The effectiveness of educational technology applications for enhancing mathematics achievement in K-12 classrooms: A meta-analysis - Cheung, Alan C. K.; Slavin, Robert E. (Educational Research Review, 2013)
The present review examines research on the effects of educational technology applications on mathematics achievement in K-12 classrooms. Unlike previous reviews, this review applies consistent inclusion standards to focus on studies that met high methodological standards. In addition, methodological and substantive features of the studies are investigated to examine the relationship between educational technology applications and study features. A total of 74 qualified studies were included in our final analysis with a total sample size of 56,886 K-12 students: 45 elementary studies (N=31,555) and 29 secondary studies (N=25,331). Consistent with the more recent reviews, the findings suggest that educational technology applications generally produced a positive, though modest, effect (ES=+0.15) in comparison to traditional methods. However, the effects may vary by educational technology type. Among the three types of educational technology applications, supplemental CAI had the largest effect with an effect size of +0.18. The other two interventions, computer-management learning and comprehensive programs, had a much smaller effect size, +0.08 and +0.07, respectively. Differential impacts by various study and methodological features are also discussed.
Keywords: Educational technology applications; K-12; Mathematics achievement; Meta-analysis

The effectiveness of inputs in primary education: Insights from recent student surveys for sub-Saharan Africa - Fehrler, S.; Michaelowa, K.; Wechtler, A. (The Journal of Development Studies, 2009)

The effectiveness of installing solar panels at schools in Pakistan to increase enrolment - Gillani, Abbas A.; Khan, Sana; Nasir, Sadia; Niaz, Salwa (Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 2022)
At present, 35% of all primary schools and 15% of all secondary schools in Pakistan do not have access to electricity, severely impacting student participation and performance. Earlier literature exploring the effects of electrification of schools through solar electricity on educational access and outcome has been very limited, but recently it has gained attention. By examining data of more than 20,000 schools across 176 districts of Pakistan from the years 2013 until 2018, this paper quantifies the effectiveness of installing solar panels at schools to generate electricity, and thus increasing student participation through higher enrolment. The results show that a school where a solar panel was installed as an education policy initiative witnessed an increase in enrolment, when compared to a school that did not have a solar panel installed under the education policy initiative. This research highlights an immediate need of electrification of schools in order to improve learning outcomes. It also quantifies the effects of using solar electricity at schools that otherwise may not have access to electricity via the conventional grid system. Finally, as Pakistan ranks second in the list of countries with the worst pollution in the world, this study provides evidence for policymakers, and urges them to focus on expanding the use of renewable energy resources in all fields of socioeconomic activity in order to reverse the detrimental effects of climate change.
Keywords: Education; Education policy; Enrolment; Pakistan; Solar panels

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

The effectiveness of intelligent tutoring systems on K‐12 students' reading comprehension: A meta‐analysis - Xu, Zhihong; Wijekumar, Kausalai (Kay); Ramirez, Gilbert; Hu, Xueyan; Irey, Robin (British Journal of Educational Technology, 2019)
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

The Effectiveness of Online and Blended Learning: A Meta-Analysis of the Empirical Literature - Means, Barbara; Toyama, Yukie; Murphy, Robert; Baki, Marianne (Teachers College Record: The Voice of Scholarship in Education, 2013)
Background/Context Earlier research on various forms of distance learning concluded that these technologies do not differ significantly from regular classroom instruction in terms of learning outcomes. Now that web-based learning has emerged as a major trend in both K–12 and higher education, the relative efficacy of online and face-to-face instruction needs to be revisited. The increased capabilities of web-based applications and collaboration technologies and the rise of blended learning models combining web-based and face-to-face classroom instruction have raised expectations for the effectiveness of online learning. Purpose/Objective/Research Question/Focus of Study This meta-analysis was designed to produce a statistical synthesis of studies contrasting learning outcomes for either fully online or blended learning conditions with those of face-to-face classroom instruction. Population/Participants/Subjects The types of learners in the meta-analysis studies were about evenly split between students in college or earlier years of education and learners in graduate programs or professional training. The average learner age in a study ranged from 13 to 44. Intervention/Program/Practice The meta-analysis was conducted on 50 effects found in 45 studies contrasting a fully or partially online condition with a fully face-to-face instructional condition. Length of instruction varied across studies and exceeded one month in the majority of them. Research Design The meta-analysis corpus consisted of (1) experimental studies using random assignment and (2) quasi-experiments with statistical control for preexisting group differences. An effect size was calculated or estimated for each contrast, and average effect sizes were computed for fully online learning and for blended learning. A coding scheme was applied to classify each study in terms of a set of conditions, practices, and methodological variables. Findings/Results The meta-analysis found that, on average, students in online learning conditions performed modestly better than those receiving face-to-face instruction. The advantage over face-to-face classes was significant in those studies contrasting blended learning with traditional face-to-face instruction but not in those studies contrasting purely online with face-to-face conditions. Conclusions/Recommendations Studies using blended learning also tended to involve additional learning time, instructional resources, and course elements that encourage interactions among learners. This confounding leaves open the possibility that one or all of these other practice variables contributed to the particularly positive outcomes for blended learning. Further research and development on different blended learning models is warranted. Experimental research testing design principles for blending online and face-to-face instruction for different kinds of learners is needed.
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

The Effectiveness of School Grants in Low- and Middle-Income Contexts - James, Zoe; Joynes, Chris (2018)
This helpdesk review has drawn primarily on evidence from systematic reviews and synthesis studies focused on the effectiveness of school grants for the improvement of (i) equitable access to quality education, and (ii) the student learning outcomes. The rationale for school grants has emerged as part of relatively recent policy-driven practices for educational decentralisation and, within that, school-based decision-making. The devolution of a range of decisions to the school-level is assumed to improve accountability, efficiency and responsiveness to local needs (Bruns et al. 2011; Carr-Hill et al. 2016; Slater 2013). These decisions may include concerns related to curricula, finance, management and teachers, and may be taken at one or more administrative level (Bruns et al. 2011; Slater 2013). The literature identifies several key principles for effective implementation. This includes an acknowledgement of the range of challenges and barriers that are associated with the implementation of these type of models at the school level, including (i) the need for all actors to support the principles of decision-making reform; (ii) the need for local district support; and (iii) the reality that this type of reform places increased time and work demands on teachers and parents (Bruns et al. 2011). The review found that evidence of the effectiveness of school grant policies for equitable access to quality education was limited. Few studies provided rigorous examinations of the impact of school grants on equity of access across a range of measures, for example between rural/ urban locations, gender, or socio-economic status. The evidence base is relatively stronger in relation to the effectiveness of school grant policies for student learning outcomes, being suggestive of small but positive impacts. However, according to a 2016 synthesis study, these positive results are concentrated in middle-income countries, and stronger impacts tend to be found for wealthier students with more educated parents, with smaller effects found in disadvantaged communities (Carr-Hill et al. 2016; see also Hanushek et al. 2011; UNESCO 2017).
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

The effectiveness of self-regulated learning scaffolds on academic performance in computer-based learning environments: a meta-analysis - Zheng, Lanqin (Asia Pacific Education Review, 2016)
This meta-analysis examined research on the effects of self-regulated learning scaffolds on academic performance in computer-based learning environments from 2004 to 2015. A total of 29 articles met inclusion criteria and were included in the final analysis with a total sample size of 2648 students. Moderator analyses were performed using a random effects model that focused on the three main areas of scaffold characteristics (including the mechanism, functions, delivery forms, mode, and number of scaffolds; how to promote self-regulated learning by scaffolds); demographics of the selected studies (including sample groups, sample size, learning domain, research settings, and types of computer-based learning environments); and research methodological features (including research methods, types of research design, types of organization for treatment, and duration of treatment). Findings revealed that self-regulated learning scaffolds in computer-based learning environments generally produced a significantly positive effect on academic performance (ES = 0.438). It is also suggested that both domain-general and domain-specific scaffolds can support the entire process of self-regulated learning since they demonstrated substantial effects on academic performance. Different impacts of various studies and their methodological features are presented and discussed.
Keywords: Academic performance; Meta-analysis; Scaffold; Self-regulated learning

The effectiveness of technology-facilitated personalized learning on learning achievements and learning perceptions: a meta-analysis - Zheng, Lanqin; Long, Miaolang; Zhong, Lu; Gyasi, Juliana Fosua (Education and Information Technologies, 2022)
As a learner-centered approach, technology-facilitated personalized learning has received increasing attention in the field of education. However, it is not clear whether technology-facilitated personalized learning is effective for both learning achievements and learning perceptions. This study aims to close the research gaps and examine the effect sizes of technology-facilitated personalized learning on learning achievements and learning perceptions from 2001 to 2020. In total, 34 empirical studies were synthesized in the present meta-analysis. The findings revealed that technology-facilitated personalized learning had a medium effect size on learning achievements and a small effect size on learning perceptions. Furthermore, the impacts of 10 moderator variables, including the sample levels, sample sizes, learning domains, research design, research settings, intervention duration, learning methods, software and hardware that support personalized learning, and user-oriented personalized parameters, were analyzed in depth. It was found that learning methods and personalized learning software significantly moderated the effect sizes. The novelty and main contribution of this study is threefold. First, this study revealed that technology-facilitated personalized learning was more effective than traditional learning through the comprehensive meta-analysis. Second, this study found that learning methods and personalized learning software could trigger and leverage the effects of technology-facilitated personalized learning. Third, this study proposed a design framework of technology-facilitated personalized learning to facilitate the implementation of personalized learning effectively.
Keywords: Effect size; Final_citation; Learning achievement; Learning perception; Meta-analysis; Personalized learning; cited; existing

The effectiveness of technology-supported personalised learning in low- and middle-income countries: A meta-analysis - Major, Louis; Francis, Gill A.; Tsapali, Maria (British Journal of Educational Technology, 2021)
Digital technology offers the potential to address educational challenges in resource-poor settings. This meta-analysis examines the impact of students' use of technology that personalises and adapts to learning level in low- and middle-income countries. Following a systematic search for research between 2007 and 2020, 16 randomised controlled trials were identified in five countries. Studies involved 53,029 learners aged 6–15 years. Coding examined learning domain (mathematics and literacy); personalisation level and delivery; technology use; and intervention duration and intensity. Overall, technology-supported personalised learning was found to have a statistically significant—if moderate—positive effect size of 0.18 on learning (p = 0.001). Meta-regression reveals how more personalised approaches which adapt or adjust to learners' level led to significantly greater impact (an effect size of 0.35) than those only linking to learners' interests or providing personalised feedback, support, and/or assessment. Avenues for future research include investigating cost implications, optimum programme length, and teachers' role in making personalised learning with technology effective. Practitioner notes What is already known about this topic? Promoting personalised learning is an established aim of educators. Using technology to support personalised learning in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) could play an important role in ensuring more inclusive and equitable access to education, particularly in the aftermath of COVID-19. There is currently no rigorous overview of evidence on the effectiveness of using technology to enable personalised learning in LMICs. What this paper adds? The meta-analysis is the first to evaluate the effectiveness of technology-supported personalised learning in improving learning outcomes for school-aged children in LMICs. Technology-supported personalised learning has a statistically significant, positive effect on learning outcomes. Interventions are similarly effective for mathematics and literacy and whether or not teachers also have an active role in the personalisation. Personalised approaches that adapt or adjust to the learner led to significantly greater impact, although whether these warrant the additional investment likely necessary for implementation at scale needs to be investigated. Personalised technology implementation of moderate duration and intensity had similar positive effects to that of stronger duration and intensity, although further research is needed to confirm this. Implications for practice and/or policy: The inclusion of more adaptive personalisation features in technology-assisted learning environments can lead to greater learning gains. Personalised technology approaches featuring moderate personalisation may also yield learning rewards. While it is not known whether personalised technology can be scaled in a cost-effective and contextually appropriate way, there are indications that this is possible. The appropriateness of teachers integrating personalised approaches in their practice should be explored given ‘supplementary’ uses of personalised technology (ie, additional sessions involving technology outside of regular instruction) are common.
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; computer-assisted learning; existing; learning outcomes; low- and middle-income; meta-analysis; personalisation; personalised adaptive learning

The effectiveness of technology-supported teacher professional learning communities in emergency settings. Future-Proofing Teacher Education: Voices from South Africa and Beyond - El-Serafy, Yomna; Adam, Taskeen; Haßler, Björn (Future-Proofing Teacher Education: Voices from South Africa and Beyond, 2022)
Keywords: Author:OpenDevEd; _forthcoming

The effects and characteristics of family involvement on a peer tutoring programme to improve the reading comprehension competence - Blanch, Sílvia; Duran, David; Valdebenito, Vanessa; Flores, Marta (European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2013)
The aim of the present study was to investigate the impact of an educational programme involving peer tutoring at school and family tutoring at home on child reading comprehension achievement in Catalunya, Spain. We drew upon a sample of 303 primary school students from 8 to 11 years old and 223 family tutors from home (61.5% mothers, 15% fathers, 17% both parents, 6.5% siblings). Reading comprehension performance was assessed through standardised tests in pre and post-test bases. Background variables were collected by means of student and parent questionnaires and also teacher and family interviews. An analysis of the family tutoring interactions was also performed. The main results showed positive effects for all the students, but especially for the 223 students who received family support. Overall, the study reveals the effectiveness of peer learning to improve reading comprehension skills and the potential of family involvement for the development of academic skills when the school provides trust and support for it.
Keywords: _Added to LR; _T:reviewed

The effects of ABRACADABRA on reading outcomes: An updated meta-analysis and landscape review of applied field research - Abrami, Philip C.; Lysenko, Larysa; Borokhovski, Eugene (Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2020)
ABRACADABRA (ABRA) is an evidence-based suite of interactive multimedia that engages learners in the development of core reading skills. This meta-analysis presents an update of the research evidence about the effectiveness of ABRA for elementary students. It reports 91 effect sizes in six reading-related outcomes for a sample of 7,388 students. Regardless of context and measurement type, the studies yielded positive effects of ABRA, ranging in magnitude from g+ = 0.080 for Vocabulary Knowledge to g+ = 0.378 for Phonemic Awareness and reaching statistical significance in four outcome categories. This meta-analysis adds to our understanding of the effectiveness of ABRA-based reading instruction by exploring factors of research design, ABRA design and implementation contexts, and various student characteristics and offers implications for instructional practice.
Keywords: early reading instruction; elementary education; interactive software for learning; meta-analysis; reading outcomes

The Effects of Air Temperature to the Cognitive Performance of Grade Five Pupils - Bigueja, Myrna C.; Tabardillo, Rosemarie A.; Amoroso, Sheila E.; Tabardillo, Joselito D. (2022)
High temperature makes the children uneasy during classroom activities. This study examines the effect of air temperature to children‟s cognitive performance. The school profile was determined such as: the total number of teachers, number of enrollees, land area (sq.m.), number of buildings and number of trees was determined to support the analysis of the data collected. The respondents were the Top thirty (30) Grade V pupils from public city elementary school in the Bicol Region. The pen-and-paper test was administered using the standardized test question in Science V of forty (40) items. The examination was done in the room without ventilation at 9:00 O‟clock to 11 O‟clock in the morning. Outdoor and indoor air temperature was recorded. The temperature recorded in the seven Public Central City Elementary Schools ranged from 240C to 310C. The recorded temperature indicates that the air contains particulates or pollutants like CO2 resulting in high temperature. Future work is required to establish evidence based guidelines for average temperatures and CO2 levels in classrooms. Findings suggest that high ventilation rates and low temperatures are required to provide optimum health outcomes and learning conditions. Natural Ventilation is also recommended through planting more trees in school vicinity to provide fresher air.
Keywords: BE:RELEVANT; ⛔ No DOI found

