Recruitment and Retention of Public Sector Teachers in Ghana: A Discrete Choice Experiment - Gad, B. K. (University of Ghana, 2015)
The shortage of public sector teachers in rural areas is one of the main challenges facing policy makers in the education sector, in both developing and developed countries. This study sought to analyze the preferences of teachers, and how they would respond to alternative incentives associated with working in a rural location. Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE) which is rooted in Random Utility Theory (RUT) was used to capture the responses of 120 teacher trainees in Berekum College of Education. However, the full and the subgroup models were generated using the binary probit in STATA (Version 11.0). Marginal effect was also estimated. The magnitude of estimates from both the probit model and the marginal effects indicate that, for rural area posting, teachers in the public sector generally prefer and place higher priority on incentive packages such as granting of study leave with pay, provision of housing and promotion after three years of work. This was generally supported by the subgroup analysis. Also, the levels of salary will be traded off for non-financial incentive packages. It is recommended that in order to desist from force recruitment and the problem of mitigating geographical imbalances of public sector teachers, policy makers in the education sector should adopt a strategy by granting of study leave with pay, provision of housing and promotion after three years of teaching in rural areas
Accepted: 2016-04-20T09:46:19Z KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:WQNVPQ36 2405685:ZIH4NIXS

Evaluation of the application of mobile phone technology in teaching and learning: A case study of Kamwenja Teacher' college, Nyeri County, Kenya. - Gitome, Mwangi Joseph (Mount Kenya University, 2015)
This research was designed to investigate the application of mobile phone technology in teaching and learning among tutors and students of Kamwenja Teachers College in Nyeri County in Kenya. The problem this study addressed was to establish whether mobile phones in the hands of students and tutors were beneficial for teaching and learning or if they impede learning process in Teacher Training Colleges in Kenya. The variables under consideration were: quality teaching and learning as dependent variable and owning mobile phones, awareness of educational potential of mobile phones, acceptance of mobile phones, and mobile phones influence as alternative learning and instructional methods as independent variables. The data was collected from 71 tutors and 498 students. The sample size was worked out at 20% to be 15 tutors and 100 second year teacher trainees in the college. Stratified random sampling was used to ensure the sample was a true representation of the whole population. Data was collected through questionnaires that were both quantitative and qualitative to ensure high quality of information for the study where 98.2% response rate was achieved. To ensure Validity and Reliability of Research Instruments a pre-test of the questionnaire was conducted on tutors and students of Kagumo Teachers College. A reliability coefficient of 0.7 was adopted for the items while an expert, the supervisor, guided in validity of the items. The study was guided by the activity theory also known as Cultural Historical Activity Theory. Primary data was analysed with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS version 20) software to generate descriptive statistics, correlation and multiple regression analysis. The findings of the study revealed that ownership of mobile phone had a positive and significant effect on application of mobile phone technology in teaching and learning when considered singly and even when regressed together with other factors. Further, the study revealed that awareness of the educational potential of mobile phone technology, acceptance of mobile phone technology and mobile phone technology as an alternative learning and instructional methods were found to have a positive and significant effect on application of mobile phone technology in teaching and learning when considered singly, however when all the factors were regressed together they were found to have a positive and but insignificant effect on application of mobile phone technology in teaching and learning. In order to enhance use of mobile phone technology in teaching and learning students and teachers should be encouraged to acquire mobile phones with internet connectivity features. The general usage of mobile phone in teachers training colleges was found to be very high. However the rate at which mobile phones are used for exchanging learning information is low. The researcher recommends that policies be put in place on use of mobile phone technology in teaching and learning and train tutors on how to teach differently using mobile phone technology. Future researchers should try to establish hindrances of application of mobile phone technology in teaching and learning.
Accepted: 2016-04-04T13:40:40Z KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:FXSLMRTK 2405685:6TXKF9WF

National Policy for Open and Distance Learning - Ministry of Education (Government of Seychelles, 2015)
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Bringing Learning to Light: The Role of Citizen-Led Assessments in Shifting the Education Agenda - Plaut, Daniel; Jamieson Eberhardt, Molly (Results for Development, 2015)
"Are children learning?" is a question that should inform all education policymaking. Yet in many countries, the answer to this question has remained
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Corsi blocks - Colman, Andrew M. (A Dictionary of Psychology, 2015)
A popular test of *short-term memory and *spatial ability based on a set of nine wooden blocks, arranged
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Call Me Educated: Evidence from a Mobile Monitoring Experiment in Niger - Aker, Jenny C; Ksoll, Christopher (2015)
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Keywords: C:Niger

Mobile solution for better reading instruction in rural Africa - Ojanen, Emma; Jere-Folotiya, Jacqueline; Yalukanda, Christopher; Sampa, Francis; Nshimbi, Chomba; Katongo, Maggie; Choopa, Mapenzi; Lyytinen, Heikki (2015 IST-Africa Conference, 2015)
GraphoGame Teacher Training Service is a mobile-based solution for providing teachers with scientifically validated pedagogical training in literacy instruction. In many African countries teachers currently have insufficient knowledge to teach literacy in local languages and learning materials are scarce, especially for children with learning difficulties. As part of the GraphoWorld network, CAPOLSA/University of Zambia is developing new mobile-based method for providing in-service training for teachers in literacy instruction and assisting children with learning difficulties. GraphoGame Teacher Training Service was piloted in October 2014 in rural Zambia. An orientative workshop was given to 24 teachers who learned about literacy instruction methodology and then organized a GraphoGame intervention to randomly selected 2nd grade children either at home or in a school environment. Parents of the children in the home intervention group were also encouraged to play GraphoGame. GraphoGame learning analytics shows that both the children and their parents improved their word reading skills. Children who played GraphoGame performed better than their non-playing classmates in the EGRA letter-sound knowledge test at the end of the intervention. Teachers, parents and children were all motivated to use ICT-based literacy learning tools and their literacy skills levels show high demand for support services for literacy instruction.
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Keywords: Africa; African country teachers; CAPOLSA/University of Zambia; Conferences; EGRA letter-sound knowledge test; Electronic learning; Games; GraphoGame; GraphoGame learning analytics; GraphoGame teacher training service; GraphoWorld network; ICT-based literacy learning tools; Mobile handsets; Training; Zambia; computer games; educational institutions; home environment; home intervention group; in-service teacher training; information science education; learning materials; literacy; literacy instruction; literacy skills levels; local languages; mobile learning; mobile-based method; orientative workshop; professional aspects; reading instruction; rural Africa; rural Zambia; rural areas; school environment; scientifically validated pedagogical training; teacher training; word reading skills

Do No Harm teaching case study: Cité Soleil. Reference for workshop participants - Robillard, Sabina Carlson (CDA Collaborative Learning Projects, 2015)
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Views on Internal and External Validity in Empirical Software Engineering - Siegmund, Janet; Siegmund, Norbert; Apel, Sven (2015 IEEE/ACM 37th IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering, 2015)
Empirical methods have grown common in software engineering, but there is no consensus on how to apply them properly. Is practical relevance key? Do internally valid studies have any value? Should we replicate more to address the tradeoff between internal and external validity? We asked the community how empirical research should take place in software engineering, with a focus on the tradeoff between internal and external validity and replication, complemented with a literature review about the status of empirical research in software engineering. We found that the opinions differ considerably, and that there is no consensus in the community when to focus on internal or external validity and how to conduct and review replications.
ISSN: 1558-1225 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1109/ICSE.2015.24 2405685:ZMSHI8HJ
Keywords: Bibliographies; Computer languages; Context; Guidelines; History; Software engineering; Standards

Putting Education in “Educational” Apps: Lessons From the Science of Learning - Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy; Zosh, Jennifer M.; Golinkoff, Roberta Michnick; Gray, James H.; Robb, Michael B.; Kaufman, Jordy (Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 2015)
Children are in the midst of a vast, unplanned experiment, surrounded by digital technologies that were not available but 5 years ago. At the apex of this boom is the introduction of applications (?apps?) for tablets and smartphones. However, there is simply not the time, money, or resources available to evaluate each app as it enters the market. Thus, ?educational? apps?the number of which, as of January 2015, stood at 80,000 in Apple?s App Store (Apple, 2015)?are largely unregulated and untested. This article offers a way to define the potential educational impact of current and future apps. We build upon decades of work on the Science of Learning, which has examined how children learn best. From this work, we abstract a set of principles for two ultimate goals. First, we aim to guide researchers, educators, and designers in evidence-based app development. Second, by creating an evidence-based guide, we hope to set a new standard for evaluating and selecting the most effective existing children?s apps. In short, we will show how the design and use of educational apps aligns with known processes of children?s learning and development and offer a framework that can be used by parents and designers alike. Apps designed to promote active, engaged, meaningful, and socially interactive learning?four ?pillars? of learning?within the context of a supported learning goal are considered educational.
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1177/1529100615569721 2339240:K25MMW72 2405685:I73DRP3M

A snapshot of online learners: e-Readiness, e-Satisfaction and expectations - Ilgaz, Hale; Gülbahar, Yasemin (The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2015)
The popularity of online programs that educational institutions offer is continuously increasing at varying degrees, with the major demand coming from adult learners who have no opportunity to access traditional education. These adult learners have to be sufficiently ready and competent for online learning, and have their own varied expectations from the online learning process. Hence, this mixed method study is conducted to explore the participants’ readiness and expectations at the beginning and their satisfaction levels at the end of an online learning experience. An ereadiness scale and an e-satisfaction scale was administered as quantitative measures, with openended questions gathering qualitative data. Participants of the research were registered to different e-learning programs at Ankara University Distance Education Center, Turkey, during the 2013-2014 academic year. Analysis of both quantitative and qualitative data revealed facts about online learners, which should prove useful to both e-instructors and e-program administrators.
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Basic school leaders in Ghana: how equipped are they? - Donkor, Anthony Kudjo (International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2015)
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Increasing student engagement, self-efficacy, and meta-cognitive self-regulation in the high school geometry classroom: do iPads help? - Perry, David R.; Steck, Andy K. (Computers in the Schools, 2015)
Teachers are increasingly integrating mobile digital technology into the classroom. The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of incorporating iPads in a secondary-level geometry course on academic achievement, student engagement, self-efficacy, and meta-cognitive self-regulation. Students in the iPad-using classroom experienced lower levels of geometry proficiency scores, higher levels of off-task behaviors, and similar levels of self-efficacy and meta-cognitive self-regulation compared to the non-iPad group. However, the results may have been affected by several latent variables that can be controlled for in future research.
Publisher: Routledge _eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/07380569.2015.1036650 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1080/07380569.2015.1036650 2339240:ETEX73PV 2405685:VGP5L86E
Keywords: geometry; iPad; meta-cognitive self-regulation; mobile technology; self-efficacy

Impediments to Enhancing Research within Universities in Developing Context: The Case of Pakistani Universities - Muborakshoevaa, Marodsilton (Journal of International and Comparative Education, 2015)
Universities in some developing countries are undergoing reforms over the recent decades so that they become research-based institutions. It has been stressed that research is of paramount importance for enhancing the economy of a country and for societies to become knowledge-based. However some of these concepts and challenges faced by these universities are hardly explored. Relying on the analysis of qualitative interviews and document analysis, this paper examines how the Higher Education Commission (HEC) has taken numerous initiatives to boost the research capacity of universities in Pakistan. Even then, numerous challenge remains in the attempt to enhance research quality. Funding and its effective use, academic freedom, and value of research in the society emerged as major impediments to research development at the universities. Critical voices from the university faculty are rarely taken into account by those responsible for higher education bodies, therefore many of such challenges persist till date. The article proposes solutions for overcoming some of these challenges and situates the experience of Pakistani universities within the broader experiences of universities world-wide.
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Review of international research on factors underlying teacher absenteeism - Lee, Mary; Goodman, Crystal; Dandapani, Nitara; Kekahio, Wendy (Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific, 2015)
Throughout the U.S.-affiliated Pacific Region, teacher absenteeism has posed a long-standing challenge. This report draws on research literature from international contexts and case studies to identify the underlying factors that may relate to teacher absenteeism. Resources included in this report were selected with a focus on non-U.S. Pacific entities and emerging economy contexts that might be most relevant to the U.S.-affiliated Pacific Islands. Different search parameters were used to determine the scope of U.S./international literature to include in the review. The report found five main themes to consider in relation to teacher absenteeism: pay structure (for example, direct or indirect working relationship with the school), management (for example, school governance), working conditions (for example, school culture or single- vs. multi-grade classroom structure), community conditions (for example, teachers' proximity to the school), and social and cultural responsibilities (for example, illness, funeral attendance, and care of family members). Predictors of absenteeism vary across place and context. Given the diversity of Pacific Region communities, stakeholders should examine the extent to which the context and results of the research in this review correspond to the social, structural, cultural, and environmental characteristics of their own contexts. The following are appended: (1) Data and methodology; and (2) Viewing absenteeism through an international lens. A list of selected literature on teacher absenteeism in the United States is also included.
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Keywords: Academic Rank (Professional); Accountability; C:LMIC; Case Studies; Community Characteristics; Correlation; Cross Cultural Studies; Cultural Context; Cultural Influences; Elementary School Teachers; Family Work Relationship; Foreign Countries; LMICs; School Administration; School Culture; School Location; Social Influences; Teacher Attendance; Teacher Salaries; Teaching Conditions; Work Environment; ⛔ No DOI found

Teacher coaching in Kenya: Examining instructional support in public and nonformal schools - Piper, Benjamin; Zuilkowski, Stephanie Simmons (Teaching and Teacher Education, 2015)
Instructional coaching has improved student outcomes in the United States, and may help to solve Kenya's literacy problems. Coaching is costly, however, and evidence is lacking regarding the most cost-efficient teacher-to-coach ratio. We used student literacy outcome data from more than 8000 students participating in the Kenya Primary Math and Reading Initiative—a randomized controlled trial of instructional interventions in public and nonformal schools—to fill this gap. Coaches in larger public zones made fewer visits per teacher, and teacher-coach ratio and student performance were negatively associated. Using causal methods, we concluded that lower ratios might improve nonformal school outcomes.
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Keywords: AWP2; C:Kenya; CitedIn:AKFC; CitedIn:OER4Schools-HHH3-B; Coaching; Instruction; Kenya; Literacy; PRIMR; professional development

Final Version adopted by the High Level Conference on Data Revolution – A side event of the 8th AU-ECA Conference of Ministers - UNECA (United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, 2015)
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School-cooperation Kenya - Norway: friendship and learning through social media? - Pedersen, Hege (86 s., 2015)
Accepted: 2015-03-05T11:59:13Z KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:PRIMQ47B 2405685:P6RCUCY9
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

