and psychological response; second, predict individual comfort with machine learning algorithms; and third, accommodating individual difference with Personalized Comfort Systems.
Keywords: Comfort temperature; Individual comfort model; Individual difference; Personal comfort systems

Error rates of human reviewers during abstract screening in systematic reviews - Wang, Zhen; Nayfeh, Tarek; Tetzlaff, Jennifer; O’Blenis, Peter; Murad, Mohammad Hassan (PLOS ONE, 2020)
Background Automated approaches to improve the efficiency of systematic reviews are greatly needed. When testing any of these approaches, the criterion standard of comparison (gold standard) is usually human reviewers. Yet, human reviewers make errors in inclusion and exclusion of references. Objectives To determine citation false inclusion and false exclusion rates during abstract screening by pairs of independent reviewers. These rates can help in designing, testing and implementing automated approaches. Methods We identified all systematic reviews conducted between 2010 and 2017 by an evidence-based practice center in the United States. Eligible reviews had to follow standard systematic review procedures with dual independent screening of abstracts and full texts, in which citation inclusion by one reviewer prompted automatic inclusion through the next level of screening. Disagreements between reviewers during full text screening were reconciled via consensus or arbitration by a third reviewer. A false inclusion or exclusion was defined as a decision made by a single reviewer that was inconsistent with the final included list of studies. Results We analyzed a total of 139,467 citations that underwent 329,332 inclusion and exclusion decisions from 86 unique reviewers. The final systematic reviews included 5.48% of the potential references identified through bibliographic database search (95% confidence interval (CI): 2.38% to 8.58%). After abstract screening, the total error rate (false inclusion and false exclusion) was 10.76% (95% CI: 7.43% to 14.09%). Conclusions This study suggests important false inclusion and exclusion rates by human reviewers. When deciding the validity of a future automated study selection algorithm, it is important to keep in mind that the gold standard is not perfect and that achieving error rates similar to humans may be adequate and can save resources and time.
Keywords: Automation; Cardiovascular medicine; Citation analysis; Database searching; Health screening; Mental health and psychiatry; Primary care; Systematic reviews

Comprehensive sexuality education in sub-Saharan Africa: adaptation and implementation challenges in universal access for children and adolescents - Wangamati, Cynthia Khamala (Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 2020)

Can the Kenyan Jua Kali Mechanic be Trusted in Servicing the New Technology Rich Vehicles? | African Journal of Education,Science and Technology - Wanyeki, Paul; Kitainge, Kisilu; Ferej, A (African Journal of Education,Science and Technology, 2018)
Mechanics in automotive garages need to keep pace with the ever evolving technological changes in the industry in order to provide relevant service to their clients. The formal garage mechanics have their training provided by vehicle suppliers on every critical technological innovation introduced in their automobiles. But the Jua Kali mechanics on the other hand do not have this symbiotic connection with suppliers. This paper tries to answer the question:  can the jua kali mechanic be trusted in servicing the new technology rich vehicles? The study used a descriptive survey research design. The study population consisted of Jua Kali practitioners who deal with repairs and servicing of automobiles within Eldoret town. Data was analyzed using the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) software and content analysis techniques. The study found that the Jua Kali mechanics cannot be trusted in handling the new technology rich vehicle as they mostly relied on trial and error which more often than not leads to more damages.
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Benefits and Limitations of iPads in the High School Science Classroom and a Trophic Cascade Lesson Plan - Ward, Nicholas D; Finley, Rachel J; Keil, Richard G; Clay, Tansy G (Journal of Geoscience Education, 2013)
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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.
Keywords: census; geostatistics; population; remote sensing; surveys

Education buildings: resilience to global climate change and avoidance of inequalities - Wargocki, Pawel (Open Development & Education, 2024)
An output of the Open Development & Education, https://opendeved.net/
Keywords: _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence

Effects of Classroom Air Quality on Learning in Schools - Wargocki, Pawel (Handbook of Indoor Air Quality, 2021)
This chapter describes the evidence of the effects of indoor air quality (IAQ) on learning of children and gives an overview of the size of the effects expected. The results from the published experiments on the effects of classroom air quality on the performance of schoolwork do confirm that these effects are systematic and show that improving classroom air quality will have a significant positive effect on some aspects of learning, both on cognitive skills and academic attainment, as well as academic achievements and absence rates. Present studies show that to ensure classroom IAQ conducive to learning, CO2 levels (indicating the adequacy of ventilation) should be kept below 900 ppm at all times. It should be ensured that windows can be opened when needed, to improve classroom IAQ, and CO2 sensors should be installed to indicate when windows must be open (or any other measure to improve IAQ must be executed) if the CO2 concentration is too high and when they should be closed to conserve energy.
Keywords: Absence rate; BE:RELEVANT; Carbon dioxide; Learning; Schools; Sleep; Ventilation

Short summary report for Realdania - Wargocki, Pawel (International Centre for Indoor Environment and Energy, 2020)
Summary of the research on how thermal, air quality, noise reduction, lighting, and daylighting improvements in classrooms benefit children’s educational attainments

The relationship between classroom temperature and children’s performance in school - Wargocki, Pawel; Porras-Salazar, Jose Ali; Contreras-Espinoza, Sergio (Building and Environment, 2019)
The present paper reports a meta-analysis of published evidence on the effects of temperature in school classrooms on children's performance in school. The data from 18 studies were used to construct a relationship between thermal conditions in classrooms and children's performance in school. Psychological tests measuring cognitive abilities and skills, school tasks including mathematical and language-based tasks, rating schemes, and tests used to assess progress in learning including end-of-year grades and the examination results were considered as indicators of children's performance Due to the lack of complete measurements, thermal conditions were characterized by measured classroom temperatures. To create the relationship, the fractional change in performance of psychological tests and school tasks was regressed against the average temperature at which the change was recorded; all published data were used regardless of whether the change in learning outcome changed significantly with temperature. For other learning outcomes, no relationship was created because the data were insufficient. The relationship derived in the analysis shows that the performance of psychological tests and school tasks can be expected to increase on average by 20% if classroom temperatures are lowered from 30 °C to 20 °C and that the temperature for optimal performance is lower than 22 °C. The relationship is valid only for temperate climates. It requires verification for other climates and extensions to temperatures lower than 20 °C and higher than 30 °C.
Keywords: BE:Annotated; BE:RELEVANT; BE:temperature; Children; Cognitive performance; Elementary schools; Learning; Temperature; Thermal environment

The relationships between classroom air quality and children’s performance in school - Wargocki, Pawel; Porras-Salazar, Jose Ali; Contreras-Espinoza, Sergio; Bahnfleth, William (Building and Environment, 2020)
The data from published studies were used to derive systematic relationships between learning outcomes and air quality in classrooms. Psychological tests measuring cognitive abilities and skills, school tasks including mathematical and language-based tasks, rating schemes, and tests used to assess progress in learning including end-of-year grades and exam scores were used to quantify learning outcomes. Short-term sick leave was also included because it may influence progress in learning. Classroom indoor air quality was characterized by the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2). For psychological tests and school tasks, fractional changes in performance were regressed against the average concentrations of CO2 at which they occurred; all data reported in studies meeting the inclusion criteria were used to derive the relationship, regardless of whether the change in performance was statistically significant at the examined levels of classroom air quality. The analysis predicts that reducing CO2 concentration from 2,100 ppm to 900 ppm would improve the performance of psychological tests and school tasks by 12% with respect to the speed at which the tasks are performed and by 2% with respect to errors made. For other learning outcomes and short-term sick leave, only the relationships published in the original studies were available. They were therefore used to make predictions. These relationships show that reducing the CO2 concentration from 2,300 ppm to 900 ppm would improve performance on the tests used to assess progress in learning by 5% and that reducing CO2 from 4,100 ppm to 1,000 ppm would increase daily attendance by 2.5%. These results suggest that increasing the ventilation rate in classrooms in the range from 2 L/s-person to 10 L/s-person can bring significant benefits in terms of learning performance and pupil attendance; no data are available for higher rates. The results provide a strong incentive for improving classroom air quality and can be used in cost-benefit analyses.
Keywords: BE:RELEVANT; Carbon dioxide; Children; Cognitive performance; Elementary schools; Learning