The Effects of ALEKS on Mathematics Learning in K-12 and Higher Education: A Meta-Analysis - Sun, Shuyan; Else-Quest, Nicole M.; Hodges, Linda C.; French, Allison M.; Dowling, Rebecca (Investigations in Mathematics Learning, 2021)
As remote learning technologies play an increasingly larger role in education, clear evidence of effectiveness is needed for widely used online learning technologies, such as Assessment and LEarning in Knowledge Spaces (ALEKS). By adapting to individual students’ knowledge states and personalizing interactive practice and feedback, ALEKS may potentially support learning in mathematics, which is foundational for success in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields. Given the mixed findings about the effects of ALEKS in previous research, we conducted a meta-analysis to examine if ALEKS was as effective as traditional instruction in mathematics education. Our analysis included 56 independent effect sizes obtained from 9,238 students in K-12 schools and institutions of higher education participating in 33 research studies between 2000 and August 2020. Results indicated that learning performance with ALEKS was comparable to that with traditional instruction (Hedge’s g = 0.05, 95% CI [−0.01, 0.20]) and ALEKS was especially effective when used to supplement traditional instruction (g = 0.43, 95% CI [0.02, 0.83]). These findings have important implications for using ALEKS in mathematics learning across different levels of education.
Keywords: ALEKS; Academic achievement; Final_citation; adaptive learning systems; existing; mathematics education; online learning

The Effects of Authentic Learning Practices on Problem-Solving Skills and Attitude towards Science Courses - Aynas, Naciye; Aslan, Mecit (Journal of Learning for Development, 2021)
This study aims to investigate the effects of authentic learning methods — applied in science courses — on the problem-solving skills and attitudes towards those courses. As a research design, a quasi-experimental design with pre-test and post-test control groups was used in the study. The data of the study were collected from 92 students at the level of 6th grade in Van, Turkey in the 2017-2018 academic year. As data collection tools, the Problem-Solving Skills Test and Science Attitude Scale were used throughout the study. During the data analysis phase, descriptive statistics, one-factor analysis of variance for unrelated samples, t-test for related samples, Kruskal Wallis-H and Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test were used. As a result of the study, it was realised that there was a significant difference between the experimental group and control groups' problem-solving skills total scores in favour of the experimental group. Furthermore, it was ascertained that authentic learning practices improved the problem-solving skills of the experimental group students to a significant extent. In terms of attitude points towards science, it was determined that the post-test scores of the experimental group were significantly higher than the control groups and authentic learning practices had a positive effect on attitude.
Keywords: attitudes towards science courses; authentic learning; authentic task; problem-solving skills; the curriculum of science courses; ⛔ No DOI found

The Effects of Computer-Assisted Instruction in Reading: A Meta-Analysis - Kunkel, Amy (University of Minnesota, 2015)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) to improve the reading outcomes of students in preschool through high school. A total of 61 studies met criteria for this review, and 101 independent effect sizes were extracted. Results indicated that the mean effects for students receiving reading CAI were small, positive, and statistically significant when compared to control groups receiving no treatment or non-reading CAI. Categorical moderator analyses and meta-regression were conducted to explore the variation in effects. Results of an analysis of research quality indicated that, on average, about half of quality indicators were met. The results of this meta-analysis show that CAI in reading can effectively enhance the reading outcomes of students in preschool through high school. Future, high-quality research should be conducted to identify effective programs and establish best practice in the instructional design of CAI to enhance the reading skills of all students.

The effects of continuing professional development (CPD) though sprint on teacher classroom practices and student learning outcomes - Mazala, Chileya Mbasilu (2009)
This study looked at the effects of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) through School Programmes for In -Service for the Term (SPRINT) on teacher classroom practices and student learning outcomes. The purpose of the study was to find out if SPRINT had any effect on teacher classroom practice and student learning outcomes. The target population was all Ndola high schools. The sample consisted of 196 respondents that is, five head teachers, five deputy heads, fifteen heads of department, five School In- Service Providers (SIP), five Zone INSET Providers (ZIP) and twelve teachers from each of the five schools and one Resource Centre Coordinator. The sample also included one hundred grade twelve pupils, twenty randomly picked from each of the five schools Purposive sampling was used to select the schools, head teachers, heads of department, INSET providers and the subject coordinator. Teachers and pupils were selected using simple random sampling. Questionnaires, observations, interviews, Focus Group Discussions and documentary evidence were the research instruments used to gather information. A review of relevant literature and its implication for CPD was undertaken to provide interrogation framework for this study. Guskey's five levels of evaluation were used to structure the framework Data were analyzed by identifying and categorizing significant themes relevant to research objectives. The data were presented in form of tables, percentages,graphs and charts. Qualitative data from interviews were coded and emerging themes grouped into categories The themes and categories of initial data were compared with those of subsequent interviews. Categories were then regrouped to get the most significant categories and themes.The findings from this study indicated that teachers at all career stages expressed the desire to take part in Continuing Professional Development through SPRINT.Research findings also showed that SPRINT activities did impact on teacher classroom practice basing on the twelve observable skills recommended by The Ministry of Education. The findings from this study further revealed that SPRINT had an impact on student learning outcomes as shown by the average scores of students whose teachers took part in CPD and those whose teachers did not.Average scores for the latter were lower than the former category of students.The findings further revealed that although there was evidence of the effect of CPD through SPRINT on teacher classroom practices and student learning outcomes, this programme was hindered by weak organisational support.The results of the study showed that teachers were not enthusiastic about continuing with the CPD programme as it lacked adequate funding and support from both local administrators and the Ministry of Education. Teachers were not involved in identifying training needs and as such did not feel they were the owners of CPD Teachers also felt that this kind of CPD did not help in career progression as the credit system was not effective. At organizational level, this study found that policies and guidelines on how to organize and manage CPD were lacking.CPD leaders also did not have adequate training to prepare them for their roles. Because of this lack of training, CPD leaders could not carry out assessment of the effects of CPD through SPRINT on teacher classroom practices and student learning outcomes.On the basis of these findings, it is recommended that teachers should be in charge of their own CPD and be involved in needs assessment .Secondly, CPD leaders should be properly trained for their role and they should have clear job specifications. In addition, adequate funding for the programme should be made available by both the Government and the School Administration. The Ministry of Education also needs to formulate national policies and guidelines on management and evaluation of SPRINT .A standardized accreditation system which would enable teachers to experience career progression through SPRINT should also be put in place. Lastly, CPD through SPRINT should be made research based with teachers having access to INTERNET and good library facilities.
Keywords: CitedIn:OER4S-TPE-HHH2; CitedIn:OER4Schools-HHH3; CitedIn:OER4Schools-HHH3-A; CitedIn:OER4Schools-HHH3-A-PREVIOUS; SPRINT

The effects of gender, acclimation state, the opportunity to adjust clothing and physical disability on requirements for thermal comfort - Parsons, K. C. (Energy and Buildings, 2002)
A program of laboratory studies into thermal comfort requirements is presented. Two studies used groups of 16 subjects over a range of conditions (warm to cool) to investigate the effects of gender over 3h exposures in simulated living room/office environments. It was found that for identical levels of clothing and activity, there were only small differences in the thermal comfort responses of male and female subjects for neutral and slightly warm conditions. For cool conditions, female subjects tended to be cooler than males. An experiment to investigate the effects of heat acclimation on thermal comfort requirements involved six male subjects providing thermal comfort responses in neutral and slightly warm environments over 2 days. They then carried out an acclimatization program over 4 days, for 2h per day, exercising in a hot (45°C, 40% relative humidity) environment. Thermal comfort responses were then recorded in two sessions over 2 days in identical conditions to the pre-acclimation session. It was found that changes in thermal comfort responses were small and likely to be of little practical significance. An investigation into the behavior of people to maintain thermal comfort by adjusting their clothing was conducted using eight male and eight female subjects. Seated subjects reduced or increased their clothing level by using a wardrobe of clothing that was familiar to them. It was found that subjects can adjust their clothing to maintain thermal comfort, but within limits. Upper limits (clothing off) will be determined by modesty and acceptability. Lower limits (clothing on) will be determined by clothing design and acceptability. A low air temperature limit of 18°C in freely available clothing may provide a working hypothesis. A laboratory study of thermal comfort requirements for people with physical disabilities compared responses with those of people without physical disabilities. It was found that there are few group differences between thermal comfort requirements of people with and without physical disabilities. However, there is a greater necessity to consider individual requirements for people with physical disability.
Keywords: Acclimation; Disability; Gender; Thermal comfort

The Effects of "Girl‐Friendly" Schools: Evidence from the BRIGHT School Construction Program in Burkina Faso - Kazianga, Harounan; Levy, Dan; Linden, Leigh L.; Sloan, Matt (American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2013)

The effects of integrating mobile devices with teaching and learning on students' learning performance: A meta-analysis and research synthesis - Sung, Yao-Ting; Chang, Kuo-En; Liu, Tzu-Chien (Computers & Education, 2016)
Mobile devices such as laptops, personal digital assistants, and mobile phones have become a learning tool with great potential in both classrooms and outdoor learning. Although there have been qualitative analyses of the use of mobile devices in education, systematic quantitative analyses of the effects of mobile-integrated education are lacking. This study performed a meta-analysis and research synthesis of the effects of integrated mobile devices in teaching and learning, in which 110 experimental and quasiexperimental journal articles published during the period 1993–2013 were coded and analyzed. Overall, there was a moderate mean effect size of 0.523 for the application of mobile devices to education. The effect sizes of moderator variables were analyzed and the advantages and disadvantages of mobile learning in different levels of moderator variables were synthesized based on content analyses of individual studies. The results of this study and their implications for both research and practice are discussed.
Keywords: Evaluation methodologies; Pedagogical issues; Teaching/learning strategies

The effects of language-and literacy-focused professional development on early educators and children: A best-evidence meta-analysis - Markussen-Brown, Justin; Juhl, Carsten B.; Piasta, Shayne B.; Bleses, Dorthe; Højen, Anders; Justice, Laura M. (Early childhood research quarterly, 2017)

The effects of language preference and home resources on foundational literacy retention during school holiday closures in Ghana: Lessons from the Complementary Basic Education Programme - Akyeampong, Kwame; Carter, Emma; Rose, Pauline; Ryan, Jennifer; Sabates, Ricardo; Stern, Jonathan M. B. (PROSPECTS, 2022)
This article assesses the extent to which children’s language preference and their home environment matter for literacy retention. Using data from the Complementary Basic Education (CBE) program in Ghana, the authors found that large numbers of disadvantaged students reverted to not even being able to read a single word following school closures over a four-month holiday period. Widening literacy gaps were found for girls who reported they did not receive instruction in a language that they understood or did not have the resources, support, or activities at home to enable them to continue to learn while schools were closed. For boys, widening literacy gaps were only influenced by resources, support, or activities at home, but not by language preferences. The article findings suggest that schools and teachers must pay closer attention to language preference, particularly for girls, in order to ensure that language of instruction is not a barrier to literacy retention. The article also provides further evidence to support the growing claims that home supports are essential for reducing inequities in learning outcomes during school closures.
Keywords: Covid-19 school closure; Equity; Ghana; Learning; Literacy; Mother-tongue education

The Effects of Micro-Reflective Teaching Practices on the Professional Skill Development of Pre-Service Physics Teachers - Batman, Demet; Saka, Ahmet Zeki (The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, 2021)
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing; ⛔ No DOI found

The effects of multi-track year-round education on the delivery of senior high school education in Ghana. Lessons from global MT-YRE systems - Takyi, Stephen Appiah; Azerigyik, Richard Apatewen; Amponsah, Owusu (International Journal of Educational Development, 2019)
© 2019 Elsevier Ltd The debate on the effects of Multi Track Year-Round Education (MT-YRE) on educational outcomes remains unresolved in the conventional literature. Nevertheless, Ghana has introduced an MT-YRE in 400 schools to allow graduates from Junior High Schools, who for space constraints, would not have continued their formal educational journey, to enrol in Senior High Schools. The purpose of this study was to examine the prospects and challenges of the MT-YRE on educational outcomes and discuss their implications for educational policy in Ghana. The data used in the study were obtained through a review of literature from databases such as the Educational Resources Information Centre (ERIC), Ebsco, ProQuest and JSTOR and from grey sources such as institutional websites and online media publications. The results from a synthesis of the literature show that the MT-YRE has the prospects of increasing student enrolment while cutting down the cost of infrastructure provision. For instance, the literature indicates that student enrolment at the Senior High School level in Ghana has increased significantly with the introduction of the MT-YRE. However, other literature indicate that the MT-YRE affects educational outcomes negatively. It results in scheduling difficulties among families and denies students the opportunities to take summer jobs. A review of the Ghanaian MT-YRE reveals other challenges, which inlcude high administrative cost (employing more teachers) and poor academic performance of students (as a result of increased contact hours leading to behavioural problems caused by fatigue and boredom). The authors argue that poor academic performance among students is likely to defeat the government's Free SHS policy. This is because parents are likely to pay higher fees to enrol their non-performing wards in remedial classes. The cost of the lost years for these students may be difficult to quantify. Following the challenges identified, there is the need for educational policy makers to strategically plan towards the development of technical and vocational education to help accommodate the increasing students’ enrolment. Finally, the progress of the MT-YRE should be carefully monitored and evaluated to guide future decision making.

The effects of Reading Recovery® on the American Indian/non-American Indian achievement gap - Collins, Mary L. (University of South Dakota, 2012)
Keywords: _AcademicRecoveryOECS

The Effects of School Libraries on Language Skills: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in India. - Borkum, Evan; He, Fang; Linden, Leigh L. (No, 2012)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

The Effects of Solid Urban Wastes on Some Soil Properties in Kumbotso LGA, Kano State - Tudunwada, I.Y.; Essiet, E.U. (Daula Hotel, 2004)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

The Effects of Some Soil Amendment Materials in Sorghum and Millets in the Soils of Challawa Industrial Area, Kano State - Tudunwada I.Y. (2007)

The Effects of Tannery Sludge on Heavy Metal Concentrations in Cereals in Small Holder Farms in Kano, Nigeria - Tudunwada, I.Y.E.U.Essiet; Mohammed, S.G. (Not. Bot. Hort. Agrobot. Cluj, 2007)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

The effects of the quantification of faculty productivity: perspectives from the design science research community - Tremblay, M.C.; Meer, D; Beck, R. (Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 2018)

The effects of the size and weight of a mobile device on an educational game - Furió, David; González-Gancedo, Santiago; Juan, M; Seguí, Ignacio; Costa, María; others (Computers & Education, 2013)

The Effects of Tulsa’s Pre‐K Program on Middle School Student Performance. - Gormley, W. T. Jr., D. Phillips; Anderson, S. (Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2018)

The effects of using exploratory computerized environments in grades 1 to 8 mathematics: a meta-analysis of research - Sokolowski, Andrzej; Li, Yeping; Willson, Victor (International Journal of STEM Education, 2015)
The process of problem solving is difficult for students; thus, mathematics educators have made multiple attempts to seek ways of making this process more accessible to learners. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect size statistic of utilizing exploratory computerized environments (ECEs) to support the process of word problem solving and exploration in grades 1 to 8 mathematics using meta-analysis.
Keywords: Computers; Explorations; Grade 1 to 8 mathematics; Meta-analysis; Problem solving; Student achievement