A web-based peer-assessment approach to improving junior high school students' performance, self-efficacy and motivation in performing arts courses: Peer assessment for performing art courses - Hsia, Lu‐Ho; Huang, Iwen; Hwang, Gwo-Jen (British Journal of Educational Technology, 2015)
In this paper, a web-based peer-assessment approach is proposed for conducting performing arts activities. A peer-assessment system was implemented and applied to a junior high school performing arts course to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed approach. A total of 163 junior high students were assigned to an experimental group and a control group. The students in the experimental group learned with the web-based peer-assessment approach, whereas those in the control group learned with a web-based streaming video-supported environment. The experimental results showed that, in comparison with the web-based streaming video-supported learning approach, the web-based peer assessment approach could significantly improve the students' performance, self-efficacy and motivation in the performing arts course. In the meantime, it was found that the peer assessment ratings were highly correlated with the teachers' ratings in every performance item; moreover, the performance ratings were highly related to the students' self-efficacy in evaluating peers' work and improving their own work based on peers' comments as well as their intrinsic motivation, showing the effectiveness of the performance scoring rubrics and the peer assessment approach. The satisfaction questionnaire results also revealed that the students who learned with the peer assessment approach were significantly more satisfied with the learning activity than those who learned with the web-based learning approach.
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Mozambique - Service delivery indicators: Mozambique service delivery indicators (English) - World Bank (World Bank Group, 2015)
Mozambique service delivery indicators brief;education
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Designing a program of teacher professional development to support beginning reading acquisition in coastal Kenya - Dubeck, Margaret M.; Jukes, Matthew C.H.; Brooker, Simon J.; Drake, Tom L.; Inyega, Hellen N. (International Journal of Educational Development, 2015)
What should be considered when developing a literacy intervention that asks teachers to implement new instructional methods? How can this be achieved with minimal support within existing policy? We argue that two broad sets of considerations must be made in designing such an intervention. First, the intervention must be effective by bridging the gap between current teacher practice and the scientific literature on effective instruction. This broad consideration is detailed with 10 design recommendations. Second, the intervention must be amenable to being scaled-up and mainstreamed as part of government policy. This involves being (i) simple and replicable; (ii) well received by teachers; and (iii) cost effective. The paper describes how these factors were considered in the design of a literacy intervention in government primary schools in coastal Kenya. It also includes reactions from teachers about the intervention and their change in knowledge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Keywords: ADULTS; BEST practices; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL innovations; EDUCATIONAL intervention; ELEMENTARY education; KENYA; Kenya; LITERACY; Literacy; Perception; Reading instruction; TEACHER development; TEACHING methods; Teacher education; Text messages; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2099920; __finaldtb

The Economics of Zero Rating - Eisenach, Jeffrey (Insights in Economics, 2015)
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Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Sesame street in the tea estates: A multi-media intervention to improve sanitation and hygiene among Bangladesh's most vulnerable youth - Borzekowski, Dina (Annals of Global Health, 2015)
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Universal Service Funds & connecting schools to the Internet around the world - Trucano, Michael (2015)
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Will technology replace teachers? No, but ... - Trucano, Michael (World Bank Blogs, 2015)
In the future, will a machine replace me and smash other machines on my behalf? I've worked on, advised and evaluated educational technology projects in dozens of countries over the past fifteen years, mainly in middle and low income countries. As anyone who works intimately with information and communication technologies (ICTs) on ...
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The political economy of bad data: Evidence from African survey and administrative statistics - Sandefur, Justin; Glassman, Amanda (The Journal of Development Studies, 2015)
Across multiple African countries, discrepancies between administrative data and independent household surveys suggest official statistics systematically exaggerate development progress. We provide evidence for two distinct explanations of these discrepancies. First, governments misreport to foreign donors, as in the case of a results-based aid programme rewarding reported vaccination rates. Second, national governments are themselves misled by frontline service providers, as in the case of primary education, where official enrolment numbers diverged from survey estimates after funding shifted from user fees to per pupil government grants. Both syndromes highlight the need for incentive compatibility between data systems and funding rules.
Publisher: Routledge _eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2014.968138 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1080/00220388.2014.968138 2339240:ATP89MMQ 2405685:EHZXJTYM 4656463:NTFGA7D5

An editorial on replication studies and scaling up efforts - Spector, J. Michael; Johnson, Tristan E.; Young, Patricia A. (Educational Technology Research and Development, 2015)
This editorial calls for the submission of replication studies, meta-analyses, and reports of large-scale impact studies to any section of ETR&D.
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Education and International Development: An Introduction - McCowan, Tristan; Unterhalter, Elaine (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015)
'Honorable Mention' 2016 PROSE Award - Education PracticeEducation is fundamental to every aspect of development and there is widespread support across the world for policies that affirm that all children, regardless of their circumstances, have a right to quality schooling. Yet despite concerted efforts from national governments, multilateral organisations and NGOs over many decades we are still far from achieving education for all. In addition, while education can enhance human development, it is also associated with persistent inequalities. Education and International Development provides a comprehensive introduction to the field, giving an overview of the history, influential theories, important concepts and areas of achievement, and presenting a critical reflection on emerging trends in policy, practice and research. With chapters that review key challenges and inspiring initiatives in countries around the globe - focusing on critical issues such as language, conflict and teachers - this book serves both as a companion to graduate studies in international education and a concise reference book for practitioners and educators in the field.
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Keywords: Education / Comparative; Education / Multicultural Education

Teachers and Teacher Education Policies - Steiner-Khamsi, Gita (Education and International Development: An Introduction, 2015)
'Honorable Mention' 2016 PROSE Award - Education PracticeEducation is fundamental to every aspect of development and there is widespread support across the world for policies that affirm that all children, regardless of their circumstances, have a right to quality schooling. Yet despite concerted efforts from national governments, multilateral organisations and NGOs over many decades we are still far from achieving education for all. In addition, while education can enhance human development, it is also associated with persistent inequalities. Education and International Development provides a comprehensive introduction to the field, giving an overview of the history, influential theories, important concepts and areas of achievement, and presenting a critical reflection on emerging trends in policy, practice and research. With chapters that review key challenges and inspiring initiatives in countries around the globe - focusing on critical issues such as language, conflict and teachers - this book serves both as a companion to graduate studies in international education and a concise reference book for practitioners and educators in the field.
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Keywords: Education / Comparative; Education / Multicultural Education

Internal Validity: A Must in Research Designs - Cahit, Kaya (Educational Research and Reviews, 2015)
In experimental research, internal validity refers to what extent researchers can conclude that changes in dependent variable (i.e. outcome) are caused by manipulations in independent variable. The causal inference permits researchers to meaningfully interpret research results. This article discusses (a) internal validity threats in social and educational research using examples from the contemporary literature, and (b) research designs in terms of their ability to control various internal validity threats. An Eric and psychinfo search was performed to retrieve articles regarding this internal validity review. In conclusion, an appropriate research design that control possible extraneous variables is needed to be able meaningfully interpret research results. Although pretest-posttest experimental-control group design controls most of internal validity threats, the most appropriate research design would vary based on the research questions or goals.
Publisher: Academic Journals KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2405685:IQ577IVL
Keywords: Control Groups; Educational Research; Literature Reviews; Predictor Variables; Pretests Posttests; Quasiexperimental Design; Research Design; Research Methodology; Research Problems; Social Science Research; Time Perspective; Validity; ⛔ No DOI found

Using text mining for study identification in systematic reviews: A systematic review of current approaches - O’Mara-Eves, Alison; Thomas, James; McNaught, John; Miwa, Makoto; Ananiadou, Sophia (Systematic Reviews, 2015)
The large and growing number of published studies, and their increasing rate of publication, makes the task of identifying relevant studies in an unbiased way for inclusion in systematic reviews both complex and time consuming. Text mining has been offered as a potential solution: through automating some of the screening process, reviewer time can be saved. The evidence base around the use of text mining for screening has not yet been pulled together systematically; this systematic review fills that research gap. Focusing mainly on non-technical issues, the review aims to increase awareness of the potential of these technologies and promote further collaborative research between the computer science and systematic review communities.
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Keywords: Automation; Review efficiency; Screening; Study selection; Text mining

Pluralistic approaches to languages in the curriculum: The case of French-speaking Switzerland, Spain and Austria - Daryai-Hansen, Petra; Gerber, Brigitte; Lörincz, Ildikó; Haller, Michaela; Ivanova, Olga; Krumm, Hans-Jürgen; Reich, Hans H. (International Journal of Multilingualism, 2015)
While the idea of plurilingual competence is widely established theoretically and promoted in European language policies, it is not implemented in educational practice, where separate plurilingualism is still dominant. The idea of languages as autonomous entities is e.g. reflected in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) scales. The paper introduces to the Framework of Reference for Pluralistic Approaches to Languages and Cultures (FREPA). Pluralistic approaches use teaching and learning activities involving several (i.e. more than one) varieties of language, e.g. the language(s) of schooling, foreign languages, regional, minority and migration languages. FREPA thereby offers tools to put the theoretical insights and language policies into practice. The article illustrates how pluralistic approaches, in recent years, have been used in the process of large-scale national and regional curriculum renewals in Austria, French-speaking Switzerland and Spain. By promoting plurilingual education on the macro-level and including languages that are still neglected in most European curricula, these countries make a key contribution to diminishing discrepancy between theory and practice. The three cases manifest the context specificity of language-planning decisions and support supra-level comparisons by defining the specific aims and contents of plurilingual education. Furthermore, the curricular implementations offer the possibility to discuss the implementation in actual classroom practice.
Publisher: Routledge _eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/14790718.2014.948877 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1080/14790718.2014.948877 2405685:FYFIP28B 4042040:6Z5W4CRL
Keywords: language learning; language status; linguistic landscape; multilingualism; plurilingualism

MOOCs for Development: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities - Castillo, Nathan; Lee, Jinsol; Zahra, Fatima; Wagner, Daniel (International Technologies & International Development, 2015)
The recent rise of massive open online courses (MOOCs) has generated significant media attention for their potential to disrupt the traditional modes of education trough ease of access and free or low-cost content delivery. MOOCs offer the potential to enable access to high-quality education to students, even in the most underserved regions of the world. However, much of the excitement surrounding opportunities for MOOCs in non-OECD contexts remains unproven. Challenges with regard to infrastructure, sustainability, and evaluation have disrupted early attempts to expand inclusion for those least educated. Drawing on proceedings from a recent international conference on MOOCs for Development held at the University of Pennsylvania, this report synthesizes trends, challenges, and opportunities within the growing subfield.
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A Social Informatics Analysis of Refugee Mobile Phone Use: A Case Study of Zaaatari Syrian Refugee Camp - Maitland, Carleen; Xu, Ying (SSRN Electronic Journal, 2015)
shortDOI: 10/ghgn4p KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10/ghgn4p 2405685:EEWN2MQD

Preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (PRISMA-P) 2015 statement - Moher, David; Shamseer, Larissa; Clarke, Mike; Ghersi, Davina; Liberati, Alessandro; Petticrew, Mark; Shekelle, Paul; Stewart, Lesley A.; PRISMA-P Group (Systematic Reviews, 2015)
Systematic reviews should build on a protocol that describes the rationale, hypothesis, and planned methods of the review; few reviews report whether a protocol exists. Detailed, well-described protocols can facilitate the understanding and appraisal of the review methods, as well as the detection of modifications to methods and selective reporting in completed reviews. We describe the development of a reporting guideline, the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses for Protocols 2015 (PRISMA-P 2015). PRISMA-P consists of a 17-item checklist intended to facilitate the preparation and reporting of a robust protocol for the systematic review. Funders and those commissioning reviews might consider mandating the use of the checklist to facilitate the submission of relevant protocol information in funding applications. Similarly, peer reviewers and editors can use the guidance to gauge the completeness and transparency of a systematic review protocol submitted for publication in a journal or other medium.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1186/2046-4053-4-1 2339240:GZ9BP9K3 2405685:J9LFRERT
Keywords: Checklist Item; Knowledge Translation; Reporting Guideline; Systematic Review; Systematic Review Protocol; ___working_potential_duplicate

Learner-centred pedagogy: Towards a post-2015 agenda for teaching and learning - Schweisfurth, Michele (International Journal of Educational Development, 2015)
Pedagogy continues to be a neglected priority in discussions on the post-2015 agenda for education. The article situates pedagogy generally and learner-centred pedagogy specifically within these current debates. The potential of learner-centred education (LCE) is considered in the light of the evidence of its promise also taking into consideration the historic record of implementation challenges where LCE has been part of a policy framework for improving the quality of education. The concept of a pedagogical nexus illustrates how different parts of a system work together, how actors shape this and are influenced by it, and the implications of this for pedagogical change. The article therefore also explores how global goals and targets and their monitoring interact with other parts of the system and may affect teaching and learning in unintended ways. It argues for a revised conception of learner-centred pedagogy as an enabling goal, upon which other goals and targets depend.
shortDOI: 10/f65t73 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2014.10.011 10/f65t73 2129771:P3WMASAB 2339240:7FAWYW8S 2339240:IWUNNNQV 2405685:44GP3DG6 2405685:57MFW2KZ 2534378:ENK8YVXP
Keywords: Learner-centred education; Pedagogy; Post-2015; ___working_potential_duplicate

Learner-centred pedagogy: towards a post-2015 agenda for teaching and learning - Schweisfurth, Michele (International Journal of Educational Development, 2015)
Pedagogy continues to be a neglected priority in discussions on the post-2015 agenda for education. The article situates pedagogy generally and learner-centred pedagogy specifically within these current debates. The potential of learner-centred education (LCE) is considered in the light of the evidence of its promise also taking into consideration the historic record of implementation challenges where LCE has been part of a policy framework for improving the quality of education. The concept of a pedagogical nexus illustrates how different parts of a system work together, how actors shape this and are influenced by it, and the implications of this for pedagogical change. The article therefore also explores how global goals and targets and their monitoring interact with other parts of the system and may affect teaching and learning in unintended ways. It argues for a revised conception of learner-centred pedagogy as an enabling goal, upon which other goals and targets depend.
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Keywords: Learner-centred education; Pedagogy; Post-2015; ___working_potential_duplicate

Learner-centred pedagogy: Towards a post-2015 agenda for teaching and learning - Schweisfurth, Michele (International Journal of Educational Development, 2015)
Pedagogy continues to be a neglected priority in discussions on the post-2015 agenda for education. The article situates pedagogy generally and learner-centred pedagogy specifically within these current debates. The potential of learner-centred education (LCE) is considered in the light of the evidence of its promise also taking into consideration the historic record of implementation challenges where LCE has been part of a policy framework for improving the quality of education. The concept of a pedagogical nexus illustrates how different parts of a system work together, how actors shape this and are influenced by it, and the implications of this for pedagogical change. The article therefore also explores how global goals and targets and their monitoring interact with other parts of the system and may affect teaching and learning in unintended ways. It argues for a revised conception of learner-centred pedagogy as an enabling goal, upon which other goals and targets depend.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2014.10.011 2339240:9ITNETF8 2405685:BX2PV4ZZ
Keywords: Learner-centred education; Pedagogy; Post-2015