TAIL, a new scheme for rating indoor environmental quality in offices and hotels undergoing deep energy renovation (EU ALDREN project) - Wargocki, Pawel; Wei, Wenjuan; Bendžalová, Jana; Espigares-Correa, Carlos; Gerard, Christophe; Greslou, Olivier; Rivallain, Mathieu; Sesana, Marta Maria; Olesen, Bjarne W.; Zirngibl, Johann (Energy and Buildings, 2021)
Keywords: BE:RELEVANT

The full report of Realdania - Wargocki, Pawel; Wyon, David P (International Centre for Indoor Environment and Energy., 2020)
This report summarises published research on how children’s performance of schoolwork in primary and secondary schools and their subsequent educational attainments are affected by classroom temperature, air quality, noise, and lighting. The main conclusions (Items 1-20) are set out below as unequivocal statements that are validated by the findings of the detailed reviews of research published that form the bulk of the report, or by the findings of research published since those reviews were written and in some cases published. Bibliographic references to the original research reports are to be found in each detailed review or in the list that appears below. To each statement has been added brief comments based on other relevant findings noted in the reviews. A short list of what is NOT yet known about the effects of each indoor climate factor is then appended (Items 5, 10, 15, and 20), the implications for energy conservation (Items 21-25) and priorities for future research in this area (Items 26-30) are suggested. This report’ssummaryisprovidedseparatelywiththecurrentrecommendations and requirements of indoor environmental quality conditions in schools. Four appendixes contain detailed reviews based on which the present report was prepared.

Professional Development in the OECS Gets an Upgrade! - Warner-Arnold, Tracey (2020)

RECOVR Sierra Leone: Tracking the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic - Warren, Shana; Parkerson, Doug; Collins, Elliott (Innovations for Poverty Action, 2020)
Keywords: _C:Sierra Leone SLE

Reading for pleasure in paradise: paired reading in Antigua and Barbuda - Warrington, Molly J; George, Patricia (Literacy, 2014)
Reading for pleasure is essential in the development of literacy. This paper reports on findings from a paired reading strategy introduced into primary schools in Antigua and Barbuda in order to foster children's pleasure in reading. This programme of cross‐age peer tutoring intervention began with the training of teachers in a small group of seven schools and was extended to all the schools on the islands in the following year. Qualitative research data from children and teachers showed that children were enthusiastic about the experience, with some evidence to show that their wider interest in reading was stimulated. Although for the pupils, particularly the younger ones, the main benefit of shared reading was perceived to be an improvement in reading skills, for teachers, it was the increase in children's confidence in reading that was cited as the most positive outcome. Although resource constraints in some schools did limit the scope of the programme, the paper argues that it boosted the reading development of a number of children and may have acted as a catalyst for stimulating a lasting pleasure and joy in reading.
Keywords: _Added to LR; _T:reviewed

Technology and social inclusion: rethinking the digital divide - Warschauer, Mark (MIT Press, 2003)
Keywords: Digital divide; Final_citation; Marginality, Social; cited; existing

Technology and social inclusion: rethinking the digital divide - Warschauer, Mark (MIT Press, 2003)
Keywords: Digital divide; Marginality, Social

Realising ‘dialogic intentions’ when working with a microblogging tool in secondary school classrooms - Warwick, Paul; Cook, Victoria; Vrikki, Maria; Major, Louis; Rasmussen, Ingvill (Learning, Culture and Social Interaction, 2020)
Keywords: __C:filed:1