The effects of ventilation and temperature on sleep quality and next-day work performance: pilot measurements in a climate chamber - Fan, Xiaojun; Shao, Huiqi; Sakamoto, Mitsuharu; Kuga, Kazuki; Lan, Li; Wyon, David P.; Ito, Kazuhide; Bivolarova, Mariya P.; Liao, Chenxi; Wargocki, Pawel (Building and Environment, 2022)
Ten healthy young adults slept one by one in a specially designed and constructed sleep capsule located in a climate chamber at two temperatures (24 °C and 28 °C) and two ventilation rates that ensured that the resulting CO2 concentrations were 800 and 1700 ppm. Subjectively rated sleep quality was reduced at 28 °C and reduced ventilation, while sleep onset latency was longer under these conditions. Sleep efficiency was lower at 28 °C. Subjectively rated fatigue and sleepiness decreased after sleeping under all conditions but less so after sleeping at 28 °C. The subjects indicated that their work performance improved after sleeping at 24 °C but not when ventilation was reduced and the temperature increased. Both objectively measured and subjectively rated work performance was worse after sleeping in the condition with increased temperature. The subjects felt warmer at 28 °C although the thermal environment was still rated as acceptable but the air in the capsule was rated stuffier, the acceptability of the air quality decreased and the rated odour intensity increased at this condition. The wrist skin temperature was always higher at 28 °C with reduced ventilation but only during the sleep onset latency period. The subjects felt slightly warm and rated the air stuffier when ventilation was reduced. The present results, albeit from a small exploratory pilot study, show that increased temperature and reduced ventilation both have negative effects on sleep quality, which may have consequences for next-day work performance. These pilot experiment results require validation due to the low number of subjects.
Keywords: BE:RELEVANT; Next-day work performance; Physiological responses; Sleep quality; Temperature; Ventilation

The efficacy of learning analytics interventions in higher education: A systematic review - Larrabee Sønderlund, Anders; Hughes, Emily; Smith, Joanne (British Journal of Educational Technology, 2019)
Educational institutions are increasingly turning to learning analytics to identify and intervene with students at risk of underperformance or discontinuation. However, the extent to which the current evidence base supports this investment is currently unclear, and particularly so in relation to the effectiveness of interventions based on predictive models. The aim of the present paper was to conduct a systematic review and quality assessment of studies on the use of learning analytics in higher education, focusing specifically on intervention studies. Search terms identified 689 papers, but only 11 studies evaluated the effectiveness of interventions based on learning analytics. These studies highlighted the potential of such interventions, but the general quality of the research was moderate, and left several important questions unanswered. The key recommendation based on this review is that more research into the implementation and evaluation of scientifically driven learning analytics is needed to build a solid evidence base for the feasibility, effectiveness and generalizability of such interventions. This is particularly relevant when considering the increasing tendency of educational institutions around the world to implement learning analytics interventions with only little evidence of their effectiveness. Practitioner Notes What is already known about this topic? Drop-out rates and underachivement is a significant issue at most Western universities. Learning analytics have been shown to predict student performance and risk of dropping out. Interventions based on learning analytics have emerged in recent years, some reportedly successful. What this paper adds The paper also reviews and synthesizes the evidence on the effectiveness of learning analytics interventions targeting student underperformance, experience and discontinuation. The paper compares and contrasts past and current learning analytics methods and foci, and makes recommendations for the future research and practice. It critically synthesizes the current evidence base on learning analytics interventions, which is a field that is in constant flux and development. Implications for practice and/or policy The paper focuses on an increasing part of higher education with the goal of validating learning analytics methods and usefulness. The paper makes evidence-based recommendations for institutions wishing to implement learning analytics programs and/or interventions. The paper makes evidence-based recommendations for instructors as well as researchers in the field.
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

The eLearning Africa Report 2014 - Elletson, H; MacKinnon,, A (ICWE, 2014)

The Elements of Play: Towards a Philosophy and Definition of Play - Eberle, Scott G (American Journal of Play, 2014)
Scholars conventionally find play difficult to define because the concept is complex and ambiguous. The author proffers a definition of play that takes into consideration its dynamic character, posits six basic elements of play (anticipation, surprise, pleasure, understanding, strength, and poise), and explores some of their emotional, physical, and intellectual dimensions. He argues for a play ethos that recognizes play is evolution based and developmentally beneficial. He insists, however, that, at its most elemental, play always promises fun. In this context, any activity that lacks these six elements, he contends, will not fully qualify as play.
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

The emergence of a digital underclass: digital policies in the UK and evidence for inclusion - Ellen, Helsper (Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK, 2011)
New evidence shows that a digital underclass is forming in Britain. Although there is some improvement in access, skills and use of the internet among those who have lower education levels and no employment, these groups remain far behind other groups. As the government plans to make public services ‘digital by default’ these individuals will be unable to access them, not because of a lack of infrastructure but because of a lack of (effective) take up of the available connections. Exclusion of these most vulnerable groups has become entrenched. Gaps based on education and employment persist independent of age or other characteristics. They therefore represent a problem that is unlikely to go away even with better infrastructure or as younger generations grow up. These individuals are those that rely most on the government services that are now becoming ‘digital by default’ and will continue to do so. Those who need access to services most, from where the biggest cost savings through the digitisation of services are supposed to come, are the least likely to take these up even when access is available.

The Emerging International Knowledge Exchange Barrier in Virtual Teacher Communities - Pirkkalainen, Henri; Jokinen, Jussi; Pawlowski, Jan (ACM, 2016)
Openness in education has sought its way to practice in schools as in universities. Many strategies and concepts have emerged: from openly shared resources to open practices to improve the access to and the quality of education. The knowledge exchange of educators has been seen a crucial activity in reaching and sustaining openness. This article analyses a typical knowledge exchange activity in schools: European teachers were engaged in virtual OER communities to exchange teaching resources as well as experiences about using OER and ICT in education. We applied technology acceptance framework and studied a potential barrier of international knowledge exchange. The findings of the study show surprising results: the willingness to exchange teaching materials within global virtual teacher communities decreases as schools mature in using OER and ICT. This study serves especially as a discussion opener for sustaining discourse and peer support in teacher virtual communities that strive for openness and international knowledge exchange. The findings have strong practical implications for the open education domain as well as for school / teacher development in general.
Keywords: knowledge exchange; open education; teacher networks; technology acceptance; virtual community

The emerging pattern of disability in Rwanda - M’kumbuzi, Vyvienne RP; Sagahutu, J.-B.; Kagwiza, J.; Urimubenshi, G.; Mostert-Wentzel, Karien (Disability and Rehabilitation, 2014)

The Emerging Role of Corporate Actors as Policymakers in Education in Emergencies: Evidence from the Syria Refugee Crisis - Zakharia, Zeena; Menashy, Francine (Journal on Education in Emergencies, 2020)

The evaluation of chatbot as a tool for health literacy education among undergraduate students - Mokmin, Nur Azlina Mohamed; Ibrahim, Nurul Anwar (Education and Information Technologies, 2021)
This study discussed and evaluated the usefulness, performance, and technology acceptance of a chatbot developed to educate users and provide health literacy. A semi-structured interview and analytic sessions were provided on Google Analytics dashboard, and the users’ acceptance toward the technology was measured using the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology 2 (UTAUT2). A total of 75 undergraduate students were involved over a total period of two months. Each respondent explored the health chatbot actively to get advice from it with a phrase that matched the chatbot’s intents via mobile devices. The evaluation results showed that 73.3% of the respondents found that the chatbot can help understand several health issues and provide a good conversation. The performance evaluation also showed that the chatbot contributed a low percentage of exit, where less than 37% of users exited the application. The overall assessment showed that the developed chatbot has a significant potential to be used as a conversational agent to increase health literacy, especially among students and young adults. However, more research should be done before the technology can replace humans in a real setting.

The evolution of big data and learning analytics in American higher education. - Picciano, Anthony G. (Journal of asynchronous learning networks, 2012)
Keywords: Final_citation; ⛔ No DOI found

The evolution of systematic evidence reviews: Past and future developments and their implications for policy analysis - Lemire, Sebastian; Peck, Laura R.; Porowski, Allan (Politics & Policy, 2023)
Abstract Evidence reviews are widely used to summarize findings from existing studies and, as such, are an important base for policy analysis. Over the past 50 years, three waves of evidence reviews have emerged: (1) the meta‐analysis wave, (2) the mixed‐methods synthesis wave, and (3) the core components wave. The present article first describes these waves and reflects on the benefits and limitations of each wave in the context of policy analysis. Informed by this historical account, the article then identifies and discusses three trends that are likely to influence future directions of evidence reviews: (1) using data science tools, (2) embedding an equity focus, and (3) translating research into practice. The concluding discussion connects these developments to public policy, identifying how evidence from systematic evidence reviews informs—or could better inform—policy decisions. Related Articles Nunes Silva, Carlos. 2012. “Policy and Evidence in a Partisan Age: The Great Disconnect—By Paul Gary Wyckoff.” Politics & Policy 40(3): 541–43. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747‐1346.2012.00363.x . Sinclair, Thomas A. P. 2006. “Previewing Policy Sciences: Multiple Lenses and Segmented Visions.” Politics & Policy 34(3): 481–504. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747‐1346.2006.00025.x . Smith‐Walter, Aaron, Holly L. Peterson, Michael D. Jones, and Ashley Nicole Reynolds Marshall. 2016. “Gun Stories: How Evidence Shapes Firearm Policy in the United States.” Politics & Policy 44(6): 1053–88. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12187 . , La evolución de las revisiones sistemáticas de evidencia: Desarrollos pasados y futuros y sus implicaciones para el análisis de políticas Las revisiones de evidencia se utilizan ampliamente para resumir los hallazgos de estudios existentes y, como tales, son un tipo importante de análisis de políticas. En los últimos 50 años, han surgido tres oleadas de revisiones de evidencia: (1) la oleada de metanálisis, (2) la oleada de síntesis de métodos mixtos y (3) la oleada de componentes centrales. El presente artículo primero describe estas oleadas y reflexiona sobre los beneficios y limitaciones de cada oleada en el contexto del análisis de políticas. Basado en este relato histórico, el artículo luego identifica y analiza tres tendencias que probablemente influirán en las direcciones futuras de las revisiones de evidencia: (1) usar herramientas de ciencia de datos, (2) incorporar un enfoque de equidad y (3) traducir la investigación a la práctica. La discusión final conecta estos desarrollos con la política pública, identificando cómo la evidencia de las revisiones sistemáticas de evidencia informa, o podría informar mejor, las decisiones de política. , 系统性证据审查的演变:过去和未来的发展及其对政策分析的影响 证据审查被广泛用于总结现有研究结果，因此是一种重要的政策分析类型。过去50年里，出现了三次证据审查浪潮，即荟萃分析、混合方法综合、以及核心组分法。本文首先描述了这三种方法，并在政策分析情境下反思了每种方法的优势和局限性。根据这一历史叙述，本文随后识别并探讨了可能影响证据审查未来方向的三种趋势:(1)使用数据科学工具，(2)嵌入公平视角，(3)将研究转化为实践。结论将这些发展与公共政策相联系，识别了来自系统性证据审查的证据如何影响政策决策(或如何能更好地影响政策决策)。
Keywords: _Added-ailr-2024; análisis de políticas; componentes básicos; core components; evidence review; meta-analysis; metanálisis; mixed methods; métodos Mixtos; policy analysis; research synthesis; revisión de evidencia; revisión sistemática; systematic review; síntesis de Investigación; 政策分析; 核心组分; 混合方法; 研究综合; 系统性综述; 荟萃分析; 证据审查

The evolving role of preprints in the dissemination of COVID-19 research and their impact on the science communication landscape - Fraser, Nicholas; Brierley, Liam; Dey, Gautam; Polka, Jessica K.; Pálfy, Máté; Nanni, Federico; Coates, Jonathon Alexis (PLOS Biology, 2021)
The world continues to face a life-threatening viral pandemic. The virus underlying the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has caused over 98 million confirmed cases and 2.2 million deaths since January 2020. Although the most recent respiratory viral pandemic swept the globe only a decade ago, the way science operates and responds to current events has experienced a cultural shift in the interim. The scientific community has responded rapidly to the COVID-19 pandemic, releasing over 125,000 COVID-19–related scientific articles within 10 months of the first confirmed case, of which more than 30,000 were hosted by preprint servers. We focused our analysis on bioRxiv and medRxiv, 2 growing preprint servers for biomedical research, investigating the attributes of COVID-19 preprints, their access and usage rates, as well as characteristics of their propagation on online platforms. Our data provide evidence for increased scientific and public engagement with preprints related to COVID-19 (COVID-19 preprints are accessed more, cited more, and shared more on various online platforms than non-COVID-19 preprints), as well as changes in the use of preprints by journalists and policymakers. We also find evidence for changes in preprinting and publishing behaviour: COVID-19 preprints are shorter and reviewed faster. Our results highlight the unprecedented role of preprints and preprint servers in the dissemination of COVID-19 science and the impact of the pandemic on the scientific communication landscape.
Keywords: Altmetrics; COVID 19; Metadata; Pandemics; Peer review; SARS CoV 2; Scientific publishing; Twitter

The experience of fresher students in mathematics diagnostic testing (MSOR) - Haßler, Björn; Atkinson, Richard; Quinney, Douglas; Barry, Mike (MSOR Connections, 2004)
Keywords: Author:Haßler; Author:OpenDevEd; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence

The experience of fresher students in mathematics diagnostic testing (Symposium on Undergraduate Mathematics Teaching) - Barry, Mike; Quinney, Douglas; Haßler, Björn; Atkinson, Richard; Hirst, Christine (Fourth Southern Hemisphere Symposium on Undergraduate Mathematics Teaching, 2003)
Keywords: Author:Haßler; Author:OpenDevEd; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence

The Factors of Using WhatsApp Application in Education Management in Public University: Conceptual Paper - Balasundran, Komathy; Pandian, Vickneswari; Pandi, Deebamalar (Management Research Journal, 2021)
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The Foundations of Social Research: Meaning and Perspective in the Research Process - Crotty, Michael J. (SAGE Publications Ltd, 2020)

The Framework for Teaching: Evaluation Instrument - Danielson, C. (The Danielson Group., 2013)

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.

The Future is Now: Transversal Skills in Latin America and the Caribbean in the 21st Century - IADB (Inter-American Development Bank, 2019)
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

The Future of Aid: Global Public Investment - Glennie, Jonathan (Routledge, 2020)
International cooperation has never been more needed, but the current system of “aid” is outdated and ineffective. The Future of Aid calls for a wholesale restructuring of the aid project, a totally new approach fit for the challenges of the 21st century: Global Public Investment. Across the world, billions of people are struggling to get by in unequal and unsustainable societies, and international public finance, which should be part of the answer, is woefully deficient. Engagingly written by a well-known expert in the field, The Future of Aid calls for a series of paradigm shifts. From a narrow focus on poverty to a broader attack on inequality and sustainability. From seeing international public money as a temporary last resort, to valuing it as a permanent force for good. From North-South transfers to a collective effort, with all paying in and all benefitting. From outdated post-colonial institutions to representative decision-making. From the othering and patronising language of “foreign aid”, to the empowering concept of Global Public Investment. Ten years ago, in The Trouble with Aid, Jonathan Glennie highlighted the dangers of aid dependency and the importance of looking beyond aid. Now he calls for a revolution in the way that we think about the role of public money to back up our ambitious global objectives. In the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, it is time for a new era of internationalism.
Keywords: Business & Economics / Globalization; Education / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects; Political Science / International Relations / Arms Control; Social Science / Developing & Emerging Countries

The future of information technology for education and e-learning - Haßler, Björn (British Standards Institution, 2007)
Keywords: Author:Haßler; Author:OpenDevEd; Björn-CV-OECS; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence

The Future of Jobs and Jobs Training - Lee, Rainee; Anderson, Janna (Pew Research Center, 2017)
As robots, automation and artificial intelligence perform more tasks and there is massive disruption of jobs, experts say a wider array of education and skills-building programs will be created to meet new demands. There are two uncertainties: Will well-prepared workers be able to keep up in the race with AI tools? And will market capitalism survive?

The Future of Jobs: Employment, Skills and Workforce Strategy for the Fourth Industrial Revolution - World Economic Forum (Global Challenge Insight Report, 2016)
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is interacting with other socio-economic and demographic factors to create a perfect storm of business model change in all industries, resulting in major disruptions to labour markets. New categories of jobs will emerge, partly or wholly displacing others.