The design and testing of multimedia for teaching arithmetic to deaf learners - Techaraungrong, Piyaporn; Suksakulchai, Surachai; Kaewprapan, Wacheerapan; Murphy, Elizabeth (Education and Information Technologies, 2015)
The purpose of the study reported on in this paper was to design and test multimedia for deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) learners. The study focused on counting, addition and subtraction with grade one (age 7) DHH learners in Thailand. The multimedia created for the study was informed by design considerations for DHH learners of arithmetic and aimed to minimize cognitive load. Testing took place over a period of 16 weeks during which learners alternated between 2 and 3 week sessions of one hour per day with multimedia (numbers 1–10) versus 2–3 week sessions of one hour per day with the teacher (numbers 11–20). Results of the design included features such as non-essential use of text, reliance on non-symbolic objects, user control, and signals to relevant content. Results of testing showed that learning with multimedia resulted in higher scores than learning with the teacher (Z = 4.545, p = 0.000). Post-intervention interviews highlighted the role of motivation, ease of comprehension and independent learner control of the multimedia. The conclusion highlighted the need for multimedia design principles that reflect a more inclusionary focus on children with special needs such as those featured in this study.
8 citations (Crossref) [2024-02-28] KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1007/s10639-015-9441-1 2339240:EEJYTIKF 2405685:DDVUKNXB
Keywords: Arithmetic; Cognitive load; Deaf and hard of hearing; Design; Multimedia; Testing; ⛔ No INSPIRE recid found

The Potential of Mobile Phones to Transform Teacher Professional Development to Build Sustainable Educational Futures in Bangladesh - Walsh, Christopher S; Woodward, Clare; Solly, Mike; Shrestha, Prithvi (Asian Association of Open Universities Journal, 2015)
Futures thinking is used by governments to consider long-term strategic approaches and develop policies and practices that are potentially resilient to future uncertainty. English in Action (EIA), arguably the world's largest English language teacher professional development (TPD) project, used futures thinking to author possible, probable and preferable future scenarios to solve the project's greatest technological challenge: how to deliver audio-visual TPD materials and hundreds of classroom audio resources to 75,000 teachers by 2017. Authoring future scenarios and engaging in possibility thinking (PT) provided us with a taxonomy of question-posing and question-responding that assisted the project team in being creative. This process informed the successful pilot testing of a mobile-phone-based technology kit to deliver TPD resources within an open distance learning (ODL) platform. Taking the risk and having the foresight to trial mobile phones in remote rural areas with teachers and students led to unforeseen innovation. As a result, EIA is currently using a mobile-phone-based technology kit with 12,500 teachers to improve the English language proficiency of 700,000 students. As the project scales up in its third and final phase, we are using the new technology kit — known as the 'trainer in your pocket' — to foster a 'quiet revolution' in the provision of professional development for teachers at scale to an additional 67,500 teachers and nearly 10 million students.
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited shortDOI: 10/ggx3rj KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1108/AAOUJ-10-01-2015-B005 10/ggx3rj 2405685:6AFZ29KK

The teaching of polar coordinates with dynamic mathematics software - Zengin, Yilmaz; Tatar, Enver (International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2015)
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of dynamic mathematics software on the achievement of pre-service mathematics teachers in the topic of polar coordinates and to solicit their opinions about computer-assisted instruction. The study was conducted for 11 weeks with 33 pre-service teachers in the Department of Mathematics Education Program of a state university in Turkey. Data collection tools comprised a knowledge test of polar coordinates and administration of a semi-structured interview form developed by the researchers who conducted the study using an embedded design as part of a mixed-method research. The results of data analysis showed that the computer-assisted instruction method in which dynamic mathematics software was used positively contributed to the success of pre-service teachers in understanding the subject of polar coordinates. Furthermore, it was found that pre-service teachers supported the use of this method in lessons as it provides visualization, increases retention, concretization of abstract mathematical structures, better understanding and learning, and creates an interesting and interactive learning environment.
Place: London Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd. KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1080/0020739X.2014.904529 2339240:ZX8C4R7A 2405685:BZA3JJCK 2534378:M4HRMT6F 2534378:NGUDH5NZ 2534378:RLEEVC39 2534378:TBWXLVMH
Keywords: ADULTS; COMPUTER assisted instruction; Computer Assisted Instruction; Computer Software; ERIC; Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE); Educational Technology; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Knowledge Level; MATHEMATICS education (Secondary); MATHEMATICS education – Aids & devices; MATHEMATICS software; Mathematical Concepts; Mathematics; Mathematics Instruction; Mathematics Skills; Mixed Methods Research; POLAR coordinates (Mathematics); Postsecondary Education; Preservice Teachers; Pretests Posttests; SECONDARY education; STUDENT teachers; Scores; Semi Structured Interviews; Software; Student Teacher Attitudes; Student teachers; TEACHING methods – Evaluation; TEENAGERS; Teaching; Teaching Methods; Turkey; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2099919; __finaldtb; computer-assisted instruction method; dynamic mathematics software; polar coordinates; pre-service teachers

Back to School After the Ebola Outbreak (2015)
Back to School After the Ebola Outbreak
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Report on the concurrent validity and inter-rater reliability studies of Uwezo - ACER Centre for Global Education Monitoring (Results for Development Institute (R4D), 2015)
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Conducting Semi-Structured Interviews - Adams, William C. (Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation, 2015)
Conducted conversationally with one respondent at a time, the semi-structured interview (SSI) employs a blend of closed- and open-ended questions, often accompanied by follow-up why or how questions. About one hour is considered a reasonable maximum length for SSIs in order to minimize fatigue for both interviewer and respondent. This chapter begins with a discussion on the disadvantages and advantages of SSIs. Despite the disadvantages and costs of SSIs, they offer some extraordinary benefits as well. Semi-structured interviews are superbly suited for a number of valuable tasks, particularly when more than a few of the open-ended questions require follow-up queries. The chapter presents some recommendations that can be considered when constructing an SSI guide. All in all, effectively conducted semi-structured interviews, even though labor intensive, should be worth the effort in terms of the insights and information gained.
Section: 19 _eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/9781119171386.ch19 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1002/9781119171386.ch19 2339240:69ZTFIC2 2405685:VQD9I55K
Keywords: SSI guide; open-ended questions; semi-structured interviews

Evaluating Teachers' Professional Development For ICT Use: Towards Innovative Classroom Practices - Agyei, D. D (International Journal of Education, 2015)
This paper describes an evaluation study designed to investigate the impact of an ICT-Instructional digital innovation in teaching Mathematics, English and Integrated Science subjects from the teacher capacity building professional development programme to classroom implementation at senior high school levels in Ghana. Interviews and survey data were used for data collection following a week professional development programme on the instructional digital learning training. The study demonstrated that the teachers increased in ICT proficiencies but this was limited to their own professional development and not so much of classroom implementation of ICT which results when transfer of learning takes place from training to practice. The study reported that teachers faced a complex mix of factors that when combined, contributed to challenges in transferring the ideas gained in the training programme to the classroom situation. It was evident from the findings that more systematic efforts are needed at the school levels and at the level of stakeholders who implement in-service teachers’ professional development programmes to move the goal of transforming teaching and learning through ICT-based innovations. Based on the outcomes, the study discussed recommendations to help smoothen the transition from teacher professional development programmes to actual classroom implementations in Ghanaian senior high schools and such similar contexts.
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Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Design and Evaluation of Mobile Learning Applications for Autistic Children in Pakistan - Ahmad, Muneeb Imtiaz; Shahid, Suleman (Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2015, 2015)
In this paper, we present the design and evaluation of culturally specific mobile learning applications, designed as a tool to encourage social interaction in autistic children. These applications were designed for Pakistani children keep their cultural context in mind. We performed longitudinal evaluation (around eight weeks) of these applications at an autistic school in Pakistan. Our initial results, based on pre and post evaluation questionnaires and video analysis of social interactions, showed that the applications had a positive effect on the development of socio-emotional skills of children and were appreciated not only by children but also by the teachers.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1007/978-3-319-22701-6_32 2339240:Z35DS3UQ 2405685:FA9V4SCD
Keywords: App; Autism; Culture; Social skills; Tablet

Design and Implementation of a Software for Teaching Health Related Topics to Deaf Students: the First Experience in Iran - Ahmadi, Maryam; Abbasi, Masoomeh; Bahaadinbeigy, Kambiz (Acta Informatica Medica, 2015)
Introduction: Deaf are not able to communicate with other community members due to hearing impaired. Providing health care for deaf is more complex because of their communication problems. Multimedia tools can provide multiple tangible concepts (movie, subtitles, and sign language) for the deaf and hard of hearing. In this study, identify the priority health needs of deaf students in primary schools and health education software has been created. Method: Priority health needs and software requirements were identified through interviews with teachers in primary schools in Tehran. After training videos recorded, videos edited and the required software has been created in stages. Results: As a result, health care needs, including: health, dental, ear, nails, and hair care aids, washing hands and face, the corners of the bathroom. Expected Features of the software was including the use of sign language, lip reading, pictures, animations and simple and short subtitles. Discussion: Based on the results of interviews and interest of educators and students to using of educational software for deaf health problems, we can use this software to help Teachers and student’s families to education and promotion the health of deaf students for learn effectively.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.5455/aim.2015.23.76-80 2339240:VTT3R5G4 2405685:6APQM7RL

Survey of the Use of Assistive Technology in Schools in Nigeria - Ajuwon, Paul M.; Chitiyo, George (Journal of the International Association of Special Education, 2015)
In this study, the researchers explored the state of the use of assistive technology (AT) in Nigeria through a survey of 165 special educators. The underlying structure of the respondents' perceptions, and their challenges and barriers to the use of AT, were examined. Among other findings, the largest proportion of students using AT are those with deafness or hearing impairment (53.3%), followed by those with a learning disability (40%). Training in the use of AT lags behind, with most professionals having received little or no training in the use of AT. The lack of appropriate AT devices and services in classrooms, and irregular electricity to operate available devices, were frequently cited as the biggest challenges regarding AT. Correlations between students' conditions and factors of teachers' perceptions suggested the need to make AT available for students with certain conditions, as well as the need for effective training for teachers.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:2B5LKGDA 2405685:XS664IV7
Keywords: Access to Computers; Assistive Technology; Barriers; Computer Uses in Education; Deafness; Disabilities; Educational Technology; Energy; Faculty Development; Foreign Countries; Hearing Impairments; Learning Disabilities; Likert Scales; Special Education Teachers; Statistical Analysis; Teacher Competencies; Teacher Surveys; Technological Literacy; Training; ⛔ No DOI found

Examining mathematical task and pedagogical usability of web contents authored by prospective mathematics teachers - Akayuure, Peter; Apawu, Jones (International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2015)
The study was designed to engage prospective mathematics teachers in creating web learning modules. The aim was to examine the mathematical task and perceived pedagogical usability of the modules for mathematics instructions in Ghana. The study took place at University of Education, Winneba. Classes of 172 prospective mathematics teachers working in design groups were involved in the study. Data were collected using Mathematical Task Usability Scale and Pedagogical Usability Rubrics. The result indicated 77.8% of the task contents examined contained worthwhile mathematical tasks. Descriptive analysis of data reflected three distinct categories of perceived pedagogical usability. Approximately 6%, 58% and 36% of the modules contained low, moderate and high pedagogical usability attributes. The study concluded that majority of the modules developed by the prospective teachers have considerable instructional value. Implications for involvement of prospective mathematics teachers in authoring web resources were discussed against the backdrop of policy initiatives for integrating emerging technologies.
Publisher: International Journal of Research in Education and Science, Necmettin Erbakan University, Ahmet Kelesoglu Education Faculty, Meram, Konya 42090 Turkey Cam URL: https://ezp.lib.cam.ac.uk/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1826538267?accountid=9851 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.21890/ijres.69649 2339240:EBQPPBT7 2405685:V4AZF6WX 2405685:VJBB9Z59 2534378:EXMDSLHE 2534378:VPVZ2W39
Keywords: ERIC; Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE); Electronic Publishing; Foreign Countries; Ghana; Higher Education; Instructional Material Evaluation; Learning Modules; Mathematics Activities; Postsecondary Education; Preservice Teachers; Rating Scales; Scoring Rubrics; Statistical Analysis; Student Developed Materials; Usability; Web Based Instruction; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2098955; __finaldtb

Special Education and Deaf Children in Pakistan - Akram, Bushra; Bashir, Rukhsana (Journal of Elementary Education, 2015)
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Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Teachers’ professional development for ICT integration: Towards a reciprocal relationship between research and practice - Albion, Peter R.; Tondeur, Jo; Forkosh-Baruch, Alona; Peeraer, Jef (Education and Information Technologies, 2015)
Publisher: Springer KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1007/s10639-015-9401-9 2339240:U649AIAT 2405685:2YQNCPBE

How can education systems become equitable by 2020: DfID think pieces - Learning and equity - Alcott, Ben; Rose, Pauline (2015)
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ICT Using Situation in Rural and Urban Primary Schools of Bangladesh: A Comparative Study - Ali, M (Prime University Journal, 2015)
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Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Alif Ailaan Pakistan District Education Rankings 2015 - Alif Ailaan; SDPI (2015)
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Opportunities and Challenges: Integration of ICT in Teaching and Learning Mathematics in Secondary Schools, Nairobi, Kenya - Amuko, Sheila; Miheso, Marguerite; Ndeuthi, Sophie (Journal of Education and Practice, 2015)
This presentation is based on a larger study whose purpose was to explore the various opportunities and challenges influencing integration of ICT in teaching and learning Mathematics in secondary schools in Nairobi County. The study, adopted a descriptive survey design. Three instruments questionnaires’, a structured interview schedule and an observation checklist were used to collect data. The study was carried out in twelve public secondary schools in Nairobi County. Data was analysed using descriptive statistics. Findings from the study indicated that, teachers face major challenges such as developing their own technological skills and knowledge as well as self-training in the use ICTs in their teaching. This lack of capacity building support was found by the study to contribute to teacher lax in integrating technology in their teaching inspite of the enthusiasm. This study recommends that new frontiers on technology integration be made accessible to both teachers and students for learning purpose to increase access to information and that, capacity building in technology integration be increased for teachers and awareness be built among pre-service teachers trainees integrating ICT in teaching and learning Mathematics.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:7W48235D 2339240:8DMEMD5P 2339240:SIDJRTGQ 2405685:VGHI2VJJ 2405685:WP5KHL7M 2405685:XBZN4W7Q
Keywords: Barriers; Check Lists; Foreign Countries; Knowledge Level; Mathematics Instruction; Observation; Public Schools; Questionnaires; Secondary School Mathematics; Secondary School Teachers; Statistical Analysis; Structured Interviews; Surveys; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Competencies; Teacher Education; Teaching Methods; Technological Literacy; Technology Integration; Technology Uses in Education; ___working_potential_duplicate; ⛔ No DOI found

Building capability by delivering results: Putting Problem-Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA) principles into practice - Andrews, Matt; Pritchett, Lant; Samji, Salimah; Woolcock, Michael (A governance practitioner's notebook: alternative ideas and approaches, 2015)
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A definition of systems thinking: A systems approach - Arnold, Ross D.; Wade, Jon P. (Procedia computer science, 2015)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1016/j.procs.2015.03.050 2339240:D59T2YTU 2405685:PAG4BEA2
Keywords: _C:Australia AUS; _C:Austria AUT; _C:Canada CAN; _C:Germany DEU; _C:Greece GRC; _C:Norway NOR; __C:scheme:1

One Laptop Per Child Policy in Ghana: Any Impact on Teaching and Learning? - Asante, Edward; Owusu-Ansah, Samuel (Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal), 2015)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:LKY2HNFC 2405685:3UVAETBU
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Education Dynamics: A Systems Thinking Perspective - Assidmi, Luay (2015 Fifth International Conference on e-Learning (econf), 2015)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1109/ECONF.2015.29 2405685:YLBB2IU9

Researchers ask questions and policymakers want answers: How can both do better? - Bangay, Colin; Little, Angela (HEART, 2015)
In a recent meeting between DFID advisers and Young Lives researchers, we asked the question: ‘Who is this research for?’ Although there was collective agreement on the value of evidence that can drive change and make a difference to children’s lives, it was also clear there were tensions between the drivers and approaches of the... Read more
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Ebola, Education And Innovation In Sierra Leone - Berry, Chris (DFID bloggers, 2015)
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Keywords: ___working_potential_duplicate

One Laptop per Child at home: Short-term impacts from a randomized experiment in Peru - Beuermann, Diether W.; Cristia, Julian; Cueto, Santiago; Malamud, Ofer; Cruz-Aguayo, Yyannu (American Economic Journal. Applied Economics, 2015)
This paper presents results from a randomized controlled trial whereby approximately 1,000 OLPC XO laptops were provided for home use to children attending primary schools in Lima, Peru. The intervention increased access and use of home computers, with some substitution away from computer use outside the home. Children randomized to receive laptops scored about 0.8 standard deviations higher in a test of XO proficiency but showed lower academic effort as reported by teachers. There were no impacts on academic achievement or cognitive skills as measured by the Raven's Progressive Matrices test. Finally, there was little evidence for spillovers within schools. (JEL I21, I28, J13, O15)
Num Pages: 28 Place: Nashville, United States Publisher: American Economic Association Section: Articles KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1257/APP.20130267 10.1257/app.20130267 10/gd853r 2339240:27SMHV3H 2339240:CPRGCBM2 2339240:TELXF9WP 2405685:9EXLABVP 2405685:9FMQU6XN 2405685:XXVAITEK
Keywords: ACCESS TO LAPTOPS; Academic achievement; Achievement tests; Business And Economics; EXCLUSION CRITERIA APPLIED; Elementary school students; Portable computers; Quality: H; Relevance: M; Statistical analysis; ___working_potential_duplicate; publishPDF

Thinking and Working Politically - Booth, David (University of Birmingham, 2015)
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Technology for professional development: access, interest and opportunity for teachers of English in South Asia - British Council (British Council, 2015)
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Standing on the shoulders of giants: Challenges and recommendations of literature search in information systems research - Brocke, J; Simons, A; Riemer, K (Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 2015)
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Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Assessing the Strength of Evidence in the Education Sector - Building Evidence in Education (2015)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:NWPUN86B 2405685:XQR2NCPT

Assessing the Strength of Evidence in the Education Sector (DRAFT) - Building Evidence in Education (Building Evidence in Education, 2015)
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Critical Perspectives on Technology and Education - Bulfin, Scott; Johnson, Nicola F.; Rowan, Leonie (Palgrave Macmillan US, 2015)
This book offers critical readings of issues in education and technology and demonstrates how researchers can use critical perspectives from sociology, digital media, cultural studies, and other fields to broaden the "ed-tech" research imagination, open up new topics, ask new questions, develop theory, and articulate an agenda for informed action.
shortDOI: 10/ghgk6w KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1057/9781137385451 10/ghgk6w 2339240:AHVAPHQK 2405685:VZPWUIH7

What Works to Promote Children’s Educational Access, Quality of Learning, and Wellbeing in Crisis-Affected Contexts - Burde, Dana; Guven, Ozen; Kelcey, Jo; Lahmann, Heddy; Al-abbadi, Khaled (Department for International Development., 2015)
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Keywords: Conflict; Education; Gender; Screened; status_read; ⛔ No INSPIRE recid found

Where it's needed the most: Quality professional development for all teachers - Burns, M.; Lawrie, J. (Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies, 2015)
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TV White Space for Development Programs in the Philippines: Implications and Challenges - Carpio, Marife (2015)
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MOOCs for development: trends, challenges, and opportunities - Castillo, Nathan M.; Lee, Jinsol; Zahra, Fatima T.; Wagner, Daniel A. (Information Technologies & International Development, 2015)
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Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Inclusive education in an international school: A case study from Hong Kong - Chan, T.; Yuen, Mantak (International Journal of Special Education, 2015)
This case study provides an overview of current policy, practices and problems concerning inclusion in one international secondary school in Hong Kong. A total of 13 interviews were conducted with the school management team, teachers, students and parents, supplemented by 12 classroom observations and two ‘student-shadowing’ exercises. Findings suggest that the school has been reasonably successful in raising teachers’ awareness of inclusive education principles, creating a whole-school culture of inclusiveness, and forming a partnership with parents. However, the commitment of individual teachers to implementation of inclusive practices in their own classrooms varies. Some teachers are not adaptive enough in their teaching approach, and have difficulties differentiating instruction and learning activities. Improvements are also needed in the way that teachers work with their education assistants (classroom aides). Implications for improvement are discussed. © 2015, International Journal of Special Education. All rights reserved.
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Women punching above their weight in mobile reading - Chew, H.E.; West, M. (2015)
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Expanding access to early childhood development using interactive audio instruction: A toolkit and guidelines for program design and implementation. - Christina, Rachel; Louge, Nathalie (World Bank, 2015)
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Managing School Internal Mechanisms for Performance Improvement in Secondary Education: Case of Six Secondary Schools in Eastern Zone in Tanzania - Chua, C. L.; Mosha, H. J. (SAGE Open, 2015)
Number: 4 Publisher: SAGE Publications KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1177/2158244015610172 2339240:VUQAIBPJ 2405685:5YIWKPDK

Scaling a technology-based innovation: windows on the evolution of mathematics teachers’ practices - Clark-Wilson, Alison; Hoyles, Celia; Noss, Richard; Vahey, Phil; Roschelle, Jeremy (ZDM, 2015)
Publisher: Springer KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1007/s11858-014-0635-6 2339240:9PSESTIX 2405685:4QKXAEPX

The 7Cs of learning design - Conole, Gráinne (Learning Design, 2015)
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Developing great teaching: lessons from the international reviews into effective professional development - Cordingley, P; Higgins, S; Greany, T; Buckler, N; Coles-Jordan, D; Crisp, B; Saunders, L; Coe, R (Teacher Development Trust, 2015)
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Developing Great Teaching: Lessons from the international reviews into effective professional development - Cordingley, Philippa; Higgins, Steve; Coe, Rob; Greany, Toby; Buckler, N.; Coles-Jordan, D.; Crisp, B.; Saunders, L. (Teacher Development Trust, 2015)
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Keywords: C:England / International; ___working_potential_duplicate

Empowering Teachers to Promote Inclusive Education. A case study of approaches to training and support for inclusive teacher practice - Donnelly, Verity (European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education, 2015)
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Designing a program of teacher professional development to support beginning reading acquisition in coastal Kenya - Dubeck, Margaret M.; Jukes, Matthew C.H.; Brooker, Simon J.; Drake, Tom L.; Inyega, Hellen N. (International Journal of Educational Development, 2015)
What should be considered when developing a literacy intervention that asks teachers to implement new instructional methods? How can this be achieved with minimal support within existing policy? We argue that two broad sets of considerations must be made in designing such an intervention. First, the intervention must be effective by bridging the gap between current teacher practice and the scientiﬁc literature on effective instruction. This broad consideration is detailed with 10 design recommendations. Second, the intervention must be amenable to being scaled-up and mainstreamed as part of government policy. This involves being (i) simple and replicable; (ii) well received by teachers; and (iii) cost effective. The paper describes how these factors were considered in the design of a literacy intervention in government primary schools in coastal Kenya. It also includes reactions from teachers about the intervention and their change in knowledge.
shortDOI: 10/f7fghr KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2014.11.022 10/f7fghr 2405685:4WTUAF8V 2405685:USCCYKCK 2534378:5GJ88R44 2534378:DLHXICEY 2534378:NIUAY2PP
Keywords: ADULTS; BEST practices; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL innovations; EDUCATIONAL intervention; ELEMENTARY education; KENYA; Kenya; LITERACY; Literacy; Perception; Reading instruction; TEACHER development; TEACHING methods; Teacher education; Text messages; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2099920; ___working_potential_duplicate; __finaldtb

School governance, teacher incentives, and pupil–teacher ratios: Experimental evidence from Kenyan primary schools - Duflo, Esther; Dupas, Pascaline; Kremer, Michael (Journal of Public Economics, 2015)
Some education policymakers focus on bringing down pupil–teacher ratios. Others argue that resources will have limited impact without systematic reforms to education governance, teacher incentives, and pedagogy. We examine a program under which school committees at randomly selected Kenyan schools were funded to hire an additional teacher on an annual contract renewable conditional on performance, outside normal Ministry of Education civil-service channels, at one-quarter normal compensation levels. For students randomly assigned to stay with existing classes, test scores did not increase signiﬁcantly, despite a reduction in class size from 82 to 44 on average. In contrast, scores increased for students assigned to be taught by locally-hired contract teachers. One reason may be that contract teachers had low absence rates, while centrally-hired civil-service teachers in schools randomly assigned contract teachers endogenously reduced their effort. Civil-service teachers also captured rents for their families, with approximately 1/3 of contract teacher positions going to relatives of existing teachers. A governance program that empowered parents within school committees reduced both forms of capture. The best contract teachers obtained civil service jobs over time, and we estimate large potential dynamic beneﬁts from supplementing a civil service system with locally-hired contract teachers brought in on a probationary basis and granted tenure conditional on performance.
shortDOI: 10/f68tj3 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2014.11.008 10/f68tj3 2405685:MC4383YQ

Autism screening and diagnosis in low resource settings: Challenges and opportunities to enhance research and services worldwide - Durkin, Maureen S.; Elsabbagh, Mayada; Barbaro, Josephine; Gladstone, Melissa; Happe, Francesca; Hoekstra, Rosa A.; Lee, Li-Ching; Rattazzi, Alexia; Stapel-Wax, Jennifer; Stone, Wendy L.; Tager-Flusberg, Helen; Thurm, Audrey; et al. (Autism Research: Official Journal of the International Society for Autism Research, 2015)
Most research into the epidemiology, etiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatment of autism is based on studies in high income countries. Moreover, within high income countries, individuals of high socioeconomic status are disproportionately represented among participants in autism research. Corresponding disparities in access to autism screening, diagnosis, and treatment exist globally. One of the barriers perpetuating this imbalance is the high cost of proprietary tools for diagnosing autism and for delivering evidence-based therapies. Another barrier is the high cost of training of professionals and para-professionals to use the tools. Open-source and open access models provide a way to facilitate global collaboration and training. Using these models and technologies, the autism scientific community and clinicians worldwide should be able to work more effectively and efficiently than they have to date to address the global imbalance in autism knowledge and at the same time advance our understanding of autism and our ability to deliver cost-effective services to everyone in need.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1002/aur.1575 2339240:VPT8E92I 2405685:ZJU7T2BU
Keywords: Autistic Disorder; Developing Countries; Global Health; Health Services Accessibility; Humans; Internationality; Research; diagnosis; early detection; epidemiology; intervention

Radio Instruction to Strengthen Education and Zanzibar Teacher Upgrading by Radio: Post Project Evaluation - Education Development Center (2015)
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Text Books Download - Educational Publications Department (2015)
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Towards a new digital ethics: Data, Dignity and Technology - European Commission (2015)
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What Really Works to Improve Learning in Developing Countries? An Analysis of Divergent Findings in Systematic Reviews - Evans, David K; Popova, Anna (World Bank Group, 2015)
In the past two years alone, at least six systematic reviews or meta-analyses have examined the interventions that improve learning outcomes in low- and middle-income countries. However, these reviews have sometimes reached starkly different conclusions: reviews, in turn, recommend information technology, interventions that provide information about school quality, or even basic infrastructure (such as desks) to achieve the greatest improvements in student learning. This paper demonstrates that these divergent conclusions are largely driven by differences in the samples of research incorporated by each review. The top recommendations in a given review are often driven by the results of evaluations not included in other reviews. Of 227 studies with student learning results, the most inclusive review incorporates less than half of the total studies. Variance in classification also plays a role. Across the reviews, the three classes of programs that are recommended with some consistency (albeit under different names) are pedagogical interventions (including computer-assisted learning) that tailor teaching to student skills; repeated teacher training interventions, often linked to another pedagogical intervention; and improving accountability through contracts or performance incentives, at least in certain contexts. Future reviews will be most useful if they combine narrative review with meta-analysis, conduct more exhaustive searches, and maintain low aggregation of intervention categories.
shortDOI: 10/ggc47g KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1596/1813-9450-7203 10/ggc47g 2339240:3QGANTA4 2339240:DCJR436S 2339240:E9MNPGT5 2339240:RYKHDQR3 2339240:ZCQAUZ6U 2405685:CP9T27XU 2405685:G3595KWV 2405685:UHYRM2R9
Keywords: *Topic:Curriculum and resources; _Source:Intuitive; _THEME: Curriculum and resources; _THEME: Education management; _THEME: Learning assessments; _THEME: Teacher Professional Development; ___working_potential_duplicate; _proposed-for: Scoping review; ❓ Multiple DOI