The Future of Learning and Technology in Deprived Contexts - Unwin, Tim; Weber, Mark; Brugha, Meaghan; Hollow, David (2017)

The Future of Service Post-COVID-19 Pandemic, Volume 1: Rapid Adoption of Digital Service Technology - Lee, Jungwoo; Han, Spring H. (The ICT and Evolution of Work, 2021)

The future of the teaching profession - Bibliography - Haßler, Björn; Adam, Taskeen (Open Development & Education, 2020)
Keywords: Author:Haßler; Author:OpenDevEd; AuthorFirst:Haßler; _yl:y

The future of work in Africa: harnessing the potential of digital technologies for all - Choi, Jieun; Dutz, Mark Andrew; Usman, Zainab (Africa Development Forum series, 2020)
Keywords: _yl:a

The future of work: Switzerland’s digital opportunity - Bughin, Jacques; Ziegler, Marco; Mischke, Jan; Wenger, Felix; Reich, Angelika; Läubli, Daniel; Schmidt, Minna (McKinsey, 2018)

The future of work: Switzerland’s digital opportunity - Bughin, Jacques; Ziegler, Marco; Mischke, Jan; Wenger, Felix; Reik, Angelika; Läubli, Daniel; Sen, Mita; Schmidt, Minna (https://www.mckinsey.com/mgi/overview, 2018)

The Generalizability Puzzle - Bates, Mary Ann; Glennerster, Rachel (Stanford Social Innovation Review, 2017)
Rigorous impact evaluations tell us a lot about the world, not just the particular contexts in which they are conducted. Open access to this article is made possible by MIT.
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

The German 'Dual System' of Occupational Training: - Wilson, David N (Annual Meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society, 2000)
Germany's Dual System, which consists of in-school and in-enterprise components, facilitates entry into 374 recognized technical, white-collar and blue-collar occupations listed in training regulations that are grounded in legislation. The Dual System's origins and development in Germany were examined along with several attempts to replicate the German model in other countries. The literature on transfer and replication of the Dual System model was reviewed, and micro case studies of attempts to adopt the German model in the following countries were presented: Botswana; Costa Rica; the Dominican Republic; India; Indonesia; Lebanon; Seychelles; Singapore; and Sri Lanka. Reflections of Germany's Dual System in United States work-based youth apprenticeships were also considered. Of all the countries examined in the micro case studies, only Singapore seems to have replicated the German record of participation of 64%-81% of 16- to 18-year-olds in the Dual System. It was concluded that integration of academic and technical-vocational curricula is extremely difficult in nations where technical and vocational education and training is often perceived to be second-class education. It was further concluded that Germany's culture of in-firm training may be the most difficult-to-develop attribute of the Dual System in developed and developing nations alike. (Contains 52 references.) (MN)
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The global digital skills gap: Current trends and future directions - Feijao, Carolina; Flanagan, Isabel; Van Stolk, Christian; Gunashekar, Salil (Rand Corporation, 2021)
The overarching aim of the research was to carry out a scoping study to examine the evidence associated with various aspects of the current digital skills landscape, focusing on the digital skills gap. We sought to better understand whether and why the digital skills gap is widening, as well as its implications for digital and social inequalities, and what various stakeholders are doing in response.

The Global Micro-credential Landscape: Charting a New Credential Ecology for Lifelong Learning - Brown, Mark; Mhichíl, Mairéad Nic Giolla; Beirne, Elaine; Lochlainn, Conchúr Mac (Journal of Learning for Development, 2021)
This article offers a global overview of the burgeoning field of micro-credentials and their relationship to lifelong learning, employability and new models of digital education. Although there is no globally accepted definition of micro-credentials, the term indicates smaller units of study, which are usually shorter than traditional forms of accredited learning and courses leading to conventional qualifications such as degrees. The paper aims to provide educators with a helicopter view of the rapidly evolving global micro-credential landscape, with particular relevance to higher education leaders, industry stakeholders and government policy-makers. It addresses five questions: (i) what are micro-credentials? (ii) why micro-credentials? (iii) who are the key stakeholders? (iv) what is happening globally? and (v) what are some of the key takeaways? Drawing on a European-wide perspective and recent developments in The Republic of Ireland, the paper concludes that micro-credentials are likely to become a more established and mature feature of the 21st Century credential ecology over the next five years. While the global micro-credential landscape is currently disconnected across national boundaries, more clarity and coherence will emerge as governments around the world increasingly align new credentialing developments with existing national qualification frameworks. The micro-credentialing movement also provides opportunities for governments and higher education institutions in partnership with industry to harness new digital learning models beyond the pandemic.
Keywords: Credentials; Digital Badges; Employability; Micro-credentials; Transversal Skills; _genre:PR-primary_research; ⛔ No DOI found

'The Good and the Bad', Off the coast international poetry journal - Ajadi, S.B. (Resolute Bear Press, 2013)

The 'Grammar' of Educational Technology - Wegerif, Rupert; Major, Louis (The Theory of Educational Technology, 2023)
Designing educational technology implies ways of thinking about the role of technology in the educational process. This chapter looks at some of the most influential ways in which the role of digital technology in education has been imagined: technology as a ‘teaching machine’, as a ‘tool for thinking’ and as a ‘learning environment’.

The growing energy footprint of artificial intelligence - De Vries, Alex (Joule, 2023)
Keywords: _yl:a

The GSMA Mobile Connectivity Index - GSMA (2019)

The Hartung-Knapp-Sidik-Jonkman method for random effects meta-analysis is straightforward and considerably outperforms the standard DerSimonian-Laird method - IntHout, Joanna; Ioannidis, John Pa; Borm, George F (BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2014)
Background: The DerSimonian and Laird approach (DL) is widely used for random effects meta-analysis, but this often results in inappropriate type I error rates. The method described by Hartung, Knapp, Sidik and Jonkman (HKSJ) is known to perform better when trials of similar size are combined. However evidence in realistic situations, where one trial might be much larger than the other trials, is lacking. We aimed to evaluate the relative performance of the DL and HKSJ methods when studies of different sizes are combined and to develop a simple method to convert DL results to HKSJ results. Methods: We evaluated the performance of the HKSJ versus DL approach in simulated meta-analyses of 2–20 trials with varying sample sizes and between-study heterogeneity, and allowing trials to have various sizes, e.g. 25% of the trials being 10-times larger than the smaller trials. We also compared the number of “positive” (statistically significant at p < 0.05) findings using empirical data of recent meta-analyses with > = 3 studies of interventions from the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Results: The simulations showed that the HKSJ method consistently resulted in more adequate error rates than the DL method. When the significance level was 5%, the HKSJ error rates at most doubled, whereas for DL they could be over 30%. DL, and, far less so, HKSJ had more inflated error rates when the combined studies had unequal sizes and between-study heterogeneity. The empirical data from 689 meta-analyses showed that 25.1% of the significant findings for the DL method were non-significant with the HKSJ method. DL results can be easily converted into HKSJ results. Conclusions: Our simulations showed that the HKSJ method consistently results in more adequate error rates than the DL method, especially when the number of studies is small, and can easily be applied routinely in meta-analyses. Even with the HKSJ method, extra caution is needed when there are = <5 studies of very unequal sizes.

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

The hidden ones: children with disabilities in Africa and the right to education - Combrinck, Helene (Children’s rights in Africa: A legal perspective, 2008)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

The Hospitals / Residents Problem with Couples: Complexity and Integer Programming Models - Biro, P.; Manlove, D. F.; McBride, I. (arXiv:1308.4534 [cs], 2014)
The Hospitals / Residents problem with Couples (HRC) is a generalisation of the classical Hospitals / Resident problem (HR) that is important in practical applications because it models the case where couples submit joint preference lists over pairs of (typically geographically close) hospitals. In this paper we give a new NP-completeness result for the problem of deciding whether a stable matching exists, in highly restricted instances of HRC. Further, we present an Integer Programming (IP) model for HRC and extend it the case where preference lists can include ties. Also, we describe an empirical study of an IP model or HRC and its extension to the case where preference lists can include ties. This model was applied to randomly generated instances and also real-world instances arising from previous matching runs of the Scottish Foundation Allocation Scheme, used to allocate junior doctors to hospitals in Scotland.
Keywords: Computer Science - Data Structures and Algorithms; _C:Canada CAN; _C:Hungary HUN; _C:Japan JPN; _C:United States USA; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; ⛔ No DOI found

The impact and reach of MOOCs: A developing countries’ perspective - Liyanagunawardena, T.; Williams, S.; Adams, A. (eLearning Papers, 2013)
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing; ⛔ No DOI found

The impact and reach of MOOCs: A developing countries’ perspective - Liyanagunawardena, Tharindu; Williams, Shirley; Adams, Andrew (eLearning Papers, 2013)
Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are a recent but hugely popular phenomenon in the online learning world. They are hailed by many as a solution for the developing world’s lack of access to education because MOOCs can provide learning opportunities to a massive number of learners from anywhere in the world as long as they can access the course through Internet. However, a close consideration of the ability of learn- ers from most developing countries to make use of MOOCs seems to contradict this rhetoric. This paper discusses features of MOOCs and looks at them from a developing countries’ perspective to conclude that due to a complicated set of conditions (‘access’, language, computer literacy among others) prevailing in developing countries, MOOCs may not be a viable solution for education for a large proportion of people in these ar- eas of the world. The paper further shows the need for more data on the demograph- ics of MOOC participants from developing countries to form a better understanding of MOOCs role in educating people from developing countries.
Keywords: C:Low- and middle-income countries; MOOCs; NOTdocs.opendeved.net; _C:Afghanistan AFG; _C:Australia AUS; _C:Burundi BDI; _C:China CHN; _C:Denmark DNK; _C:Finland FIN; _C:France FRA; _C:India IND; _C:Italy ITA; _C:Jordan JOR; _C:Mexico MEX; _C:Nepal NPL; _C:Norway NOR; _C:Rwanda RWA; _C:Spain ESP; _C:Sri Lanka LKA; _C:Sweden SWE; _C:Switzerland CHE; _C:United Kingdom GBR; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; ⛔ No DOI found

The impact GIS-supported teacher allocation in Sierra Leone: Inception Report - McBurnie, Chris; Haßler, Björn (EdTech Hub, 2022)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
Keywords: _C:Sierra Leone SLE; _r:AddedByZotZen

The Impact O Ict In Learning Through Distance Education Programmes At Zimbabwe Open University (Zou): Roles Of Ict In Learning Through Distance Education Programmes - Mpofu, John; Chimhenga, Sylod; Onias, MAFA (Turkish online Journal of distance education, 2013)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

The impact of a mathematics computer-assisted learning platform on students' mathematics test scores - Perera, Marcelo; Aboal, Diego (MERIT Working Papers, 2019)
Since 2013, the Uruguayan educational system has been using an online adaptive learning tool for mathematics: The Mathematics Adaptive Platform (PAM for its Spanish acronym). PAM's content has been adapted to the national curriculum and it is a tool that - based on an analysis of students' experiences - offers personalised feedback according to each student's skill level. The use of PAM has been spreading throughout the education system. By 2016, approximately half of all students in 3rd through 6th grades of primary education had used the platform. The purpose of this study is to identify the effect of the use of PAM on the test score gain in mathematics based on longitudinal data from a sample of students in primary education. The results show a positive effect of 0.2 standard deviations on mathematics test scores. Results also show that the impact of PAM increases as the socioeconomic status of students decreases. There is no heterogeneous impact by gender. This is the first evidence at a country-wide level of the impact of a pedagogical tool of this type.
Keywords: Evaluation of Computer Assisted Learning systems; Final_citation; Mathematics; Uruguay; cited; existing; ⛔ No DOI found

The Impact of a Tech-Supported, School-Based TPD Model on Learning Outcomes in Tanzania - EdTech Hub (EdTech Hub, 2022)
The Impact of a Tech-Supported, School-Based TPD Model on Learning Outcomes in Tanzania In partnership with Aga Khan University and Tanzania Institute of Education Country: Tanzania | Topic Area: Teacher Continuous Professional Development (TCPD) Project summary The study researches effective and cost-effective sustainable, technology-supported, decentralised, and school-based Teacher Continuous Professional Development (TCPD) models to improve learning outcomes in rural primary…

The Impact of an Accountability Intervention With Diagnostic Feedback: Evidence from Mexico (English) - de Hoyos Navarro, E.Rafael; Moreno, Vincente A.Garcia; Patrinos, Harry Anthony (The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2015)
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'The Impact of an Adolescent Girls Employment Program. The EPAG Project in Liberia. ', Policy Research Working Paper, The World Bank (2014)

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

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

The impact of child-to-child reading on reading skills and motivation - Jukes, M.C.H.; Dubeck, M.M.; Adelman, E.; Sheppard, M.; Jasti, C.; Turner, E. (2016)
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The impact of classroom design on pupils' learning: Final results of a holistic, multi-level analysis - Barrett, Peter; Davies, Fay; Zhang, Yufan; Barrett, Lucinda (Building and Environment, 2015)
Assessments have been made of 153 classrooms in 27 schools in order to identify the impact of the physical classroom features on the academic progress of the 3766 pupils who occupied each of those specific spaces. This study confirms the utility of the naturalness, individuality and stimulation (or more memorably, SIN) conceptual model as a vehicle to organise and study the full range of sensory impacts experienced by an individual occupying a given space. In this particular case the naturalness design principle accounts for around 50% of the impact on learning, with the other two accounting for roughly a quarter each. Within this structure, seven key design parameters have been identified that together explain 16% of the variation in pupils' academic progress achieved. These are Light, Temperature, Air Quality, Ownership, Flexibility, Complexity and Colour. The muted impact of the whole-building level of analysis provides some support for the importance of “inside-out design”. The identification of the impact of the built environment factors on learning progress is a major new finding for schools' research, but also suggests that the scale of the impact of building design on human performance and wellbeing in general, can be isolated and that it is non-trivial. It is argued that it makes sense to capitalise on this promising progress and to further develop these concepts and techniques.
Keywords: BE:RELEVANT; Evidence; Holistic; Learning impacts; Multi-level modelling; Multi-sensory; School design

The impact of collaborative continuing professional development (CPD) on classroom teaching and learning - Cordingley, Philippa; Bell, Miranda; Thomason, S.; Firth, A. (Review: How do collaborative and sustained CPD and sustained but not collaborative CPD affect teaching and learning, 2005)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

The impact of COVID-19 measures on children with disabilities and their families in Uganda - Mbazzi, Femke Bannink; Nalugya, Ruth; Kawesa, Elizabeth; Nimusiima, Claire; King, Rachel; Van Hove, Geert; Seeley, Janet (Disability & Society, 2020)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

The Impact of COVID-19 on Education in Ghana - Upoalkpajor, Joshua-Luther Ndoye; Upoalkpajor, Cornelius Bawa (Asian Journal of Education and Social Studies, 2020)
Keywords: COVID-19; Epidemic; impact; lockdown; virus

The Impact of COVID-19 on Gender Equality - Alon, Titan; Doepke, Matthias; Olmstead-Rumsey, Jane; Tertilt, Michèle (National Bureau of Economic Research, 2020)
The economic downturn caused by the current COVID-19 outbreak has substantial implications for gender equality, both during the downturn and the subsequent recovery. Compared to “regular” recessions, which affect men’s employment more severely than women’s employment, the employment drop related to social distancing measures has a large impact on sectors with high female employment shares. In addition, closures of schools and daycare centers have massively increased child care needs, which has a particularly large impact on working mothers. The effects of the crisis on working mothers are likely to be persistent, due to high returns to experience in the labor market. Beyond the immediate crisis, there are opposing forces which may ultimately promote gender equality in the labor market. First, businesses are rapidly adopting flexible work arrangements, which are likely to persist. Second, there are also many fathers who now have to take primary responsibility for child care, which may erode social norms that currently lead to a lopsided distribution of the division of labor in house work and child care.