Four-Dimensional Education: The Competencies Learners Need to Succeed - Fadel, C; Bialik, M; Trilling, B (Center for Curriculum Redesign, 2015)
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Is Decentralization Good for Development? - Faguet, Jean-Paul; Pöschl, Caroline (. Is Decentralization Good for Development, 2015)
Decentralization research has become more quantitative and formal over the past two decades. But as technical rigor has increased, the focus of research has narrowed to decentralization’s effects on particular policy variables, leaving aside larger, more nuanced and complex questions of crucial importance to policymakers contemplating reform. This book seeks to return attention to issues like this that rank among policymakers’ first concerns, but are methodologically difficult to answer. We do this by marrying the insights and experience of senior policymakers involved in driving decentralization forward at the highest levels, with academics working at the forefront of the field in economics, politics, and development and policy studies. This chapter introduces the book by analyzing the following questions: Why do politicians decentralize in the first place? How can reform be made politically feasible? How can decentralization lead to improved development outcomes? Do municipalities compete amongst themselves, and what effects might this have on public policy and services? Will decentralization promote clientelism or broad-based development? And finally, will decentralization strengthen or weaken developing states? The evidence presented in the book provides a firm basis for concrete answers to all of these questions, allied to specific policy advice for aspiring reformers.
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Learning through Assistive Devices: A Case of Students with Hearing Impairment - Farooq, Muhammad Shahid; Aasma; Iftikhar, Umaira (Bulletin of Education and Research, 2015)
Present era has introduced persons with disabilities with a range of assistive devices that have rapidly increased their educational, vocational, and frivolous activities. Current descriptive study attempted to explore the effects of assistive devices on the learning of hearing impaired students. A sample of 200 hearing impaired students was selected to identify the assistive devices that are more in use by hearing impaired students. All of the assistive devices commonly used for hearing impairment were included in the study to explore the effects of each on the learning of students with hearing impairment. The mean difference in the learning of students suggested that assistive technologies are overall assistance for the students with hearing impairment and there is no substitute to these devices that could assist them in such a quite differentiated manner. The role of high tech assistive devices as well as low tech devices has been highlighted prominently. The parents of hearing impaired students were also the part of study and found satisfied with the use of assistive devices for their children. It is divulged that there is a need to reduce the cost of assistive devices to be used by the students with hearing impairment.
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Keywords: Assistive Technology; Costs; Elementary School Students; Foreign Countries; Grade 4; Hearing Impairments; Interpersonal Communication; Parent Attitudes; Program Effectiveness; Quality of Life; Student Needs; ___working_potential_duplicate; ⛔ No DOI found

Nigeria: Education for All 2015 National Review - Federal Ministry of Education (Federal Republic of Nigeria, 2015)
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Strategies for helping students motivate themselves - Ferlazzo, Larry (Edutopia, 2015)
To inspire intrinsic motivation in students, schools should focus on nurturing their sense of autonomy, competence, relatedness, and relevance.
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Working toward more engaged and successful accounting students: a balanced scorecard approach - Fredin, Amy; Fuchsteiner, Peter; Portz, Kris (American Journal of Business Education (AJBE), 2015)
Prior research indicates that student engagement is the key to student success, as measured by college grades, degree completion, and graduate school enrollment. We propose a set of goals and objectives for accounting students, in particular, to help them become engaged not only in the educational process, but also in the accounting profession. Utilizing a balanced scorecard framework, we categorize these goals into three main perspectives: Learning and Growth, Student Professional Development, and Employer/Graduate School. The proposed goals are related to each other, suggesting that accounting students recognize the wide reach of their experiences. If students are able to see that their successful completion of coursework can lead to successful interactions with business professionals (i.e. potential employers), they will be more likely to work hard in their endeavors – in other words, they will be more engaged in the broader educational experience. If they are more engaged in their educational experiences, they will be more likely to succeed.
Number: 1 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.19030/ajbe.v8i1.9016 2339240:J96DJNCT 2405685:2TNPTBMD

Effects of Computer-Assisted STAD, LTM and ICI Cooperative Learning Strategies on Nigerian Secondary School Students' Achievement, Gender and Motivation in Physics. - Gambari, Isiaka Amosa; Yusuf, Mudasiru Olalere; Thomas, David Akpa (Journal of Education and Practice, 2015)
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Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Effectiveness of targeting in social protection aimed to children: lessons for a post-2015 agenda - Garcia-Jaramillo, Sandra; Miranti, Riyana (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, 2015)
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A case study of the One Laptop per Child Project in Rwanda: Exploring the socio-cultural dimensions of delivery and implementation. - Girgis, R. (University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK., 2015)
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Cooperation Management for Practitioners Managing Social Change With Capacity Works. - GIZ (Gabler, 2015)
OCLC: 893897509 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2281034:96YVCMD4 2339240:G2IY97SJ 2405685:KPJ7AUXJ 2447227:X7L5UCIQ

‘It takes me half a bottle of whisky to get through one of your assignments’: Exploring one teacher educator's personal experiences of dyslexia - Glazzard, Jonathan; Dale, Kirsty (Dyslexia: An International Journal of Research and Practice, 2015)
This article uses a life history approach to explore personal experiences of dyslexia of one higher‐education lecturer and its impact on her professional identity. The informant is currently employed as a lecturer of initial teacher training in a UK university. She worked as a primary school teacher for over a decade prior to embarking on an academic career in teacher education. The informant draws on her own experiences as a pupil, teacher and lecturer, and additionally, she presents accounts of student teachers with dyslexia drawn from her current professional context. Although the data are not generalizable, the account nevertheless illustrates the positive impact of the social model of disability for the informant and her students who had been identified as dyslexic during their initial training as teachers. Additionally, the account also illustrates the ways in which teachers' personal experiences of dyslexia can shape professional identities in very positive ways. Implications for both teacher training and pedagogic approaches in schools to support learners with dyslexia are drawn out of the narrative. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
Place: US Publisher: John Wiley & Sons KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1002/dys.1493 2339240:MVRDF8M9 2405685:2KWS9WZM
Keywords: Dyslexia; Labeling; Mainstreaming (Educational); Self-Concept; Self-Esteem; Teacher Attitudes

Improving School Education Outcomes in Developing Countries: Evidence, Knowledge Gaps, and Policy Implications - Glewwe, Paul; Muralidharan, Karthik (Oxford Policy Management, 2015)
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Guidelines for Education Sector Plan Preparation - Global Partnership for Education (GPE) (2015)
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National ICT Strategy and Plan NICI - 2015 - Government of Rwanda (2015)
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Decree 86/2015/Nd-Cp on Mechanism for Collection and Management of Tuition Fees Applicable to Educational Institutions in the National Education System and Policies on Tuition Fee Exemption and Reduction and Financial Support from Academic Year 2015–2016 to 2020–2021 - Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (2015)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:SHU6QEAV 2405685:QMLSVV7R

Guidelines for Education Sector Plan Preparation - GPE; IIEP-UNESCO (UNESCO, 2015)
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Towards a study of information geographies: (im)mutable augmentations and a mapping of the geographies of information: Towards a study of information geographies - Graham, Mark; De Sabbata, Stefano; Zook, Matthew A. (Geo: Geography and Environment, 2015)
shortDOI: 10/ggsp4d KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10/ggsp4d 2405685:6MNK7SAW
Keywords: Digital Divide; Geoweb; augmented realities; immutable mobiles; information geography

Opening the Black Box: The contextual drivers of social accountability - Grandvoinnet, Helene; Aslam, Ghazia; Raha, Shomikho (The World Bank, 2015)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0481-6 2339240:J8RUNV3U 2405685:5ECFJ4UA

The value of language skills - Grenier, Gilles (IZA World of Labor, 2015)
shortDOI: 10/ghgn52 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10/ghgn52 2405685:2S696UER

Learning and teaching with mobile devices: an approach in higher secondary education in Ghana - Grimus, Margarete; Ebner, Martin (International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 2015)
While many developing nations find Internet-based e-learning unsuitable for their needs mobile learning methods–specifically those involving the use of mobile-phones for both formal and informal learning–hold great promise for them (Grimus et al, 2013b). In this paper chances and challenges introduced by mobile devices to support improvement and transformation of education in a Senior High School in Ghana are examined. The field-study draws attention to the local situation, looking at infrastructure and teachers and students attitudes in using digital learning material. This paper presents results of a pilot project at a Senior High Technical School in Ghana, by addressing the issue how mobile devices can be integrated in learning and teaching. Based on our results we conclude that teachers and students hold great promise for using mobile devices for learning. Together they developed content based on the national curriculum, available for eReaders and mobile phones.
Publisher: IGI Global, 701 East Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, PA 17033 Cam URL: https://ezp.lib.cam.ac.uk/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1871575620?accountid=9851 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.4018/ijmbl.2015040102 2405685:XK46R6XU 2534378:5KLKWTMM 2534378:KZNNQLJ5
Keywords: ERIC; Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE); Educational Technology; Faculty Development; Feedback (Response); Foreign Countries; Ghana; Handheld Devices; Online Surveys; Secondary Education; Semi Structured Interviews; Student Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Technical Education; Technology Uses in Education; Telecommunications; Workshops; __:import:03; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2096257; ___working_potential_duplicate; __finaldtb

Learning and Teaching With Mobile Devices: An Approach in Higher Secondary Education in Ghana - Grimus, Margarete; Ebner, Martin (International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 2015)
While many developing nations find Internet-based e-learning unsuitable for their needs mobile learning methods – specifically those involving the use of mobile-phones for both formal and informal learning – hold great promise for them (Grimus et al, 2013b). In this paper chances and challenges introduced by mobile devices to support improvement and transformation of education in a Senior High School in Ghana are examined. The field-study draws attention to the local situation, looking at infrastructure and teachers and students attitudes in using digital learning material. This paper presents results of a pilot project at a Senior High Technical School in Ghana, by addressing the issue how mobile devices can be integrated in learning and teaching. Based on our results we conclude that teachers and students hold great promise for using mobile devices for learning. Together they developed content based on the national curriculum, available for eReaders and mobile phones.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.4018/ijmbl.2015040102 10/ggn3xd 2339240:MHJH5AZV 2405685:NCJ8I8FF
Keywords: ___working_potential_duplicate

Personalization in practice: observations from the field - Halverson, Rich; Barnicle, Al; Hackett, Sarah; Rawat, Tanushree; Rutledge, Julia; Kallio, Julie; Mould, Curt; Mertes, Janice (Wisconsin Center for Education Research, 2015)
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Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Tablet use in schools: A critical review of the evidence for learning outcomes - Haßler, B; Major, L; Hennessy, S (Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2015)
The increased popularity of tablets in general has led to uptake in education. We critically review the literature reporting use of tablets by primary and secondary school children across the curriculum, with a particular emphasis on learning outcomes. The systematic review methodology was used, and our literature search resulted in 33 relevant studies meeting the inclusion criteria. A total of 23 met the minimum quality criteria and were examined in detail (16 reporting positive learning outcomes, 5 no difference and 2 negative learning outcomes). Explanations underlying these observations were analysed, and factors contributing to successful uses of tablets are discussed. While we hypothesize how tablets can viably support children in completing a variety of learning tasks (across a range of contexts and academic subjects), the fragmented nature of the current knowledge base, and the scarcity of rigorous studies, makes it difficult to draw firm conclusions. The generalizability of evidence is limited, and detailed explanations as to how, or why, using tablets within certain activities can improve learning remain elusive. We recommend that future research moves beyond exploration towards systematic and in-depth investigations building on the existing findings documented here.
197 citations (Crossref) [2024-02-28] 00084 HMH KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1111/jcal.12123 10/f8f6mc 2339240:BRC3DGY2 2339240:C4FG3XEW 2339240:VE8F778P 2405685:2X3ULXTJ 261495:GGKF8SDP
Keywords: AWP2; AWP2-actual; Android; CitedIn:AKFC; CitedIn:DFID_SRF; CitedIn:OER4Schools-HHH3; CitedIn:OER4Schools-HHH3-B; CitedIn:OER4Schools-HHH3-B-AUTHORS; CitedIn:PhD_Thesis; IMPORT_FROM_DFID_RITE; RPF-May-2016; THEME: Education management; iPad; learning outcomes; school; systematic reviews; tablets; ⛔ No INSPIRE recid found

What works best in education: The politics of collaborative expertise - Hattie, John (British Columbia Teachers' Federation, 2015)
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Challenges and opportunities for teacher professional development in interactive use of technology in African schools - Hennessy, Sara; Haßler, Bjoern; Hofmann, Riikka (Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2015)
This article examines the supporting and constraining factors influencing professional learning about interactive teaching and mobile digital technology use in low-resourced basic schools in sub-Saharan Africa. It draws on a case study of iterative development and refinement of a school-based, peer-facilitated professional learning programme (‘OER4Schools’) that integrated use of mobile technologies, digital open educational resources and interactive pedagogy. The research and development involved teachers in three Zambian primary schools and culminated in an extensive multimedia resource. Using an ecological framework, factors emerging were characterised at three levels: teacher, school, and the wider community and policy context. They include school organisation and leadership, teacher motivation and perceptions of opportunities for professional learning and change, teacher views of pupil capabilities, availability of resources, teacher collaboration, and viewpoints of parents and policymakers. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Cam URL: https://ezp.lib.cam.ac.uk/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bri&AN=111289127&site=ehost-live&scope=site KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1080/1475939X.2015.1092466 10/gfv5xz 2129771:L2HUHYLN 2339240:24LHAF5C 2339240:K9R22K2F 2339240:WV3XY5NW 2405685:6ZLKKKH7 2405685:8V49PM4G 2405685:KILQYYBU 2405685:SXKPQUJ5 2534378:6TMRG3EP 2534378:BF6PBW3F 2534378:QQ6BVI89
Keywords: ADULTS; AFRICA; Article; CAREER development; Digital Technology; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL technology research; Interactive Pedagogy; Open Educational Resources; PRIMARY school teachers; Sub-Saharan Africa; Zambia; _THEME: Teacher Professional Development; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2099892; __finaldtb; digital technology; interactive pedagogy; open educational resources; sub-Saharan Africa; teacher professional development

Measuring student engagement in technology-mediated learning: a review - Henrie, Curtis R.; Halverson, Lisa R.; Graham, Charles R. (Computers & Education, 2015)
Using digital technology to deliver content, connect learners, and enable anytime, anywhere learning is increasing, but keeping students engaged in technology-mediated learning is challenging. Instructional practices that encourage greater engagement are essential if we are to effectively use digital instructional technologies. To determine the impact of innovative instructional practices on learning, we need useful measures of student engagement. These measures should be adaptable to the unique challenges to studying technology-mediated learning, such as when students learn at a distance or in a blended learning course. In this review, we examine existing approaches to measure engagement in technology-mediated learning. We identify strengths and limitations of existing measures and outline potential approaches to improve the measurement of student engagement. Our intent is to assist researchers, instructors, designers, and others in identifying effective methods to conceptualize and measure student engagement in technology-mediated learning.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1016/j.compedu.2015.09.005 2339240:HL9U2TRE 2405685:IV4JC5GW

Assessing the Strength of Evidence in the Education Sector - Hinton, Dr Rachel; Robinson, Mark (2015)
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Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Incentives for effort or outputs? A field experiment to improve student performance - Hirshleifer, Sarojini (Unpublished manuscript. Cambridge, MA: Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), 2015)
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Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Realising IT potential, unleashing learning power: A holistic approach - Hong Kong Education Bureau (2015)
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How civil society influences education policy in Bangladesh - Hoque, E (2015)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:VK5AVDHJ 2405685:5RZ7G7TC

Bilingual Education in Latin America: Does Quechua-Medium Education Improve Peruvian Indigenous Children's Academic Achievement? - Hynsjö and Damon (2015)
OCLC: 1016921971 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2405685:QWK84EIC 4042040:7B7XC8N7

Design Kit - IDEO.org (Design Kit Methods for Human Centered Design, 2015)
Human-centered design is a practical, repeatable approach to arriving at innovative solutions. Think of these Methods as a step-by-step guide to unleashing your creativity, putting the people you serve at the center of your design process to come up with new answers to difficult problems.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:K6Q474LC 2405685:6Y4NPGWH

Situation Report No. 11 - Interagency Collaboration on Ebola (2015)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:ZZDED9AA 2405685:S2HE368H

Hamara Internet - Internet Society (Internet Society, 2015)
Project Organizer: Nighat Dad, Pakistan Islamabad Chapter
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La Scientificite En Langues Africaines: L’exemple Du Kalabari Et De L’ikwerre - Iyalla-Amadi, Priye; Odungweru, U. S. (AFRREV IJAH: An International Journal of Arts and Humanities, 2015)
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In Service Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Synthesis Report - Junaid, Muhammad Ibn; Maka, Francois (Commonwealth Secretariat, 2015)
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Challenges and opportunities for e-learning in education: A case study - Kafyulilo, Ayoub C. (Handbook of Research on Educational Technology Integration and Active Learning, 2015)
This chapter presents a review of literature on the existing opportunities and challenges of adopting e-learning in education in Tanzania and the possible measures to overcome some challenges. The study also assessed the primary factors contributing to the slow and limited use and integration of tec...
Publisher: IGI Global KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8363-1.ch015 2339240:LU5HVRJJ 2405685:JKIRKBQJ

Supporting teachers learning through the collaborative design of technology-enhanced science lessons - Kafyulilo, Ayoub C.; Fisser, Petra; Voogt, Joke (Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2015)
This study used the Interconnected Model of Professional Growth (Clarke & Hollingsworth in Teaching and Teacher Education, 18, 947–967, 2002) to unravel how science teachers’ technology integration knowledge and skills developed in a professional development arrangement. The professional development arrangement used Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge as a conceptual framework and included collaborative design of technology-enhanced science lessons, implementation of the lessons and reflection on outcomes. Support to facilitate the process was offered in the form of collaboration guidelines, online learning materials, exemplary lessons and the availability of an expert. Twenty teachers participated in the intervention. Pre- and post-intervention results showed improvements in teachers’ perceived and demonstrated knowledge and skills in integrating technology in science teaching. Collaboration guidelines helped the teams to understand the design process, while exemplary materials provided a picture of the product they had to design. The availability of relevant online materials simplified the design process. The expert was important in providing technological and pedagogical support during design and implementation, and reflected with teachers on how to cope with problems met during implementation.
Publisher: Routledge _eprint: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10972-015-9444-1 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1007/s10972-015-9444-1 2339240:G8S6AKP2 2405685:3EYMBZ8B
Keywords: Design teams; Interconnected model of professional growth; Professional development; Support; TPACK; Teachers; Technology

Supporting teachers learning through the collaborative design of technology-enhanced science lessons - Kafyulilo, Ayoub C.; Fisser, Petra; Voogt, Joke (Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2015)
This study used the Interconnected Model of Professional Growth (Clarke & Hollingsworth in Teaching and Teacher Education, 18, 947–967, 2002) to unravel how science teachers’ technology integration knowledge and skills developed in a professional development arrangement. The professional development arrangement used Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge as a conceptual framework and included collaborative design of technology-enhanced science lessons, implementation of the lessons and reflection on outcomes. Support to facilitate the process was offered in the form of collaboration guidelines, online learning materials, exemplary lessons and the availability of an expert. Twenty teachers participated in the intervention. Pre- and post-intervention results showed improvements in teachers’ perceived and demonstrated knowledge and skills in integrating technology in science teaching. Collaboration guidelines helped the teams to understand the design process, while exemplary materials provided a picture of the product they had to design. The availability of relevant online materials simplified the design process. The expert was important in providing technological and pedagogical support during design and implementation, and reflected with teachers on how to cope with problems met during implementation.
Publisher: Routledge _eprint: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10972-015-9444-1 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1007/s10972-015-9444-1 10/gf7gx7 2339240:BKA45HWC 2339240:F3ZCM7SP 2405685:RNWUSFG4 2534378:325RP7HZ 2534378:8BHL2SZV 2534378:DDGZAF8Q 2534378:U7WD44V7 2534378:UWU5LPCD
Keywords: Design teams; Interconnected model of professional growth; Professional development; Support; TPACK; Teachers; Technology; _Source:Intuitive; _THEME: Open systems; _THEME: Teacher Professional Development; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2425910; __finaldtb

ICT use in science and mathematics teacher education in Tanzania: Developing Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge - Kafyulilo, Ayoub; Fisser, Petra; Pieters, Jules; Voogt, Joke (Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2015)
Currently, teacher education colleges in Tanzania are being equipped with computers to prepare teachers who can integrate technology in teaching. Despite these efforts, teachers are not embracing the use of technology in their teaching. This study adopted Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) as a framework for describing the knowledge and skills that pre-service teachers need to develop in order to effectively integrate technology in science and mathematics teaching. Pre-service teachers (N=22) participated in microteaching, hands-on training, collaborative lesson design in design teams, and reflection with peers. Pre- and post-assessment results of the pre-service teachers’ perceived knowledge and skills of integrating technology in teaching, showed significant changes in technology-related components of TPACK. We conclude that opportunities for pre-service teachers to participate in professional development programs that involve lesson design, teaching, evaluation and re-design, can be effective for the development of the knowledge and skills of integrating technology in science and mathematics teaching.
Number: 4 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.14742/ajet.1240 2339240:7KWSVKXS 2405685:7XN4YDQE
Keywords: TPACK; lesson design; microteaching; reflection; technology integration; training

Reflective teacher supervision through videos of classroom teaching (supervisión colaborativa docente a través de clases grabadas en video) - Kaneko-Marques, Sandra Mari (PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2015)
The main objective of this paper is to briefly present roles of different teacher supervisors according to distinct models, highlighting the importance of collaborative dialogues supported by video recordings. This paper will present results from a qualitative study of an English as a foreign language teacher education course in Brazil. The results indicated that collaborative supervision was an efficient tool to address adversities within educational contexts and that student teachers who observed their pedagogical actions through videos became more reflective and self-evaluative, as they provided a deeper analysis regarding their practice. With collaborative supervision, teacher candidates can be encouraged to recognize and understand the complexities of language learning and teaching both locally and globally.
Publisher: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Carrera 30 No. 45-03 Ciudad Universitaria, Bogotá, Colombia Cam URL: https://ezp.lib.cam.ac.uk/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1720057575?accountid=9851 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.15446/profile.v17n2.44393 2405685:E3Q476XV 2534378:8NSF3BMX 2534378:VXGS7DTC
Keywords: Brazil; Cooperation; ERIC; Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE); English (Second Language); English Teachers; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Observation; Postsecondary Education; Preservice Teacher Education; Qualitative Research; Questionnaires; Reflective Teaching; Second Language Instruction; Self Evaluation (Individuals); Student Teachers; Teacher Supervision; Video Technology; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2098468; __finaldtb

The Effects of a Technology-Aided Learning Environment on the Improvement of a Primary Special Education School - Karal, Hasan (Educational Research and Reviews, 2015)
The changes demanded by technology are reshaping people's expectations of education. These changing demands and expectations have introduced certain concepts, such as individuals who have become skilled at learning and the learning organization. Individuals and schools, as the most basic unit of educational organizations, should demonstrate a shift from traditional training toward becoming '"learning" or "effective" schools in order to survive in the world today. This requires effective implementation of technology infrastructure in schools and the integration of technology into learning environments. This study aimed to examine the impact of technology-aided learning environments on the improvement of a primary special education school where students with hearing impaired attend. The study adopted qualitative research approach and used case study as a research design. Semi-structured interviews and observations were employed for collecting necessary data. The study sample comprised a school principal, a vice principal, a staff, thirteen teachers and four parents of the students in the school. The data were analyzed qualitatively by using a descriptive analysis through the qualitative analysis software MAXQDA©. It was found that themes such as cooperation and organization for school improvement, innovation and student achievement received the highest level of emphasis. The results of the study suggest that using technology aided learning environments, helped the school to improve, changed the way of teachers' functioning and contributed to their professional development. Progress in the social and academic performances of the students was also observed.
Publisher: Academic Journals KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.5897/ERR2015.2523 10.5897/err2015.2523 10/gjj9dr 2339240:ZXNUGEXT 2405685:SHM89EW9
Keywords: Academic Achievement; Assistant Principals; Attitude Measures; Case Studies; Cooperation; Educational Innovation; Educational Technology; Elementary Education; Elementary School Teachers; Foreign Countries; Observation; Parents; Principals; Qualitative Research; School Personnel; Semi Structured Interviews; Special Education; Statistical Analysis; Teaching Methods; Technology Uses in Education; ___working_potential_duplicate

The effects of a technology-aided learning environment on the improvement of a primary special education school - Karal, Hasan (Educational Research and Reviews, 2015)
The changes demanded by technology are reshaping people’s expectations of education. These changing demands and expectations have introduced certain concepts, such as individuals who have become skilled at learning and the learning organization. Individuals and schools, as the most basic unit of educational organizations, should demonstrate a shift from traditional training toward becoming ‘learning’ or ‘effective’ schools in order to survive in the world today. This requires effective implementation of technology infrastructure in schools and the integration of technology into learning environments. This study aimed to examine the impact of technology-aided learning environments on the improvement of a primary special education school where students with hearing impaired attend. The study adopted qualitative research approach and used case study as a research design. Semi-structured interviews and observations were employed for collecting necessary data. The study sample comprised a school principal, a vice principal, a staff, thirteen teachers and four parents of the students in the school. The data were analyzed qualitatively by using a descriptive analysis through the qualitative analysis software MAXQDA©. It was found that themes such as cooperation and organization for school improvement, innovation and student achievement received the highest level of emphasis. The results of the study suggest that using technology aided learning environments, helped the school to improve, changed the way of teachers’ functioning and contributed to their professional development. Progress in the social and academic performances of the students was also observed. Key words: School development, technology, innovation, hearing impaired.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.5897/ERR2015.2523 2339240:9SHHNJCH 2405685:WQ7ZLZVW
Keywords: ___working_potential_duplicate

The socio-economic impacts of Ebola in Liberia : results from a high frequency cell phone survey round five - Kastelic, Kristen Himelein; Kastelic, Jonathan (World Bank Group, 2015)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:Z8Y4MRZH 2405685:2SXN3JHI

OER quality and adaptation in K–12: Comparing teacher evaluations of copyrightrestricted, open, and open/adapted textbooks - Kimmons, R (The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2015)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.19173/irrodl.v16i5.2341 2405685:HTDHIMNP

Influence Of Hidden Costs In Education On Students’ Participation In Public Secondary Schools In Kikuyu Sub County, Kenya - Kingori, Joseph Ndirangu (School of Education Department of Educational Administration and Planning of Nairobi University, 2015)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2405685:VJRWLGGE
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Influence Of Hidden Costs In Education On Students’ Participation In Public Secondary Schools In Kikuyu Sub County, Kenya - Kingori, Joseph Ndirangu (School of Education Department of Educational Administration and Planning of Nairobi University, 2015)
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What public media reveals about MOOCs: A systematic analysis of news reports - Kovanović, Vitomir; Joksimović, Srećko; Gašević, Dragan; Siemens, George; Hatala, Marek (British Journal of Educational Technology, 2015)
One of the striking differences between massive open online courses (MOOCs) and previous innovations in the education technology field is the unprecedented interest and involvement of the general public. As MOOCs address pressing problems in higher education and the broader educational practice, awareness of the general public debate around MOOCs is essential. Understanding the public discourse around MOOCs can provide insights into important social and public problems, thus enabling the MOOC research community to better focus their research endeavors. While there have been some reports looking at the state of the MOOC-related research, the analysis of the public debate surrounding MOOCs is still largely missing. In this paper, we present the results of a study that looked at the content of the public discourse related to MOOCs. We identified the most important themes and topics in MOOC-related mainstream news reports. Our results indicate that coverage of MOOCs in public media is rapidly decreasing: by the middle of 2014, it decreased by almost 50% from the highest activity during 2013. In addition, the focus of those discussions is also changing. While the majority of discussions during 2012 and 2013 were focused on MOOC providers, the announcements of their partnerships, and million dollar investments, the current focus of MOOC discourse seems to be moving toward more productive topics focused on the overall position of MOOCs in the global educational landscape. Among different topics that this study discovered, government-related issues and the use of data and analytics are some of the topics that seem to be growing in popularity during the first half of 2014.
shortDOI: 10/f7d7r2 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1111/bjet.12277 10/f7d7r2 2339240:4ZXLTE27 2339240:KG6GUHWW 2405685:LXEQ2JCJ
Keywords: Reviewed

A Survey of Autism of Knowledge in an Early Childhood Teacher’s District of Central Java - Kristiana, Ika Febrian; Widayanti, Costrie Ganes (Psychological Transformation Towards Developing Characterized Human Being, 2015)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:QNRB4ZUB 2405685:EKDYAEX5
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found; ⛔ No INSPIRE recid found