The Impact of Covid-19 on International Higher Education: New Models for the New Normal - Kanwar, Asha; Carr, Alexis (Journal of Learning for Development, 2020)
COVID-19 has had a major impact on international higher education with border closures, cancelled flights, and a shift to online teaching and learning. As a result, many international students have decided to either abandon or defer their plans to study abroad. If students stay in their home countries, many institutions that rely heavily on foreign students’ fees will suffer, with potential impacts on national economies. Beyond the economic implications, it is also important to consider the personal impact of COVID-19 on international students, who may face delays or obstacles to program completion, employment and/or immigration. Though there are certainly risks and losses in the short term, the demand for international education, and the benefits it offers, are expected to grow. This presents an opportunity for higher education institutions (HEIs) and governments, not just to lessen the impact of COVID-19 on their current business models, but to explore new models and opportunities. HEIs and governments must look at redefining international higher education for the new normal, which will entail a shift in policies and programmes. This paper outlines the implications of the COVID-19 crisis for international higher education and presents potential opportunities for governments and higher education institutions to refresh and redefine their approaches for the new normal.
Keywords: Higher Education and Covid-19; International Higher Education; Internationalisation; ⛔ No DOI found

The Impact of Covid-19 on Learning - the Perspective of the Ghanaian Student - Owusu-Fordjour, C.; Koomson, C. K.; Hanson, D. (European Journal of Education Studies, 2020)
This study aimed at accessing the impact of Covid-19 on Ghana’s teaching and learning. The study employed a Descriptive survey design in which 11 items Likert-scale type of questionnaires was administered to 214 respondents mainly students in the second cycle and tertiary institutions of Ghana. The study employed simple random sampling technique in selecting the respondents for the study. The study revealed some challenges students encounter in the close down of schools due to the outbreak of the pandemic Covid-19: Students are unable to study effectively from the house thus, making the online system of learning very ineffective. Again, parents are incapable of assisting their wards on how to access online learning platform, neither can they entirely supervise the learning of their children at home without any complications. It came to light that the pandemic really has had a negative impact on their learning as many of them are not used to effectively learn by themselves. The e-learning platforms rolled out also poses challenge to majority of the students because of the limited access to internet and lack of the technical knowhow of these technological devices by most Ghanaian students. The study therefore recommends that students should be introduced to e-learning platforms to supplement classroom teaching and learning.  Article visualizations:
Keywords: _COVID_DEAA-List; __C:filed:1; emotions; highlife music; lyrics; popular music; structure; ⚠️ Invalid DOI

The Impact of COVID-19 on Primary Education in Malawi: Exploring Policy Responses and Practices - Chiwaula, Lizzie W.; Kadzamira, Esme Chipo; Meke, Elizabeth Selemani (Journal of international cooperation in education, 2021)
Keywords: _C:Malawi MWI; ⛔ No DOI found

The Impact of COVID-19 on Student Experiences and Expectations: Evidence from a Survey - Aucejo, Esteban M; French, Jacob F; Araya, Maria Paola Ugalde; Zafar, Basit (National Bureau of Economic Research, 2020)
In order to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on higher education, we surveyed approximately 1,500 students at one of the largest public institutions in the United States using an instrument designed to recover the causal impact of the pandemic on students' current and expected outcomes. Results show large negative effects across many dimensions. Due to COVID-19: 13% of students have delayed graduation, 40% lost a job, internship, or a job offer, and 29% expect to earn less at age 35. Moreover, these effects have been highly heterogeneous. One quarter of students increased their study time by more than 4 hours per week due to COVID-19, while another quarter decreased their study time by more than 5 hours per week. This heterogeneity often followed existing socioeconomic divides; lower-income students are 55% more likely to have delayed graduation due to COVID-19 than their higher-income peers. Finally, we show that the economic and health related shocks induced by COVID-19 vary systematically by socioeconomic factors and constitute key mediators in explaining the large (and heterogeneous) effects of the pandemic.

The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Education System in Developing Countries: A Review - Tadesse, Seble; Muluye, Worku (Open Journal of Social Sciences, 2020)
Coronavirus affects the education system in the world. Schools, colleges, and universities are closed to control the spread of the coronavirus. School closure brings difficulties for students, teachers, and parents. So, distance learning is a solution to continue the education system. However, the lack of network infrastructures, computers, and internet access is challenging distance learning in developing countries. This paper aims to review the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the education system in developing countries. Hence, countries design a strategy to use educational technology, zero-fee internet educational resources, free online learning resources, and broadcasts teaching. During closures, educational institutions design curriculum, prepare teaching-learning strategies for post-coronavirus. The educational institutions design strategies to recover lost learning, and return students to school when schools reopen. Coronavirus has been impacting the face-to-face education system of developing countries. Therefore, developing countries should enhance broadcast teaching, online teaching, and virtual class infrastructures.

The Impact of Digital Technology on Learning: A Summary for the Education Endowment Foundation. Full Report. - Higgins, Steven; Xiao, ZhiMin; Katsipataki, Maria (Education Endowment Foundation, 2012)
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The Impact of Digital Technology on Learning: A Summary for the Education Endowment Foundation. Full Report - Higgins, Steven; Xiao, ZhiMin; Katsipataki, Maria (Education Endowment Foundation, 2012)
The aim of this review is to present a synthesis of the evidence from meta-analysis about the impact of the use of digital technology in schools on children's attainment, or more widely the impact of digital technology on academic achievement. It is divided up into three main sections. The first sets out an overview of the wider research into the impact of technology on learning to set the context and the rationale for the value of this information. The next section reviews the evidence from meta-analysis and other quantitative syntheses of research into the impact of digital technology. A further section looks at trends in the use of digital technology and learning in the UK and internationally, to provide further context for the recommendations which follow. The purpose of this review is to identify implications for future investment in the use of digital technology for learning in schools. Digital technologies are now embedded in society. Focus has shifted from whether or not to use them in teaching and learning, to understanding which technologies can be used for what specific educational purposes and then to investigate how best they can be used and embedded across the range of educational contexts in schools.
Keywords: Academic Achievement; Educational Research; Educational Trends; Foreign Countries; Global Approach; Influence of Technology; Meta Analysis; Technology Uses in Education

The Impact of Education on Fertility and Child Mortality: Do Fathers Really Matter Less Than Mothers? - Duflo, E.; Breierova, L. (NBER Working Paper, 2004)
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The impact of education programmes on learning and school participation in low- and middle-income countries - Snilstveit, Birte; Stevenson, Jennifer; Menon, Radhika; Phillips, Daniel; Gallagher, Emma; Geleen, Maisie; Maxwell Stamp; Jobse, Hannah; Schmidt, Tanja; Jimenez, Emmanuel; Maxwell Stamp; Jobse, Hannah; et al. (International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), 2016)
Keywords: _Added to LR; _G:reviewed

The Impact of Entrepreneurship Training Programmes - Ismail, Zenobia (2018)
Entrepreneurship training programmes generally have a positive impact on existing and aspiring entrepreneurs, especially in terms of promoting better business practices. Programmes which provide training for entrepreneurs often include other interventions such as micro-finance, grants, internships or mentorship. The varied content of the programmes as well as differences in length and intensity undermines the extent to which such interventions can be compared. Consequently, it is difficult to reach a consensus regarding how effective entrepreneurship training programmes are. Entrepreneurship training programmes that combine training with finance have more impact on raising self-employment through start-ups as well as enhancing business performance and practices. Entrepreneurs are more likely to remain self-employed if they have access to a second capital grant
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The impact of free secondary education: Experimental evidence from Ghana - Duflo, Esther; Dupas, Pascaline; Kremer, Michael (Massachusetts Institute of Technology Working Paper, 2017)

The Impact of Free Secondary Education: Experimental Evidence from Ghana. - Duflo, Esther; Dupas, Pascaline; Kremer, Michael (Working Paper., 2019)

The impact of Galli Galli Sim Sim on Indian preschoolers - Borzekowski, Dina L. G.; Singpurwalla, Darius; Mehrotra, Deepti; Howard, Donna (Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2019)
While educational media can affect young children's development, rigorous studies rarely occur in low and middle income countries. Using an experimental design, researchers investigated the effect of an educational television series (Galli Galli Sim Sim (GGSS), the Indian version of Sesame Street) with 1340 children in 99 preschools in Lucknow, India. Boys and girls, ages three to seven and mostly from low income households, saw 30 min of television five days a week for twelve weeks, varying how much Galli Galli Sim Sim versus other programming children watched. Assessments occurred at baseline, endline, and six weeks later. Hierarchical models showed that Galli Galli Sim Sim receptivity, an independent variable that combines exposure and recall, significantly improved literacy, numeracy, socio-emotional strategies, and nutritional knowledge. Locally-produced educational media should be encouraged as it can positively affect potential school success and child development.
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

The Impact of GIS-Supported Teacher Allocation in Sierra Leone - EdTech Hub; Education Commission; Fab Inc. (EdTech Hub, 2022)
Keywords: _C:Sierra Leone SLE

The impact of GIS-supported teacher allocation in Sierra Leone: High-level findings on teacher preferences in Sierra Leone - McBurnie, Chris; Godwin, Katie; Beoku-Betts, Iman (EdTech Hub, 2022)
Keywords: _C:Sierra Leone SLE

The impact of GIS-supported teacher allocation in Sierra Leone: High-level findings on teacher preferences in Sierra Leone - McBurnie, Chris; Godwin, Katie; Beoku-Betts, Iman (EdTech Hub, 2022)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
Keywords: _C:Sierra Leone SLE; _r:AddedByZotZen

The impact of GIS-supported teacher allocation in Sierra Leone: Inception Report - McBurnie, Chris; Haßler, Björn (EdTech Hub, 2022)
Keywords: _C:Sierra Leone SLE

The impact of HIV/AIDS on formal schooling in Malawi - Kadzamira, Esme C.; Swainson, Nicola; Maluwa-Banda, Dixie; Kamlongera, Augustine (2001)
Keywords: _C:Malawi MWI; ⛔ No DOI found

The impact of HIV/AIDS on primary and secondary schooling in Malawi: Developing a comprehensive strategic response - Kadzamira, Esme Chipo; Banda, Dixie Maluwa; Kamlongera, Augustine; Swainson, Nicola (Malawi: Ministry of Education, 2001)
Keywords: _C:Malawi MWI; ⛔ No DOI found

The impact of HIV/AIDS on the education sector in Malawi - Chawani, Brenner Samuel; Kadzamira, Esme C. (Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEst), Government of Malawi, 2003)
Keywords: _C:Malawi MWI

The Impact of HIV/AIDS on the Education Sector in Malawi: Study 2; Examining the Impact of HIV/AIDS on Governance in the Education Sector - Chawani, Brenner S.; Kadzamira, Esme (Ministry of Education Science and Technology (MoEST)/IIEP-UNESCO, Lilongwe, Malawi, 2004)
Keywords: _C:Malawi MWI; ⛔ No DOI found

The Impact of Information Provision on Human Capital Accumulation and Child Labor in Peru. - Gallego, Francisco; Neilson, Christopher; Molina, Oswaldo (2016)
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The Impact of Information Provision on Human Capital Accumulation and Child Labor in Peru - IPA (Innovations for Poverty Action, 2016)
One reason children from disadvantaged backgrounds receive less schooling and join the labor force at younger ages with fewer skills may be that they and their families lack crucial information needed to make the right long run investment decisions regarding their human capital. In Peru, IPA and J-PAL worked with researchers and the Ministry of Education to evaluate at scale two low-cost ways of providing relevant information to help students and their families make more informed decisions. Using a series of telenovela-style videos screened as part of the curriculum in schools as well as through an interactive tablet app, the research project evaluated how information provided at different ages could shape human capital decisions. Results suggest that the programs were effective at changing educational plans and lowering dropout rates, while significant effects on child labor were mixed. The policy has now been adopted by the government and scaled up to 100 percent of public schools with full class days.
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

The Impact of Public Finance Management (PFM) Reforms on Education in Tanzania - Quak, Evert-jan (2020)
This rapid review synthesises the literature from academic, policy, and knowledge institution sources on how Public Finance Management (PFM) needs and reforms have affected the education sector in Tanzania, in particular for primary education. The review uses the framework of Piatti-Fünfkirchen and Schneider (2018) to explain the evidence, as it analyses service delivery along efficiency, equity, quality and accountability. By doing this, the review concludes that the way the government manages resources within the education system generally has had a limited, but positive impact on education service delivery outcomes, mainly due to the priority status of the education sector by the government. However, the mechanisms through which PFM affects service delivery remain underexplored in general and in particular for Tanzania.
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

The Impact of School Health Programmes - Grant, Catherine (2017)
This report focuses on the impact of school health programmes. School health programmes can cover both the prevention and treatment of disease and malnutrition in a school setting (Snilstveit et al 2016). These services are designed to promote students' physical, cognitive, and social development. Effective school health programmes are broadly considered to be cost-effective. They build on existing health infrastructure and community partnerships, as well as a skilled workforce in schools (UNICEF 2000). This report focuses on four main areas of impact: enrolment (section 2); retention/dropout of students (section 3); learning outcomes (section 4), and health and nutritional benefits of students, families and communities (section 5). The report is divided into impacts at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels where this information was available, but a lot of the literature focused on schools in general. There was more evidence on school health programmes in primary schools than in secondary schools and very little literature found on the impact of health programmes in tertiary education.
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The impact of school mapping in the development of education in Tanzania: an assessment of the experiences of six districts - Galabawa, Justinian C. J.; Agu, Augustine Obeleagu; Miyazawa, Ichiro (Evaluation and Program Planning, 2002)
In this study the authors have looked at the impact of school mapping in the development of education in Tanzania. The study examined the experiences of six districts where school mapping exercises were carried out. The key question that guided the study is what happened after school mapping. Through a combination of instruments and/or techniques—interviews, questionnaires, focus group discussion, and document analysis, the study found that school mapping impacted in varying degrees positively on the development of education in the districts in terms of increased enrollment and attendance, decreased incidents of dropping out, improved information for decision making, and enhanced capacities of field actors to plan and take action. The authors conclusively argued that for the benefits of school mapping to be maximized and sustained, it should not be a one shot activity for data collection purposes only. Rather, it should be an on-going process of assessment, analysis, and action.
Keywords: _C:Central African Republic CAF; _C:France FRA; _C:Ghana GHA; _C:India IND; _C:Japan JPN; _C:Kenya KEN; _C:Tanzania TZA; _C:Uganda UGA; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

The impact of stress on students in secondary school and higher education - Pascoe, Michaela C.; Hetrick, Sarah E.; Parker, Alexandra G. (International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 2020)
Students in secondary and tertiary education settings face a wide range of ongoing stressors related to academic demands. Previous research indicates that academic-related stress can reduce academic achievement, decrease motivation and increase the risk of school dropout. The longer-term impacts, which include reduced likelihood of sustainable employment, cost Governments billions of dollars each year. This narrative review presents the most recent research concerning the impact of academic-related stress, including discussion of the impact on students’ learning capacity and academic performance, mental health problems, such as depression and anxiety, sleep disturbances and substance use.
Keywords: Academic; _genre:PR-primary_research; adolescent health; education; mental health and well-being; stress

The Impact of Teacher Effectiveness on Student Learning in Africa - Buhl-Wiggers, Julie; Kerwin, Jason; Smith, Jeffrey; Thornton, Rebecca (Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE), 2017)
Teaching quality is known to be critical for students’ education and life prospects in developed countries. However, little is known about how teacher quality affects student learning in Africa. This paper presents the first estimates of teacher value-added from an African country, using data from a school-based RCT in northern Uganda. Exploiting the random assignment of students to classrooms within schools, we estimate a lower bound on teacher effects. A 1-SD increase in teacher quality leads to at least a 0.14 SD improvement in student performance on a reading test at the end of the year. Shifting teachers from the 10th to the 90th percentile of quality increases performance by 0.36 SDs –comparable to the most effective education interventions conducted in Africa. Our results also suggest that an increase in teacher quality can make other education interventions more efficient.
Keywords: C:Uganda; NULP; _C:Ecuador ECU; _C:India IND; _C:Kenya KEN; _C:Pakistan PAK; _C:Tanzania TZA; _C:Uganda UGA; _C:United States USA; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; _genre:PR-primary_research; interesting

The impact of teachers’ collegiality on their organizational commitment in high-and low-achieving secondary schools in Islamabad, Pakistan - Shah, Madiha (Journal of Studies in Education, 2012)

The impact of teachers’ perspectives on the development of computing as a subject - Kennewell, Steve; Barnes, Jan (Debates in Computing and ICT Education, 2017)
Keywords: __C:filed:1

The Impact of the Aids Epidemic on Primary and Secondary School Teachers and University Staff in Malawi.“ - Bennell, Paul; Kadzamira, Esme (University of Sussex, Brighton, UK, 2002)
Keywords: _C:Malawi MWI; ⛔ No DOI found

The impact of the digital revolution on human brain and behavior: where do we stand? - Korte, Martin (Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience, 2020)
Keywords: Final_citation; anystyle; existing

The impact of Traffic-Related air pollution on child and adolescent academic Performance: A systematic review - Stenson, Chloe; Wheeler, Amanda J.; Carver, Alison; Donaire-Gonzalez, David; Alvarado-Molina, Miguel; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark; Tham, Rachel (Environment International, 2021)
Background: The negative health impacts of traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) have been investigated for many decades, however, less attention has been paid to the effect of TRAP on children’s academic performance. Understanding the TRAP-academic performance relationship will assist in identifying mechanisms for improving students’ learning and aid policy makers in developing guidance for protecting children in school environments. Methods: This systematic review assessed the relationship between TRAP and academic performance. Web of Science, PubMed, CINAHL, Medline, PsycINFO, SPORTDiscus, Scopus and ERIC databases were searched for relevant, peer reviewed, articles published in English. Articles assessing exposure to TRAP pollutants (through direct measurement, local air quality monitoring, modelling, or road proximity/density proxy measures) and academic performance (using standardised tests) in children and adolescents were included. Risk of bias was assessed within and between studies. Results: Of 3519 search results, 10 relevant articles were included. Nine studies reported that increased exposure to some TRAP was associated with poorer student academic performance. Study methodologies were highly heterogeneous and no consistent patterns of association between specific pollutants, age groups, learning domains, exposure windows, and exposure locations were established. There was a serious risk of bias within individual studies and confidence in the body of evidence was low. Conclusions: This review found evidence suggestive of a negative association between TRAP and academic performance. However, the quality of this evidence was low. The existing body of literature is small, lacks the inclusion of high-quality exposure measures, and presents limitations in reporting. Future research should focus on using valid and reliable exposure measures, individual-level data, consistent controlling for confounders and longitudinal study designs.
Keywords: BE:RELEVANT

The Impact of TVET on Ghana's Socio-Economic Development: A Case Study of ICCES TVET Skills Training in Two Regions of Ghana - Pongo, NA; Effah, B; Osei-Owusu, B (American International Journal of Contemporary Research, 2014)
Integrated Community Centre for Employable Skills (ICCES) is an agency under the Ministry of Employment and Social Welfare with policy objective of filling the gap in employment generation by developing the young human resources in line with the poverty alleviation goal of the government of Ghana. The purpose of the study was to find out how the ICCES training programmes are achieving their purpose of increasing access of young person’s to skills acquisition and empowerment for productive employment. To harness the needed information, questionnaire, interview and observation, were employed in gathering data from the subjects. The results suggest that participants in the survey had all conferred that the programmes have being helpful to the communities in securing suitable employment that allows them to generate income within the social, family and financial constraints that they face in their communities and as such their social and economic status has being impacted positively.
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:West Africa; C:Ghana; CA:AandC; CL:en; CLL:en; CLS:en; CT:A; CT:C; CT:F; CT:P; CT:R; CT:T; F:leadership; P:economy; P:technology; R:case study; R:impact; T:TVET; T:Training; publicImportV1; ⛔ No DOI found

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

The Impact of Vocational Schooling on Human Capital Development in Developing Countries: Evidence from China. - Loyalka, P.; Huang, X.; Zhang, L.; Wei, J.; Yi, H.; Song, Y.; Shi, Y.; Chu, J. (World Bank Economic Review, 2016)
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The impacts of professional learning communities on science teachers’ knowledge, practice and student learning: a review - Dogan, Selcuk; Pringle, Rose; Mesa, Jennifer (Professional Development in Education, 2016)
The purpose of this article is to provide a review of empirical studies investigating the impact of professional learning communities (PLCs) on science teachers’ practices and knowledge. Across 14 articles that satisfied the definition we embraced, most were devoted to the change in science teaching practices, disciplinary content knowledge (DCK) and pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) of K–12 science teachers. Although a small number of studies have implicit focus on comparing measures of student learning, we set out to examine the studies in science education and present how teachers engaged in PLCs focusing on examining and exploring strategies to promote student learning. Analysis of the related studies resulted in the following: PLCs can help teachers increase their PCK and DCK; increases in PCK and DCK may facilitate the change in teacher practices from traditional into more inquiry-based approaches; science teachers collaboratively focusing on student learning in PLCs are more likely to change their practice; and studies do not embrace student learning as an essential feature of PLCs. Methodological flaws and future directions along with implications for science teachers’ professional development are discussed.
Keywords: professional development; professional learning communities; science education; teacher knowledge; teacher practice

The Impacts of Teacher Training and Parental Engagement on Kindergarten Quality in Ghana - Woolf, Sharon; Aber, J.Lawrence; Berhman, Jere R. (Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (JPAL), 2021)
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The implications of school improvement and school effectiveness research for primary school principals in Ethiopia - Mitchell, Rafael (Educational Review, 2015)
In the last 20 years the Ethiopian education system has rapidly expanded, leading to a 500% increase in primary school enrolment. The Ministry of Education (MoE) has sought to address a perceived decline in educational quality through nationally-mandated programmes for school improvement and teachers’ professional development. Such programmes – imported on the advice of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Department for International Development (DfID) and other development partners – are implemented “mechanistically”, without adaptation for societal or organisational cultural contexts. This article reviews empirical research from the last decade, including “grey” literature, in the school improvement (SI) and school effectiveness research (SER) traditions to draw implications for primary school principals in Ethiopia.

The implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for policy in relation to children and young people - DARMODY, MERIKE; SMYTH, EMER; RUSSELL, HELEN (ESRI Survey and Statistical Report Series, 2020)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

The Importance of Boundary Objects in Industry-Academia Collaborations to Support Evidencing the Efficacy of Educational Technology - Weatherby, Kristen; Clark-Wilson, Alison; Cukurova, Mutlu; Luckin, Rose (TechTrends, 2022)
Abstract The context of a 2.5 year academia-led programme for the educational technology sector in the United Kingdom is used to explore the role of logic models as boundary objects to support the programme objectives. The programme provided educational research training and mentoring to participants from 252 small and medium-sized enterprises to support them with the use of existing and self-generated evidence of the efficacy of their educational technologies. Participants from a deliberate sample of six enterprises were interviewed to elicit their perceptions of the process through which the creation and use of a logic model for their product or service did or did not become a useful tool to support their research and business goals. The results suggest that logic models have vital roles as boundary objects in this context, such as supporting communication, learning, and product development. The study offers a first-case example of how logic models can be used in the design of educational technology, responding to the call for research in this area. A discussion on the challenges associated with the use of the logic model in the context of the project concludes the article.

The importance of climate-friendly school buildings in Africa - Nambatya, Mauricia (Open Development & Education, 2023)
An output of the Open Development & Education, https://opendeved.net/
Keywords: _comingsoon; _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence

The importance of context in implementation research - Edwards, Nancy; Barker, Pierre M. (JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 2014)

The importance of context in implementation research - Edwards, Nancy; Barker, Pierre M. (JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 2014)

The Importance of Educating Girls in the Newly Merged Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan: Policy Paper - Naveed, Sumbal (Center for Universal Education at The Brookings Institution, 2018)
The Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in Pakistan, named the Newly Merged Districts (NMDs) of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in July 2018, have begun rebuilding after years of Talibanization and military operations. This policy paper focuses on how the government-led education activities can be best aligned to make education possible for the districts' girls, who have long been excluded from education due to conflict and war. Based on stakeholder perceptions, the paper identifies some barriers missed by the FATA's Education Sector Plan (ESP) and points out the opportunities within communities to accelerate the efforts to improve the girls' participation in schools. The results of the study propose to use a gender lens for planning and implementing the activities that can improve access to quality education, to prepare the girls for a better and more productive life.
Keywords: Access to Education; Attitude Change; Barriers; Community Involvement; Cultural Influences; Educational Finance; Educational Planning; Educational Quality; Equal Education; Equal Opportunities (Jobs); Females; Foreign Countries; Gender Bias; Governance; Government Role; Males; Political Issues; Single Sex Schools; Social Attitudes; Teacher Competencies; Transportation; War; Women Faculty

The importance of play - Whitebread, David; Barilio, Marisol; Kuvalja, Martina; Verma, Mohini (Toy Industries of Europe, 2012)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

The importance of posting and interaction with the education bureaucracy in becoming a teacher in Ghana - Hedges, John (International Journal of Educational Development, 2002)
This paper addresses some of the issues surrounding the posting of newly trained teachers in Ghana. It specifically investigates the assertion that the posting system is ‘ineffective’ from the perspective of newly trained teachers who have been through the process. It emerged from analysis of the qualitative data that newly trained teachers’ experiences and perceptions of the posting process had a significant impact on their occupational culture. The research draws upon documents, interviews with members of the education bureaucracy, and interviews with 23 newly trained teachers posted to basic schools in rural areas in Central Region. The paper illuminates some of the problems involved in posting newly trained teachers to rural schools and looks for explanations as to why some teachers take up their postings and others do not.
Keywords: Basic education; C:Ghana; Deployment; Ghana; Induction; NQTs; Teacher education

The Importance of Teacher-Student Relationships for Adolescents with High Incidence Disabilities - Murray, Christopher; Pianta, Robert C. (Theory Into Practice, 2007)
In this article the authors examine the theoretical and empirical basis of teacher-student relationships. They focus specifically on the importance of supportive teacher-student relationships in the lives of adolescents with high-incidence disabilities. Students receiving special education services in these categories are at a heightened risk of experiencing social, emotional, and mental health problems. School-based programs and practices designed to promote supportive relationships between teachers and students with disabilities have the potential to provide these students with much needed support within the contexts of schools. A number of factors that can enhance teacher-student relationships including school and classroom structures, teacher beliefs and practices, and social-emotional curricula are presented and discussed.

The importance of theoretical positioning and the relevance of using bibliometrics for literature reviews - Rowe, Frantz; Kanita, Nada; Walsh, Isabelle (Journal of Decision Systems, 2023)
The theoretical positioning of a review is of the utmost importance in terms of its contribution to knowledge. This paper clarifies the significance of this design principle for different types of review i.e. for describing, understanding, explaining or testing purposes. Furthermore, new tools now mean that it is both possible and relevant for bibliometrics novices to use bibliometrics to support literature reviews. Applying the BIBGT method and combining two bibliometric techniques – co-citation analysis of references and bibliographic coupling of documents – can enhance the efficiency of the first three types of literature review. This paper provides examples of published works that apply BIBGT to each of these types of review and highlights the bibliometric software used. It concludes with a survey of promising applications for all researchers and makes recommendations for both experienced literature review researchers and literature review novices.
Keywords: _Added-ailr-2024

The “Improving learning through classroom experience” study - Megogo Bokamba, Tania (Open Development & Education, 2023)
An output of the Open Development & Education, https://opendeved.net/
Keywords: _comingsoon; _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence

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

The Inclusion of Technology in Mathematics: The Effects of Electronic Mobile Devices in Early Years Mathematics - Ford, Emily Jayne (Reflective Practice in Teaching, 2019)
Keywords: __C:filed:1

The Influence of Covid-19 on Students’ Learning: Access and Participation in Higher Education in Southern Africa - Mphahlele, Ramashego; Seeletso, Mmabaledi; Muleya, Gistered; Simui, Francis (Journal of Learning for Development, 2021)
Recent experiences of institutions in COVID 19 have heightened the need for research on its impact on higher education institutions globally.  This article’s authors are from higher learning institutions in Botswana, South Africa and Zambia, which used a blended learning model before COVID 19.  The majority of their students used the traditional part of blended learning, depending on the print, postal service, and face-to-face.  These students’ access and participation in learning during COVID 19 were negatively affected. Using Digital Equity as a framework, this paper explores the influence of COVID 19 on students’ access and participation in online learning.  There seem to be significant disparities in access and participation in high-quality technologies and severe educational inequities. This digital inequality impact calls for civic awareness in digital literacy among the citizenry if the gap between the rural and urban, have and have not digital immigrants and digital natives are to be bridged.
Keywords: Access; _genre:PR-primary_research; digital awareness; digital equity; digital knowledge; digital literacy; online earning; ⛔ No DOI found

The influence of effective use of mobile devices for learning outside the classroom: case study of secondary school students in Tanzania and South Africa - Mwapwele, Samwel Dick (University of Cape Town, 2018)
Keywords: _C:Australia AUS; _C:Bangladesh BGD; _C:China CHN; _C:Dominican Republic DOM; _C:Eritrea ERI; _C:France FRA; _C:Ghana GHA; _C:Japan JPN; _C:Kenya KEN; _C:Korea XKOR; _C:Malaysia MYS; _C:Namibia NAM; _C:Nepal NPL; _C:New Zealand NZL; _C:Nigeria NGA; _C:Portugal PRT; _C:Rwanda RWA; _C:Singapore SGP; _C:South Africa ZAF; _C:Sweden SWE; _C:Tanzania TZA; _C:Thailand THA; _C:Turkey TUR; _C:Uganda UGA; _C:United Kingdom GBR; _C:United States USA; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

The influence of generational differences on the integration of educational technology in higher learning institutions - Letsie, Likeleli (University of Pretoria, 2020)
Keywords: _C:Australia AUS; _C:Canada CAN; _C:Chile CHL; _C:China CHN; _C:Egypt EGY; _C:France FRA; _C:Germany DEU; _C:Iran IRN; _C:Japan JPN; _C:Kenya KEN; _C:Kosovo XKSVO; _C:Lesotho LSO; _C:Libya LBY; _C:Netherlands NLD; _C:New Zealand NZL; _C:Nigeria NGA; _C:Pakistan PAK; _C:Slovenia SVN; _C:South Africa ZAF; _C:Sudan SDN; _C:Tanzania TZA; _C:Trinidad and Tobago TTO; _C:Turkey TUR; _C:Uganda UGA; _C:United Kingdom GBR; _C:United States USA; _C:Viet Nam VNM; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

The influence of mobile technologies on preschool and elementary children’s literacy achievement: a systematic review spanning 2007–2019 - Eutsler, L.; Mitchell, C.; Stamm, B.; Kogut, A. (Educational Technology Research and Development, 2020)
Keywords: __C:filed:1; ⛔ No DOI found

The influence of paikem gembrot model against student’s self efficacy and learning outcomes - Rasidi, Ahmad; Susana, Dian (IOP Publishing, 2020)
Keywords: _C:China CHN; _C:Indonesia IDN; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

The Influence of The Transformational Leadership and Work Motivation on Teachers Performance - Andriani, Septi; Kesumawati, Nila; Kristiawan, Muhammad (International Journal of Scientific & Technology Research, 2018)
This study aimed at determing the effect of transformational leadership and work motivation on teachers performance. This research used quantitative method with correlational research type. The research population were 790 teachers of SMK Negeri in Palembang. The sample of research were 193 teachers. Sampling technique in this research was cluster sampling (area sampling). Data collection technique was questionnaires. Data were analyzed using correlation and multiple regression analysis technique. The results showed that (1) transformational leadership has a positive and significant effect on the teachers performance SMK Negeri in Palembang; (2) work motivation has a positive and significant effect on the teachers performance of SMK Negeri in Palembang; and (3) transformational leadership and work motivation have a positive and significant influence on the teachers performance of SMK Negeri in Palembang.
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

The Influences of Emotion on Learning and Memory - Tyng, Chai M; Amin, Hafeez U; Saad, Mohamad N; Malik, Aamir S (Frontiers in Psychology, 2017)
Emotion has a substantial influence on the cognitive processes in humans, including perception, attention, learning, memory, reasoning, and problem solving. Emotion has a particularly strong influence on attention, especially modulating the selectivity of attention as well as motivating action and behavior. This attentional and executive control is intimately linked to learning processes, as intrinsically limited attentional capacities are better focused on relevant information. Emotion also facilitates encoding and helps retrieval of information efficiently. However, the effects of emotion on learning and memory are not always univalent, as studies have reported that emotion either enhances or impairs learning and long-term memory (LTM) retention, depending on a range of factors. Recent neuroimaging findings have indicated that the amygdala and prefrontal cortex cooperate with the medial temporal lobe in an integrated manner that affords (i) the amygdala modulating memory consolidation; (ii) the prefrontal cortex mediating memory encoding and formation; and (iii) the hippocampus for successful learning and LTM retention. We also review the nested hierarchies of circular emotional control and cognitive regulation (bottom-up and top-down influences) within the brain to achieve optimal integration of emotional and cognitive processing. This review highlights a basic evolutionary approach to emotion to understand the effects of emotion on learning and memory and the functional roles played by various brain regions and their mutual interactions in relation to emotional processing. We also summarize the current state of knowledge on the impact of emotion on memory and map implications for educational settings. In addition to elucidating the memory-enhancing effects of emotion, neuroimaging findings extend our understanding of emotional influences on learning and memory processes; this knowledge may be useful for the design of effective educational curricula to provide a conducive learning environment for both traditional “live” learning in classrooms and “virtual” learning through online-based educational technologies.