Focus Group Interviewing - Krueger, Richard A.; Casey, Mary Anne (Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation, 2015)
This chapter discusses using focus groups as a component of an evaluation strategy. It focuses on both the benefits and the limitations of using this method and also offers suggestions for the effective use of focus group interviewing in an evaluation. Focus groups are a wonderful method for gathering information for formative and summative evaluations. A key role is the study team leader, sometimes called the principal investigator (PI), who takes on the overall leadership of the study. Team members work together to complete the study, but individuals take primary responsibility for certain tasks. The chapter describes these tasks and roles. Successful focus group studies are grounded on five key steps: planning, developing questions, recruiting, moderating, and analyzing. Each of these steps is critical to success. Those who seek to have successful focus groups should be attentive to performing each step with care, thought, and skill.
Section: 20 _eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/9781119171386.ch20 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1002/9781119171386.ch20 2339240:8GHGGSG3 2405685:CYKMJX8Q
Keywords: classic analysis strategy; focus group interviewing; focus group recruitment; formative evaluations; study team leader; summative evaluations

IDEAS BOX: AN INNOVATING PSYCHOSOCIAL TOOL FOR EMERGENCY SITUATIONS IMPACT STUDY IN THE KAVUMU AND BWAGIRISA CAMPS - BURUNDI - Lachal, C (2015)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:V9XTARAH 2405685:3VM5KNHM

Use ICT to provide access to content, professional development and professional learning communities (Recommendation 7) - Lawrie, J.; Hennessy, S.; Haßler, Björn; Phalachandra (Where it's needed most: quality professional development for all teachers, 2015)
EdTechHub.Source: 2129771:KQGAREE9 EdTechHub.Source: 2129771:KQGAREE9 Book DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.2044.3761 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:KQGAREE9 2339240:CBYR6TWI 2405685:8Q6BDGWE 2405685:PKLI25VA 2405685:ZIXCZS28 2534378:DMKTGVXQ
Keywords: C:Fragile contexts; docs.opendeved.net

Recommendation 7: Use ICT to provide access to content, professional development and professional learning communities - Lawrie, J.; Hennessy, Sara; Haßler, Björn; Phalachandra; Lawrie, J. (Where it's needed most: Quality professional development for all teachers, 2015)
EdTechHub.Source: 2129771:KQGAREE9 EdTechHub.Source: 2129771:KQGAREE9 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:KQGAREE9 2405685:PKLI25VA
Keywords: C:Fragile contexts; dode_eth-src-dode; dode_eth-trf2-dode

Review of International Research on Factors Underlying Teacher Absenteeism. - Lee, Mary; Goodman, Crystal; Dandapani, Nitara; Kekahio, Wendy (Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific, 2015)
Throughout the U.S.-affiliated Pacific Region, teacher absenteeism has posed a long-standing challenge. This report draws on research literature from international contexts and case studies to identify the underlying factors that may relate to teacher absenteeism. Resources included in this report were selected with a focus on non-U.S. Pacific entities and emerging economy contexts that might be most relevant to the U.S.-affiliated Pacific Islands. Different search parameters were used to determine the scope of U.S./international literature to include in the review. The report found five main themes to consider in relation to teacher absenteeism: pay structure (for example, direct or indirect working relationship with the school), management (for example, school governance), working conditions (for example, school culture or single- vs. multi-grade classroom structure), community conditions (for example, teachers' proximity to the school), and social and cultural responsibilities (for example, illness, funeral attendance, and care of family members). Predictors of absenteeism vary across place and context. Given the diversity of Pacific Region communities, stakeholders should examine the extent to which the context and results of the research in this review correspond to the social, structural, cultural, and environmental characteristics of their own contexts. The following are appended: (1) Data and methodology; and (2) Viewing absenteeism through an international lens. A list of selected literature on teacher absenteeism in the United States is also included.
Publication Title: Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:QK98HZNR 2405685:B77I7YF6
Keywords: Academic Rank (Professional); Accountability; Case Studies; Community Characteristics; Correlation; Cross Cultural Studies; Cultural Context; Cultural Influences; Elementary School Teachers; Family Work Relationship; Foreign Countries; Institutional Characteristics; Predictor Variables; Proximity; Sanctions; School Administration; School Culture; School Location; Social Influences; Teacher Attendance; Teacher Salaries; Teaching Conditions; Work Environment

Teaching Writing with Radio - Levine, Sarah; Franzel, Johanna (English Journal, 2015)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2405685:PTDACQYM
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Is civil society in trouble in Bangladesh? - Lewis, D (2015)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:ESCEXEUH 2405685:IJQ2EZ6Y

Live video classroom observation: an effective approach to reducing reactivity in collecting observational information for teacher professional development - Liang, Jiwen (Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2015)
This paper examines the significance of live video classroom observations of teaching practice to reduce reactivity (the observer effect) so as to obtain more credible observational information for teacher professional development in a secondary school in the largest city in southern China. Although much has been discussed regarding the use of remote live video classroom observation for professional development, the advantage of remote live video classroom observation in reducing reactivity has often been overlooked. Using the case study method, the research reported here focuses on two components: conducting live video classroom observation and the use of the live video classroom observation in reducing reactivity. This paper suggests that live video classroom observation is effective in reducing reactivity and helps avoid subjective judgement and increase feedback sources, thus providing a solution to compensate for the limitations of traditional classroom observations.
Publisher: Routledge, Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106 Cam URL: https://ezp.lib.cam.ac.uk/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1720065888?accountid=9851 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1080/02607476.2015.1045314 2339240:VQ7H8WUD 2405685:63X8MEP4 2534378:69WEYDDC 2534378:6KGYG6GM 2534378:NCYRP586
Keywords: Administrator Attitudes; Case Studies; Case studies; China; Classroom Observation Techniques; Classroom observation; ERIC; Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE); Education; Effectiveness; Faculty Development; Feedback; Feedback (Response); Foreign Countries; Interviews; Principals; Professional development; Qualitative Research; Secondary Education; Secondary School Teachers; Secondary schools; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher education; Teaching; Teaching Methods; Teaching methods; Video; Video Technology; Video recordings; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2096967; __finaldtb

Live video classroom observation: an effective approach to reducing reactivity in collecting observational information for teacher professional development - Liang, Jiwen (Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2015)
This paper examines the significance of live video classroom observations of teaching practice to reduce reactivity (the observer effect) so as to obtain more credible observational information for teacher professional development in a secondary school in the largest city in southern China. Although much has been discussed regarding the use of remote live video classroom observation for professional development, the advantage of remote live video classroom observation in reducing reactivity has often been overlooked. Using the case study method, the research reported here focuses on two components: conducting live video classroom observation and the use of the live video classroom observation in reducing reactivity. This paper suggests that live video classroom observation is effective in reducing reactivity and helps avoid subjective judgement and increase feedback sources, thus providing a solution to compensate for the limitations of traditional classroom observations.
Publisher: Routledge, Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106 Cam URL: https://ezp.lib.cam.ac.uk/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1720065888?accountid=9851 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1080/02607476.2015.1045314 2405685:XGZM5SEC 2534378:69WEYDDC 2534378:6KGYG6GM 2534378:NCYRP586
Keywords: Administrator Attitudes; Case Studies; Case studies; China; Classroom Observation Techniques; Classroom observation; ERIC; Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE); Education; Effectiveness; Faculty Development; Feedback; Feedback (Response); Foreign Countries; Interviews; Principals; Professional development; Qualitative Research; Secondary Education; Secondary School Teachers; Secondary schools; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher education; Teaching; Teaching Methods; Teaching methods; Video; Video Technology; Video recordings; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2096967; __finaldtb

基于 iPad 的民汉双语电子教材开发与应用研究 [Research on the development and application of bilingual electronic textbooks based on iPad] - Liu, Junling; Zhang, Yawei (中小学电教 [Primary and Middle School Educational Technology], 2015)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2405685:FE44MKVM 4042040:YCQ2YEGF
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

RobotReviewer: evaluation of a system for automatically assessing bias in clinical trials - Marshall, I.J.; Kuiper, J; Wallace, B.C. (Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 2015)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1093/jamia/ocv044 2405685:TC54HZAF 2486141:BS2JKIXZ
Keywords: _Added-ailr-2024

Using Behavioral Insights to Increase Parental Engagement: The Parents and Children Together (PACT) Intervention - Mayer, Susan; Kalil, Ariel; Oreopoulos, Philip; Gallegos, Sebastian (National Bureau of Economic Research, 2015)
Parent engagement with their children plays an important role in children’s eventual economic success and numerous studies have documented large gaps in parent engagement between low- and higher-income families. While we know remarkably little about what motivates parents to engage in their children’s development, recent research suggests that ignoring or discounting the future may inhibit parental investment, while certain behavioral tools may help offset this tendency. This paper reports results from a randomized field experiment designed to increase the time that parents of children in subsidized preschool programs spend reading to their children using an electronic reading application that audio and video records parents as they read. The treatment included three behavioral tools (text reminders, goal-setting, and social rewards) as well as information about the importance of reading to children. The treatment increased usage of the reading application by one standard deviation after the six-week intervention. Our evidence suggests that the large effect size is not accounted for by the information component of the intervention and that the treatment impact was much greater for parents who are more present-oriented than for parents who are less present-oriented.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.3386/w21602 2339240:EL2K2P22 2405685:YMUAPKYZ

Improving learning in primary schools of developing countries: A meta-analysis of randomized experiments - McEwan, Patrick J (Review of Educational Research, 2015)
I gathered 77 randomized experiments (with 111 treatment arms) that evaluated the effects of school-based interventions on learning in developing-country primar...
shortDOI: 10/gffcft KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.3102/0034654314553127 10/gffcft 2339240:4CYWD7HQ 2339240:5TEM84GR 2339240:FPJMURKN 2405685:4MDDDTT3 2405685:JJTJ9ZU4 2405685:LVFMRKVH 2405685:LX62SZBQ 2405685:R3FHIKE5 2405685:RPZUGZZT 2405685:RXJPQTEE 2534378:GY58MBF5
Keywords: _Source:Intuitive

Taking Stock of the Global Partnership for Development (MDG 8) - MDG Gap Task Force (UN, 2015)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:CYGTZC2F 2405685:Z5UC38NR

Experimental Evaluation of the Tools of the Mind Pre-K Curriculum. Fidelity of Implementation Technical Report. Working Paper. - Meador, Deanna; Nesbitt, Kimberly; Farran, Dale (Peabody Research Institute, 2015)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:L4A7AVPJ 2405685:XUU75HEM
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Potential benefits from sub-700 MHz spectrum in Pakistan - Miller, Tim; Jervis, Val; Burns, John; Wongsaroj, Sarongrat; Hogg, Tim (GSMA, 2015)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2405685:JCMK2Q9D

Education and Sports Sector Development Plan (2016–2020) - Ministry of Education and Sports (Lao People’s Democratic Republic, 2015)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:VEFH9V4G 2405685:7FV3FH4U
Keywords: ⛔ No INSPIRE recid found

Viet Nam National Education for All 2015 review - Ministry of Education and Training, Vietnam (UNESCO, 2015)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:833JT9L2 2405685:BF33BQNR

ICT competency standards for teachers in Tanzania - Ministry of Education and Vocational Training; UNESCO Office Dar es Salaam (United Republic of Tanzania, 2015)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:L5MM9267 2405685:Q4N43P4R

Education Sector Performance Report - Ministry of Education, Ghana (Ministry of Education (Ghana), 2015)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:SZFMSGZN 2405685:CIRCX7R6

ICT in Education Policy - Ministry of Education, Ghana (2015)
EdTechHub.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2405685:7ERX5YSD

Computer technology in education: evidence from a pooled study of computer assisted learning programs among rural students in China - Mo, Di; Huang, Weiming; Shi, Yaojiang; Zhang, Linxiu; Boswell, Matthew; Rozelle, Scott (China Economic Review, 2015)
There is a great degree of heterogeneity among the studies that investigate whether computer technologies improve education and how students beneﬁt from them – if at all. The overall goal of this study is to assess the effectiveness of computing technologies to raise educational performance and non-cognitive outcomes and identify what program components are most effective in doing so. To achieve this aim we pool the data sets of ﬁve separate studies about computer technology programs that include observations of 16,856 students from 171 primary schools across three provinces in China. We ﬁnd that overall computing technologies have positive and signiﬁcant impacts on student academic achievement in both math and in Chinese. The programs are found to be more effective if they are implemented out-of-school, avoiding what appear to be substitution effects when programs are run during school. The programs also have heterogeneous effects by gender. Speciﬁcally, boys gain more than girls in Chinese. We did not ﬁnd heterogeneous effects by student initial achievement levels. We also found that the programs that help students learn math—but not Chinese—have positive impacts on student self-efﬁcacy.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1016/j.chieco.2015.09.001 2339240:A5M4MBX2 2405685:8HEWT634

Preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (prisma-p) 2015 statement - Moher, D.; Shamseer, L.; Clarke, M.; Ghersi, D.; Liberati, A.; Petticrew, M.; Shekelle, P.; Stewart, L. (Systematic Reviews, 2015)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2405685:5CND5AP6
Keywords: ___working_potential_duplicate; ❓ Multiple DOI

Preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (prisma-p) 2015 statement - Moher, D.; Shamseer, L.; Clarke, M.; Ghersi, D.; Liberati, A.; Petticrew, M.; Shekelle, P.; Stewart, L. (Systematic Reviews, 2015)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2405685:5CND5AP6
Keywords: ___working_potential_duplicate; auto_merged; ❓ Multiple DOI

Developing and piloting interactive physics experiments for secondary schools in Tanzania - Msoka, Vidate C; Mtebe, Joel S; Kissaka, Mussa M; Kalinga, Ellen C (Journal of Learning for Development, 2015)
Students in secondary schools in Tanzania have been facing difficulties in conducting laboratory experiments. This has been due to the acute shortage of laboratory facilities and poor teaching methodologies. Consequently, students perceive science subjects as unattractive, difficult and irrelevant to understanding the world around them. An interactive physics experiment was developed and piloted in two schools with 157 students to investigate whether interactive experiments can be used as an alternative to physical experiments. Results show that students found the interactive experiment was easier and more efficient, and, therefore, can be used as an alternative to physical experiments.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:XHD7QLC5 2405685:MHEIT7PV
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Using mobile phones in teaching and learning in secondary schools in Tanzania - Msuya, Ombeni (International Journal of Education and Research, 2015)
This paper discusses some of the findings from a recent cross-sectional survey that examined how secondary schools’ teachers use their mobile phones in teaching and learning. The participants were drawn from Mwanga and Chamwino districts in Kilimanjaro and Dodoma regions respectively in Tanzania. A large area of the study location enjoys are liable mobile phones’ coverage network, many mobile phones’ service providers and reliable wireless internet. This study involved 100 teachers from public and private secondary schools obtained using purposive sampling.These teachers were only those who owned smart phones.The study used likerty-type questionnaires and semi-structured interview to collect data for understanding the contribution of teachers’ mobile phones in teaching and learning process in secondary schools. The 90(90%) questionnaires were filled and returned,while 10 (10%) questionnaires were not returned. The study found that most of the teachers had little knowledge on the use of mobile phones as a tool for ICT pedagogical uses. It was also revealed that the teachers were competent in the basic uses of mobile phones,but were not able to create upload, download and share academic resources through their smart phones;while others were not aware of the capacity of their mobile phones. It was revealed that mobile phones were relevant in teaching and learning in secondary schools. Moreover, majority of the secondary school teachers were not using their smart phones for educational purposes;instead,they used them for other non-educational activities. It was furthermore revealed that teachers were very bitter for allowing their students to carry mobile phones in the classroom.
Accepted: 2020-08-24T09:24:45Z Publisher: Contemporary Research Center KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:C9REPJXL 2405685:A7ERTQV9
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