The Informal Apprenticeship Miracle: A Case for Mbare-Magaba Informal Industry, Zimbabwe - Wonder, M; Tenson, M (Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review, 2017)
The economic turbulences faced by Zimbabwe in the first decade of the 21st century culminated in almost total demise of the formal industry. Concomitantly, this resulted in the emergence and proliferation of the informal industry as an alternative solution. This study explored the training strategies and approaches employed in the informal manufacturing industry. The study adopted the qualitative research paradigm to collect, present and analyse data. Findings from the study point to the efficacy of the informal apprenticeship in terms of human capital development and hence this skills training approach becomes the main trajectory to economic recovery for Zimbabwe.
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:Sub-Saharan Africa; C:Zimbabwe; CA:AandC; CL:en; CLL:en; CLS:en; CT:A; CT:C; CT:P; CT:T; P:artist; P:manufacture; P:social; T:Lehrlingsausbildung; T:apprenticeship training; publicImportV1

The Integration of Tablet Computers in Preparing Students for the Grade Four Literacy Test: Perception Versus Reality - McGhie-Sinclair, Tracy-Ann S. (Temple University, 2017)
Keywords: __C:filed:1

The International Handbook of Mathematics Teacher Education - Jaworski, B; Wood, T (Sense Publishers, 2008)

The interrelation between cognitive and motor development in typically developing children aged 4–11 years is underpinned by visual processing and fine manual control - Davis, Emma E.; Pitchford, Nicola J.; Limback, Ellie (British Journal of Psychology, 2011)

The intrinsic shape of spiral galaxies in the 2mass large galaxy atlas - Ryden, Barbara S. (The Astrophysical Journal, 2006)
Keywords: __C:filed:1

The iPad as a Tool For Education - a case study - Heinrich, P. (2012)

The Ivory Tower Lost: How College Students Respond Differently than the General Public to the COVID-19 Pandemic - Duong, Viet; Pham, Phu; Yang, Tongyu; Wang, Yu; Luo, Jiebo (arXiv:2004.09968 [cs], 2020)
Recently, the pandemic of the novel Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) has presented governments with ultimate challenges. In the United States, the country with the highest confirmed COVID-19 infection cases, a nationwide social distancing protocol has been implemented by the President. For the first time in a hundred years since the 1918 flu pandemic, the US population is mandated to stay in their households and avoid public contact. As a result, the majority of public venues and services have ceased their operations. Following the closure of the University of Washington on March 7th, more than a thousand colleges and universities in the United States have cancelled in-person classes and campus activities, impacting millions of students. This paper aims to discover the social implications of this unprecedented disruption in our interactive society regarding both the general public and higher education populations by mining people's opinions on social media. We discover several topics embedded in a large number of COVID-19 tweets that represent the most central issues related to the pandemic, which are of great concerns for both college students and the general public. Moreover, we find significant differences between these two groups of Twitter users with respect to the sentiments they expressed towards the COVID-19 issues. To our best knowledge, this is the first social media-based study which focuses on the college student community's demographics and responses to prevalent social issues during a major crisis.
Keywords: Computer Science - Computation and Language; Computer Science - Machine Learning; Computer Science - Social and Information Networks; __C:filed:1; ⛔ No DOI found

The Journey to Scale: Moving Together Past Digital Health Pilots - Wilson, Kate; Gertz, Beth; Arenth, Breese; Salisbury, Nicole (PATH, 2014)
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

The June 16 Soweto Youth Uprising | South African History Online - SA History Online (2020)

The labor market impacts of technological change: From unbridled enthusiasm to qualified optimism to vast uncertainty - Autor, David (National Bureau of Economic Research, 2022)
Keywords: Final_citation

The Lancet and Financial Times Commission on governing health futures 2030: growing up in a digital world - Kickbusch, Ilona; Piselli, Dario; Agrawal, Anurag; Balicer, Ran; Banner, Olivia; Adelhardt, Michael; Capobianco, Emanuele; Fabian, Christopher; Gill, Amandeep Singh; Lupton, Deborah; Medhora, Rohinton P.; Ndili, Njide; et al. (The Lancet, 2021)
Keywords: Final_citation

The landscape of research on learning in low-tech environments - Campana, Kathleen; Agarwal, Naresh Kumar (Information and Learning Sciences, 2019)
Keywords: __C:filed:1

The Last Mile in School Access: Mapping Education Deserts in Developing Countries - Rodriguez-Segura, Daniel; Kim, Brian Heseung (Development Engineering, 2021)
With recent advances in high-resolution satellite imagery and machine vision algorithms, fine-grain geospatial data on population are now widely available: kilometer-bykilometer, worldwide. In this paper, we showcase how researchers and policymakers in developing countries can leverage these novel data to precisely identify “education deserts” - localized areas where families lack physical access to education - at unprecedented scale, detail, and costeffectiveness. We demonstrate how these analyses could valuably inform educational access initiatives like school construction and transportation investments, and outline a variety of analytic extensions to gain deeper insight into the state of school access across a given country. We conduct a proof-of-concept analysis in the context of Guatemala, which has historically struggled with educational access, as a demonstration of the utility, viability, and flexibility of our proposed approach. We find that the vast majority of Guatemalan population lives within 3 km of a public primary school, indicating a generally low incidence of distance as a barrier to education in that context. However, we still identify concentrated pockets of population for whom the distance to school remains prohibitive, revealing important geographic variation within the strong countrywide average. Finally, we show how even a small number of optimally-placed schools in these areas, using a simple algorithm we develop, could substantially reduce the incidence of “education deserts” in this context. We make our entire codebase available to the public – fully free, opensource, heavily documented, and designed for broad use – allowing analysts across contexts to easily replicate our proposed analyses for other countries, educational levels, and public goods more generally.
Keywords: Access to education; Education deserts; Education in developing countries; School placement

The Learnership Model of Workplace Training and Its Effective Management: Lessons Learnt from a Southern African Case Study - Davies, Theresa-Anne; Farquharson, Fiona (Journal of Vocational Education & Training, 2004)
Since 1998, the "Learnership" model of workplace training has been promoted in South Africa as a creative vehicle for addressing high unemployment rates and a serious skills shortage. This is achieved through fast-tracking the acquisition of skills and increasing a learner's chances of employment. However, because learnerships are a recent innovation, the body of applied knowledge is small. This article aims to contribute to what is known through examining a series of pilot projects, implemented between 1997 and 2001 in KwaZulu-Natal. A key finding concerns how learnerships are managed: the effective delivery of a learnership programme and of its outcomes requires the involvement of key stakeholders from the outset, role clarity and a carefully structured and monitored process of implementation. Using a case study approach, this article situates learnerships within the context of workplace training; explores four key lessons learnt and presents a proposed model of effective learnership management. (Contains 2 tables, 2 figures and 4 notes.)
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:Sub-Saharan Africa; C:South Africa; CA:AandC; CL:en; CL:pt; CLL:en; CLS:en; CT:A; CT:C; CT:F; CT:P; CT:R; CT:T; F:outcomes; P:measurement; R:case study; T:Lehrlingsausbildung; T:TVET; T:Training; Z:Apprenticeships; Z:Case Studies; Z:Education Work Relationship; Z:Foreign Countries; Z:Job Skills; Z:Job Training; Z:Labor Market; Z:Models; Z:Pilot Projects; Z:Skill Development; Z:Vocational Education; Z:Work Experience; publicImportV1

The learning circle experience: Findings from the P2PU participant survey - Fellows, Michelle (University of Washington Information School, 2018)

The level of Internet access and ICT training for health information professionals in sub‐Saharan Africa - Ajuwon, A A; Rhine, L (Health Information & Libraries Journal, 2008)
Background: Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are important tools for development. Despite its significant growth on a global scale, Internet access is limited in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). Few studies have explored Internet access, use of electronic resources and ICT training among health information professionals in Africa. Objective: The study assessed Internet access, use of electronic resources and ICT training among health information professionals in SSA. Methods: A 26‐item self‐administered questionnaire in English and French was used for data collection. The questionnaire was completed by health information professionals from five Listservs and delegates at the 10th biannual Congress of the Association of Health Information and Libraries in Africa (AHILA). Results: A total of 121 respondents participated in the study and, of those, 68% lived in their countries’ capital. The majority (85.1%) had Internet access at work and 40.8% used cybercafes as alternative access points. Slightly less than two‐thirds (61.2%) first learned to use ICT through self‐teaching, whilst 70.2% had not received any formal training in the previous year. Eighty‐eight per cent of respondents required further ICT training. Conclusions and recommendations: In SSA, freely available digital information resources are underutilized by health information professionals. ICT training is recommended to optimize use of digital resources. To harness these resources, intergovernmental and non‐governmental organizations must play a key role.
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:Africa; A:Central Africa; A:East Africa; A:Sub-Saharan Africa; A:West Africa; C:Kenya; C:South Africa; CA:AandC; CL:en; CL:fr; CLL:en; CLS:en; CT:A; CT:C; CT:F; CT:P; CT:Q; CT:T; F:access; P:electro; P:health; P:service industry; Q:ICT; Q:distance learning; T:Ausbildung; T:Training; __C:filed:1; publicImportV1

The Lifeline Program: A Case Study of Workforce Education Combating Poverty for Females in Ghana - Smith, Bettye P; Lowe, Tony; Hunt-Hurst, Patricia; Okech, David; Blalock, Emily; Dery, Alexis (International Education, 2013)
This case study research examined the contributions of the Lifeline Program in Ghana, West Africa to the preparation of young women for the workforce; this preparation is an effort to combat poverty. In this research report, a succinct overview of Ghana was provided, the economic status of the country was delineated, and the history of the Lifeline Program from its inception was given. The research provided an explanation of each of the three vocational skills training programs offered by Lifeline: catering, dressmaking, and hairdressing. The vocational skills training programs in Ghana are likened to workforce education programs in the United States. Conclusions were drawn for the Lifeline Program and the vocational skills training programs based on the Human Capital Theory, a major economic framework. Also, recommendations were suggested based on the findings and the theory that undergirded this case study. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:West Africa; CA:AandC; CL:en; CL:pt; CLL:en; CLS:en; CT:A; CT:C; CT:F; CT:P; CT:R; CT:T; F:women; P:economy; P:measurement; R:case study; T:Ausbildung; T:vocational skills; T:workplace education; Z:Accelerated death benefits; Z:Case studies; Z:Education; Z:Females; Z:Workforce; _C:Ghana GHA; publicImportV1; ⛔ No DOI found

The likely impact of COVID-19 on education: reflections based on the existing literature and recent international datasets. - European Commission. Joint Research Centre. (Publications Office, 2020)

The Limitations of Access Alone: moving towards open processes in education technology - Knox, Jeremy (OpenPraxis, 2013)
Keywords: C:International

The Links Between Girls’ Life Skills Intervention in Emergencies and their Return to Education Post-crisis and Prevention of Unwanted Pregnancies and Early Marriage - Rafaeli, Tal (2020)
This rapid review focuses on identifying evidence and lessons learned on the links between life skills interventions in emergency settings and the prevention of unwanted pregnancies and early marriage and return to education post crisis amongst adolescent girls. It seeks to enable learning from past emergencies to inform the design of effective support to adolescent girls throughout the COVID-19 crisis. Due to the focus on adolescent girls and emergency settings, an area with limited rigorous evaluations (Nobel et al., 2019), this report is based on a rapid literature review of academic studies, grey literature and emerging evidence, to enable the capturing of any significant learnings from relevant programmes. Evidence and lessons learned from specific programmes identified in the review suggest that life skills interventions for adolescent girls in emergencies impact on areas that have the potential to lead to reduction in unwanted pregnancies and early marriage and support return to education, and limited evidence that they can have direct impact on these outcomes. Ten relevant interventions with impact or lessons learned where identified. Most of these interventions were implemented with adolescent girls from displaced communities and in refugee camps in Sub Saharan Africa. A small number of programmes reported a direct link between the interventions and the outcomes in the research question. Three mentioned impact on girls continuing and returning to education (Plan International, 2019; UNDF, 2016), three mention impact on reducing early marriage (IRC, 2018b; UNDF, 2016), and one mentions direct impact on reducing unwanted pregnancy (Bandiera et al, 2019).
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

The lived experience of undergraduate students using tablet devices - Prendergast, Trevor (Durham University, 2020)
Keywords: _C:Canada CAN; _C:Czech Republic CZE; _C:France FRA; _C:Germany DEU; _C:Greece GRC; _C:Ireland IRL; _C:Malaysia MYS; _C:Slovakia SVK; _C:Spain ESP; _C:Trinidad and Tobago TTO; _C:Turkey TUR; _C:United Kingdom GBR; _C:United States USA; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

The Maldives and Sri Lanka: Question & Answer Session - Adam, Taskeen; Kaye, Tom; Haßler, Björn (2020)
Keywords: Author:Haßler; Author:OpenDevEd; Björn-CV-OECS; F: Helpdesk response; LP: English; _C:Austria AUT; _C:India IND; _C:Maldives MDV; _C:Nepal NPL; _C:Nigeria NGA; _C:Pakistan PAK; _C:Sierra Leone SLE; _C:South Africa ZAF; _C:Sri Lanka LKA; _C:Uganda UGA; _EdTechHub_Output; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; _cover:v1; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence; _zenodoETH; dode_eth-src-eth; dode_eth-trf2-dode

The marginal returns to distance education: Evidence from mexico’s telesecundarias - Borghesan, Emilio; Vasey, Gabrielle (2021)
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

The meaning of “capacity building” for the nurse workforce in sub-Saharan Africa: An integrative review - Ridge, Laura Jean; Klar, Robin Toft; Stimpfel, Amy Witkoski; Squires, Allison (International Journal of Nursing Studies, 2018)
Background: “Capacity building” is an international development strategy which receives billions of dollars of investment annually and is utilized by major development agencies globally. However, there is a lack of consensus around what “capacity building” or even “capacity” itself, means. Nurses are the frequent target of capacity building programming in sub-Saharan Africa as they provide the majority of healthcare in that region. Objectives: This study explored how “capacity” was conceptualized and operationalized by capacity building practitioners working in sub-Saharan Africa to develop its nursing workforce, and to assess Hilderband and Grindle's (1996) “Dimensions of Capacity” model was for fit with “capacity's” definition in the field. Design: An integrative review of the literature using systematic search criteria. Data sources searched included: PubMed, the Cumulative Index for Nursing and Allied Health Literature Plus, the Excerpt Medica Database, and Web of Science. Review methods: This review utilized conventional content analysis to assess how capacity building practitioners working in sub-Saharan Africa utilize the term “capacity” in the nursing context. Content analysis was conducted separately for how capacity building practitioners described “capacity” versus how their programs operationalized it. Identified themes were then assessed for fit with Hilderband and Grindle's (1996) “Dimensions of Capacity” model. Results: Analysis showed primary themes for conceptualization of capacity building of nurses by practitioners included: human resources for health, particularly pre- and post- nursing licensure training, and human (nursing) resource retention. Other themes included: management, health expenditure, and physical resources. There are several commonly used metrics for human resources for health, and a few for health expenditures, but none for management or physical resources. Overlapping themes of operationalization include: number of healthcare workers, post-licensure training, and physical resources. The Hilderband and Grindle (1996) model was a strong fit with how capacity is defined by practitioners working on nursing workforce issues in sub-Saharan Africa. If overall significant differences between conceptualization and operationalization emerged, as the reader I want to know what these differences were. Conclusions: This review indicates there is significant informal consensus on the definition of “capacity” and that the Hilderbrand and Grindle (1996) framework is a good representation of that consensus. This framework could be utilized by capacity building practitioners and researchers as those groups plan, execute, and evaluate nursing capacity building programming.
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:Africa; A:Sub-Saharan Africa; AAZ:Africa South of the Sahara; C:Rwanda; C:South Africa; CA:AandC; CCZ:Rwanda; CCZ:South Africa; CCZ:Uganda; CL:de; CL:en; CLL:en; CLS:en; CT:A; CT:C; CT:D; CT:P; CT:T; D:developing country; P:health; P:media; P:nurse; T:Training; Z:Capacity building/methods; Z:Developing countries; Z:Education; Z:Health manpower; Z:Nursing; Z:Staff; _C:Uganda UGA; publicImportV1

The Meaning of Contemplation for Social Qualitative Research: Applications and Examples - Konecki, Krzysztof T. (Routledge, 2021)
This book offers an account of contemplative reflection in qualitative social research. Focusing on the experiences of the researcher – including sensory and emotional experiences – and the work of the mind in the investigative process, it considers the means by which the researcher’s basic assumptions can be analyzed and bracketed, so as to shed light on the process by which knowledge is produced. Through an exploration of the methods of meditation, auto-observation and self-reports, epoché, "contemplative memo-ing," and the contemplative diary, the author explores the essential role of subjectivity in qualitative research, providing inspiration for more mindful research. As such, it will appeal to scholars of sociology, anthropology, and geography with interests in phenomenology, research methods, and the role of the mind in the research process.
Keywords: Social Science / Methodology; Social Science / Research

The 'Meaning' of Technology - Wegerif, Rupert; Major, Louis (The Theory of Educational Technology, 2023)
This chapter explores the relationship between technology and human meaning making. We begin by challenging the common assumption that technology is a threat to human meaning and move on to explore why collaborations with technology can lead to a greater sense of meaning for learners. We argue that education for meaning requires the design of educational technology that helps learners to more deeply participate in systems that unite the biological, social and technological.

The Mobile Gender Gap Report - Jeffrie, Nadia (GSMA, 2023)

The MOOC Phenomenon: Who Takes Massive Open Online Courses and Why? - Christensen, Gayle; Steinmetz, Andrew; Alcorn, Brandon; Bennett, Amy; Woods, Deirdre; Emanuel, Ezekiel (Social Science Research Network, 2013)
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have commanded considerable public attention due to their sudden rise and disruptive potential. But there are no robust, published data that describe who is taking these courses and why they are doing so. As such, we do not yet know how transformative the MOOC phenomenon can or will be. We conducted an online survey of students enrolled in at least one of the University of Pennsylvania’s 32 MOOCs offed on the Coursera platform. The student population tends to be young, well educated, and employed, with a majority from developed countries. There are significantly more males than females taking MOOCs, especially in BRIC and other developing countries. Students’ main reasons for taking a MOOC are advancing in their current job and satisfying curiosity. The individuals the MOOC revolution is supposed to help the most — those without access to higher education in developing countries — are underrepresented among the early adopters.
Keywords: C: International; Distance Education; MOOCs; Massive Open Online Courses; Online Education

The MOOC pivot - Reich, Justin; Ruipérez-Valiente, José A. (Science, 2019)
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

The Mutual Construction of Statistics and Society - Saetnan, Ann Rudinow; Lomell, Heidi Mork; Hammer, Svein (2010)

The narrowing of curriculum and pedagogy in the age of accountability: Urban educators speak out - Crocco, M.S.; Costigan, A.T. (Urban Education, 2007)

The Need for Context-specificity in Global Educational Policy Transfer by Non-state Actors: The Case of" Teach for All" to" Teach for India - OLANREWAJU, GIDEON SEUN (2021)

The need of developing a self-critical experimental attitude – intentions, concepts and consequences for vocational teacher education - Naeve-Stoß, Nicole (2017)
The central aim of teacher education is to develop a profound scientific professionalism, which enables teachers to reflect upon their educational actions in a complex and non-standardized pedagogical environment. In this sense, study programs in teacher education for vocational schools should foster the development of both a self-critical experimental attitude and an inquiry-based disposition, as well as the willingness to engage in self-reflection. The development of such attitudes is enabled by the concepts of reflexive and research-based learning, which will be outlined in this paper.
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; publicImportV1; ⛔ No DOI found

The ‘New’ New Technology: Exploiting the Potential of Mobile Communications and Open Educational Resources - Power, Tom (Teacher Education and the Challenge of of Development: a Global Analysis, 2013)

The next bibliometrics: ALMetrics (Author Level Metrics) and the multiple faces of author impact - Orduña-Malea, Enrique; Martín-Martín, Alberto; Delgado-López-Cózar, Emilio (El profesional de la información (EPI), 2016)

The next frontier: insights from Global event on Education Evidence Labs - Turney, Ella (Jacobs Foundation, 2023)
The Global Convening on Education Evidence Labs, hosted by Jacobs Foundation in partnership with the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO), alongside support from On Think Tanks (OTT), brought together stakeholders from Ministries of Education, EdLab implementing units, research institutions, multilateral agencies, and global funders. The event, held in mid-October 2023, aimed to address the […]

The next generation of machine learning for tracking adaptation texts - Sietsma, Anne J.; Ford, James D.; Minx, Jan C. (Nature Climate Change, 2023)
Machine learning presents opportunities for tracking evidence on climate change adaptation, including text-based methods from natural language processing. In theory, such tools can analyse more data in less time, using fewer resources and with less risk of bias. However, the first generation of adaptation studies have delivered only proof of concepts. Reviewing these first studies, we argue that future efforts should focus on creating more diverse datasets, investigating concrete hypotheses, fostering collaboration and promoting ‘machine learning literacy’, including understanding bias. More fundamentally, machine learning enables a paradigmatic shift towards automating repetitive tasks and makes interactive ‘living evidence’ platforms possible. Broadly, the adaptation community is failing to prepare for this shift. Flagship projects of organizations such as the IPCC could help to lead the way.
Keywords: Climate-change impacts; Interdisciplinary studies; Research data; _z:no_pdf; openalex:citedBy; openalex:import; selected_for:effects of climate ch...on learning...LMICs 2024; tagged

The Nigerian Agricultural Sector: Issues & Challenges - Tudunwada, I.Y. (2014)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

The Obstacles of Geographical Information System (GIS) Development: A Study of Teachers' Distribution in Sukabumi, Indonesia - Yani, Ahmad; Rosita, Rosita (6th International Conference on Educational, Management, Administration and Leadership, 2016)
Geographical Information System (GIS) is an application used to process data in form of thematic maps which is arranged overlapping to produce informations needed by the user. Employing descriptive method, this study indicated that basically the GIS deve
Keywords: Lebanon_event_2021; _C:Indonesia IDN; _C:Kenya KEN; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

The OECS Model of Integration in the Context of Caribbean Regionalism - Ishmael, Len (Membresía de CRIES/CRIES Members, 2002)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

The OER4Schools professional development programme: Outcomes of a sustained trial in sub-Saharan Africa - Haßler, Björn; Hennessy, S.; Hofmann, R (Frontiers in Education, 2020)
Sustaining educational initiatives beyond short-term pilot projects is highly challenging in low-income countries. We describe the outcomes and implications of our iterative Design-Based Implementation Research conducted in Zambia. This focused on a unique, school-based, peer-facilitated professional learning programme for primary teachers: OER4Schools integrates interactive pedagogy, open digital educational resources and mobile learning. Teacher interviews carried out 18 months after a year-long intervention showed that the programme became self-sustaining; earlier participants reported further development of their interactive teaching strategies and awareness of pupil progress; recent joiners developed similarly. Roles of teachers and pupils changed and a new classroom culture emerged. The study identifies the key mechanisms involved in sustainability, including culturally sensitive and participatory development and implementation, semi-structured multimedia materials, and supportive organisational structures for sustained professional learning. Our findings are hence framed by sociocultural influences as well as the wider policy context.
Keywords: Active Learning; Africa; Author:Haßler; Author:OpenDevEd; AuthorFirst:Haßler; Björn-CV-OECS; C:Zambia; Culturally responsive pedagogy (CRP); Design-based implementation research; Developing Nations; Educational Technology; Elementary Secondary Education; Faculty Development; Foreign Countries; Handheld Devices; Inservice Teacher Education; Interactive Pedagogy; Learner-centred pedagogy; Low Income Groups; Motivation; Open Educational Resources; Peer Teaching; Resource Allocation; Rural Schools; STC-TLC; Scaffolding (Teaching Technique); Scheduling; School leadership; Shared Resources and Services; Sustainable Development; Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4; Sustainable Development Goal 4; Teacher Profesisonal Development; Teacher Professional Development; Technology Uses in Education; Telecommunications; Zambia; __C:filed:1; ___working_potential_duplicate; _bjoern_cv; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence; _yl:b; peer-facilitation; school improvement; school-based active learning; sub-Saharan Africa

The OER4Schools Professional Learning Resource: Interactive teaching with and without ICT. A practical programme for teachers in sub-Saharan Africa. - Hennessy, S.; Haßler, Björn (2012)
Keywords: Author:Haßler; Author:OpenDevEd; Björn-CV-OECS; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence

The OER4Schools Professional Learning Resource: Interactive teaching with and without ICT. A practical programme for teachers in sub-Saharan Africa - Additional Materials - Hennessy, S.; Haßler, Björn (2014)
Keywords: Author:Haßler; Author:OpenDevEd; Björn-CV-OECS; _DOILIVE; _zenodo:submitted

The OER4Schools Professional Learning Resource: Interactive teaching with and without ICT. A practical programme for teachers in sub-Saharan Africa - Facilitators' Version - Hennessy, S.; Haßler, Björn (2014)
Keywords: Author:Haßler; Author:OpenDevEd; Björn-CV-OECS; _DOILIVE; _zenodo:submitted

The OER4Schools Professional Learning Resource: Interactive teaching with and without ICT. A practical programme for teachers in sub-Saharan Africa - Participants' Version - Haßler, Björn (2014)
Keywords: Author:Haßler; Author:OpenDevEd; Björn-CV-OECS; ___duplicate_item

The OER4Schools Professional Learning Resource: Interactive teaching with and without ICT. A practical programme for teachers in sub-Saharan Africa - Participants' Version - Hennessy, S.; Haßler, Björn (The Centre for Commonwealth Education, 2014)
Keywords: Author:Haßler; Author:OpenDevEd; Björn-CV-OECS; _DOILIVE; ___duplicate_item; _zenodo:submitted; dode_eth-src-dode; dode_eth-trf2-dode

The Online Interface and Social Inclusion: A MOOC Study in Turkey - Meri-Yilan, Serpil (Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2020)
One of the virtues of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) is that, because of their scalability, temporal flexibility and digital mediation, they have the potential to increase learner numbers in higher education, boosting their general level of social inclusion. Whether a MOOC actually succeeds in enhancing students’ social inclusion, however, is shaped by two elements of the course: 1) the features of the online interface – the embedded linguistic, pedagogical and interactive features that direct students’ engagement with the course materials, the educator and their peers; and 2) the knowledge content of the course, especially its relevancy for equipping learners to be able to engage meaningfully with the world after completion of the MOOC. With this in mind, this paper focuses on the first element, exploring Turkish students’ experiences of taking a MOOC and their perceptions of how the MOOC interface shaped their sense of social inclusion. Fifteen university-level students registered for a five-week MOOC on how to improve their English language writing skills. They then completed a questionnaire about their views on the learning experience. Nine of the students also kept diaries reflecting on their learning through the MOOC. Findings reveal that these students had a positive view of the MOOC, with different elements of the online interface playing important roles in improving digital, educational and social inclusion. The paper ends by recommending that researchers should further investigate the relationship between social inclusion and MOOCs; that course designers should rethink the role of online interfaces within MOOCS; and that Turkish higher education institutions should develop more MOOCs with locally relevant features embedded within them.
Keywords: MOOC; Turkey; higher education; online interface; social inclusion

The OpenDevEd Zotero Workbook - Haßler, Björn (Open Development & Education, 2024)
An output of the Open Development & Education, https://opendeved.net/
Keywords: Coming soon; _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence

The outcomes of sexting for children and adolescents: A systematic review of the literature - Doyle, Caoimhe (Journal of Adolescence, 2021)
Introduction Given associated risks, sexting among children and adolescents has yielded significant interest in recent years. Several previous reviews have examined data on the prevalence, determinants, and correlates of sexting behaviour, however, in an ever-changing digital media context, a comprehensive overview of findings regarding its outcomes is warranted. This novel review aimed to systematically identify and conduct a narrative synthesis of empirical evidence regarding the outcomes of sexting involvement for children and adolescents. Methods Four databases were searched for peer-reviewed literature on sexting, and 54 articles were identified for inclusion in the review. The quality of included studies was appraised using Dixon-Woods et al. (2006) five question prompts. Results Four ‘outcomes’ categories were derived, namely, psychological (victimisation; sexual abuse/victimisation; mental health and quality of life; and emotional outcomes), behavioural (sexual activity, risk behaviours, and perpetration of abuse and harassment), relational (personal connections with others & reputational outcomes), and systems-level (distribution/public exposure of sexting content). Conclusions Findings indicate that the outcomes of sexting for children and adolescents (aged ≤19 years) are wide-ranging, some positive and desirable, others negative and unwanted. Furthermore, identified outcomes were located along a continuum spanning benefits for adolescents’ well-being and relationships, stigma and associated difficulties, and serious harm or trauma. Limitations (e.g., methodological constraints of studies) and implications (e.g., informing harm prevention/intervention initiatives; further large-scale and replication studies) are discussed within.
Keywords: Adolescents; Children; Cybersex; Final_citation; Review; Sexting; anystyle; existing

The pathway to progress on SDG 4 requires the global education architecture to focus on foundational learning and to hold ourselves accountable for achieving it - Beeharry, Girindre (International Journal of Educational Development, 2021)
Levels of reading comprehension and ability to do basic mathematics are shockingly low among primary-age children in low-income countries, despite the efforts of global education actors. This essay will argue that to make real progress on improving learning, actors in the sector need to prioritize a few key goals – in particular foundational literacy and numeracy – monitor progress to achieve them, and hold ourselves collectively accountable for improving results. Recent efforts such as the World Bank’s Foundational Learning Compact show promise but will require the support and scrutiny of other actors.
Keywords: Foundational learning; Foundational literacy and numeracy; Global education; Global education architecture