The Promise of Lean Experimentation - Murray, Peter; Ma, Steve (Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR), 2015)
By adopting a model from business, nonprofit organizations can launch, test, and implement new programs and services more efficiently. Includes magazine extras.
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Toolkit on gender-sensitive participatory evaluation methods - Murthy, Ranjani K. (Institute of Social Studies Trust, 2015)
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Keywords: Feminism; Feminist theory; India; Research; Sex discrimination against women; Women's studies

Towards inclusive education in Tanzania: A study of pre-service student teachers training and percieved needs to practice inclusive education - Muyungu, Emmanuel Geofrey (University of Oslo, 2015)
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Design of a Braille Learning Application for Visually Impaired Students in Bangladesh - Nahar, Lutfun; Jaafar, Azizah; Ahamed, Eistiak; Kaish, A. B. M. A. (Assistive Technology, 2015)
Visually impaired students (VIS) are unable to get visual information, which has made their learning process complicated. This paper discusses the overall situation of VIS in Bangladesh and identifies major challenges that they are facing in getting education. The Braille system is followed to educate blind students in Bangladesh. However, lack of Braille based educational resources and technological solutions have made the learning process lengthy and complicated for VIS. As a developing country, Bangladesh cannot afford for the costly Braille related technological tools for VIS. Therefore, a mobile phone based Braille application, “mBRAILLE”, for Android platform is designed to provide an easy Braille learning technology for VIS in Bangladesh. The proposed design is evaluated by experts in assistive technology for students with disabilities, and advanced learners of Braille. The application aims to provide a Bangla and English Braille learning platform for VIS. In this paper, we depict iterative (participatory) design of the application along with a preliminary evaluation with 5 blind subjects, and 1 sighted and 2 blind experts. The results show that the design scored an overall satisfaction level of 4.53 out of 5 by all respondents, indicating that our design is ready for the next step of development.
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Keywords: Visually Impaired Students (VIS); ___working_potential_duplicate; android platform; braille; education for VIS; mobile application

Promoting teaching and learning in Ghanaian Basic Schools through ICT - Natia, James; Al-hassan, Seidu (International Journal of Education and Development using ICT, 2015)
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Making ‘Impact Factor’ Impactful: Universities, Think Tanks and Policy Research in Pakistan - Naveed, Arif; Suleri, Abid Q. (Think Tank Initiative, 2015)
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Kids hacker camps in Kenya | Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development - Ndaiga, Wachira; Salim, Anne (2015)
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Ways in Which Community Involvement May Influence Girls’ Education in Senegal - Ndiaye, Babou (2015)
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The impact of information provision on human capital accumulation and child labor in Peru - Neilson, Christopher; Gallego, Francisco; Molina, Oswaldo (Innovations for Poverty Action, 2015)
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Preparedness of Public Secondary Schools on the Use of Information Communication Technology In Teaching and Learning in Mukurweini, Nyeri County - Ngatia, Paul Kamau (2015)
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iPads in higher education—Hype and hope - Nguyen, Lemai; Barton, Siew Mee; Nguyen, Linh Thuy (British Journal of Educational Technology, 2015)
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Abigisha n'abiga mu Rwanda babonye ubumenyi bwo kuvuga haba muri Kinyarwanda n'Icyongereza nyuma ya 2008-2011 bikurikiranye na politiki-y'indimi-mu burezi - Niyibizi, Epimaque (Rwanda Journal of Education, 2015)
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Ururimi rwa Kinyarwanda mu burezi ibihe: umugani cyangwa ukuri? - Niyomugabo, Cyprien (Journal of Educational Research and Review, 2015)
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Financing Education in Nigeria: Opportunities for Action - Nwoko, Chinedum (2015)
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Pisa for Development: Capacity needs analysis: Tanzania - OECD (OECD; World Bank, 2015)
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Students, Computers and Learning: Making the Connection - OECD (OECD Publishing, 2015)
Are there computers in the classroom? Does it matter? Students, Computers and Learning: Making the Connection examines how students’ access to and use of information and communication technology (ICT) devices has evolved in recent years, and explores how education systems and schools are integrating ICT into students’ learning experiences. Based on results from PISA 2012, the report discusses differences in access to and use of ICT – what are collectively known as the “digital divide” – that are related to students’ socio-economic status, gender, geographic location, and the school a child attends. The report highlights the importance of bolstering students’ ability to navigate through digital texts. It also examines the relationship among computer access in schools, computer use in classrooms, and performance in the PISA assessment. As the report makes clear, all students first need to be equipped with basic literacy and numeracy skills so that they can participate fully in the hyper-connected, digitised societies of the 21st century.
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OER4Schools | Home - OER4Schools (2015)
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Pakistan EdTech Landscape: Using Technology as a Force Multiplier to address the Educational Emergency - Osama, Athar; Imran, Zia; Jamshan, Walia (2015)
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Prospective teachers' teaching experience: teacher learning through the use of video - Osmanoglu, Aslihan (Educational Research, 2015)
Background: Future teachers need to observe, interpret and analyse teaching during the initial teacher education period. The use of videoed teaching and learning in teacher education promotes reflection, and analysing videos of teaching is helpful in learning effective classroom practices that prospective teachers mostly do not have the chance to observe during fieldwork experiences. The analysis of videos of teaching can be seen as a way to enhance the development of prospective teachers' professional vision, which, in turn, improves instruction. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine prospective teachers' reflections on video examples depicting their own teaching experiences. It aimed to create a professional development environment to facilitate the prospective teachers' reflection on their own videos and those of their peers to improve their professional vision. Sample: This study was conducted with over 200 (in 31 groups) third-year prospective mathematics teachers in a university in Western Turkey. The student teachers, receiving training to teach first- to fourth-grade elementary school pupils, were taking a teaching methods course. Design and methods: In the first week of the semester, the student teachers, working in groups, were assigned mathematics topics to teach the elementary school pupils. During the semester, each group prepared by trying out their activities in front of other student teachers in other groups. At the end of the semester, one student teacher from each group presented a short lesson related to their mathematical topic to the elementary school pupils. This lesson was videotaped, then later it was watched and discussed by the student teachers. Of the student teachers who undertook the teaching in the videos, 22 volunteers agreed to be interviewed. All groups of student teachers provided written reflections on their experience. Selected videos of the class discussions about the videos of teaching were also used for triangulation. The data were analysed to identify the issues the prospective teachers reflected upon. A content analysis technique was employed. Results: The data indicated that the prospective teachers were able to reflect on several issues related to effective teaching, connect their theoretical knowledge to their practice and consider issues related to pupil learning and difficulties. Conclusion: The findings suggested that the use of video, together with discussions between the student teachers, had the potential to create promising learning opportunities for prospective teachers.
Publisher: Routledge, Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106 Cam URL: https://ezp.lib.cam.ac.uk/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1826519864?accountid=9851 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1080/00131881.2015.1117321 2339240:IDCYSM7U 2339240:JN6DATHN 2405685:8R9AMXSP 2405685:UXX82Q2E 2534378:2ENRXCPY 2534378:6ZC4QF9U 2534378:CZGC7EHH
Keywords: Case Method (Teaching Technique); Case Studies; Case-based pedagogy; Content Analysis; Data Analysis; Discussion (Teaching Technique); EDUCATION of student teachers; EFFECTIVE teaching; ELEMENTARY school teachers; ERIC; Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE); Educational Benefits; Electronic Learning; Elementary Education; Elementary School Teachers; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Knowledge Base for Teaching; Learning Activities; Mathematics Teachers; Methods Courses; Microteaching; Outcomes of Education; PROFESSIONAL education; Postsecondary Education; Preservice Teacher Education; Preservice Teachers; Reflective Teaching; Student Teacher Attitudes; Student Teachers; TEACHER education; TEACHING methods; TRAINING of student teachers; Teacher Effectiveness; Teaching Experience; Theory Practice Relationship; Turkey; Video Technology; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2096187; __finaldtb; class discussions; prospective teacher education; reflection; video case study

Quality models in online and open education around the globe: State of the art and recommendations - Ossiannilsson, Ebba; Williams, Keith; Brown, Mark (Distance Education, 2015)
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A design based research framework for implementing a transnational mobile and blended learning solution - Palalas, Agnieszka; Berezin, Nicole; Gunawardena, Charlotte; Kramer, Gretchen (International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning (IJMBL), 2015)
The article proposes a modified Design-Based Research (DBR) framework which accommodates the various socio-cultural factors that emerged in the longitudinal PA-HELP research study at Central University College (CUC) in Ghana, Africa. A transnational team of stakeholders from Ghana, Canada, and the USA collaborated on the development, implementation, and subsequent modification of the DBR framework. The recommended framework is a result of lessons learned during this project in Ghana and as such, it is shaped by the need to be responsive to the local cultural and contextual contingencies. The article offers practical recommendations on the implementation of a mobile learning project in a cross-cultural setting, and provides a discussion of the salient cultural factors and the corresponding culturally-sensitive adaptations needed in the design research process. The Cross-Culture Design-Based Research (CC-DBR) framework is proposed to inform future transcultural m-learning studies.
Publisher: IGI Global KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.4018/ijmbl.2015100104 10/ggn3w3 2339240:UURH3JJF 2405685:SR6TDQ4M

Continued progress: promising evidence on personalized learning - Pane, John F.; Steiner, Elizabeth D.; Baird, Matthew D.; Hamilton, Laura S. (RAND Corporation, 2015)
Students at schools that offer personalized ways to learn (e.g., competency-based progression, flexible learning environments) made significant gains in mathematics and reading. Also, the lowest-performing students made substantial gains relative to their peers.
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Keywords: Potential Usefulness: M

The Effectiveness of Using Technology in English Language Classrooms in Government Primary Schools in Bangladesh - Parvin, Ruxana Hossain; Salam, Shaikh Flint (FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education, 2015)
Across the globe, governments of different countries have recognized the importance and value of digital technologies in language learning. This article is based on the pilot project of Save the Children using information and communication technology (ICT) in education. Through this initiative, interactive multimedia software based on national curriculum of English Class 4 were developed and tested in selected government primary schools. The pre-intervention survey indicated that the teachers do not have the language competence to confidently facilitate English classes using the Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) approach. The results of the project showed that the use of audio-visual content has strong potential for enhancing and promoting interactive language classes. However, the success of the program depends on how the technology is designed and implemented and how the teachers are trained to use it.
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Prevalence of ADHD in primary school children in Vinh Long, Vietnam - Pham, Hoai Danh; Nguyen, Huu Bao Han; Tran, Diep Tuan (Pediatrics International, 2015)
Background Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most common behavioral disorder in children. It affects not only the subjects but also their families and society. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of ADHD in primary school children in South Vietnam, especially Vinh Long province. Method Children were chosen randomly from primary schools in Vinh Long from February to March in 2009 in a cross-sectional study to determine the prevalence of ADHD using the ADHD Rating Scale-IV for parents/caregivers and teachers. ADHD Rating Scale-IV was based on DSM-IV for diagnosis of ADHD. Results A total of 600 children were chosen and 1200 reports were collected from parents/caregivers and teachers. The prevalence rate of ADHD was 7.7%. The rates of the predominantly inattentive type, predominantly hyperactive type and combined type were 1.7%, 5% and 1%, respectively. The difference in sex was not significant across all subtypes. The prevalence of ADHD in urban children was 2.2-fold that in rural children. Conclusion The prevalence of ADHD in primary school children in Vinh Long, southern Vietnam, is in the same range as other regions in the world. Therefore, awareness of ADHD needs to be raised, to ensure suitable psychiatric care for children.
6 citations (Crossref) [2024-04-29] _eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/ped.12656 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1111/ped.12656 2339240:5UZK54AT 2405685:P9K8M924
Keywords: Vietnam; attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; prevalence; primary school child; ⛔ No INSPIRE recid found

Reading Skill Transfer across Languages: Outcomes from Longitudinal Bilingual Randomized Control Trials in Kenya and Haiti. - Piper, Benjamin; Bulat, Jennae; Johnston, Andrew (Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2015)
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Pro-Poor PRIMR: Improving Early Literacy Skills for Children from Low-Income Families in Kenya - Piper, Benjamin; Jepkemei, Evelyn; Kibukho, Kennedy (Africa Education Review, 2015)
Children from low-income families are at risk of learning outcome difficulties, particularly in literacy. Various studies link poor literacy results with performance later in primary and secondary school, and suggest that poverty, literacy skills and weak instructional methods combine to drastically limit the educational opportunities for many poor children. The Primary Math and Reading (PRIMR) Initiative was designed to support the learning gains of Class 1 and 2 pupils in seven counties across Kenya. PRIMR uses a randomised controlled trial design to establish the effect of its intervention and employs basic literacy measures to estimate causal effects. This study shows that PRIMR has been effective for children from low-income families and that early literacy interventions can mitigate socio-economic effects. The findings suggest that efforts to improve literacy outcomes for the poor should begin early in primary school. Strategies for ensuring that instruction is equitable across socio-economic status are advocated.
Publisher: Routledge KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1080/18146627.2015.1036566 2339240:PG45F94W 2405685:772V2TVY
Keywords: Achievement Gains; Causal Models; Control Groups; Early Intervention; Early Reading; Educational Improvement; Effect Size; Emergent Literacy; Experimental Groups; Foreign Countries; Grade 1; Grade 2; Low Income Students; Oral Reading; Poverty; Randomized Controlled Trials; Reading Comprehension; Reading Fluency; Reading Tests; Regression (Statistics); School Effectiveness; Skill Development; Socioeconomic Status

Kenya’s ICT policy in practice: The effectiveness of tablets and e-readers in improving student outcomes - Piper, Benjamin; Jepkemei, Evelyn; Kwayumba, Dunston; Kibukho, Kennedy (FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education, 2015)
Kenya is investing in information and communication technology (ICT) to improve children's learning outcomes. However, the literature on ICT is pessimistic about the ability of ICT alone to improve outcomes, and few ICT programs have created the instructional change necessary to increase learning. The Primary Math and Reading (PRIMR) Initiative implemented a randomized controlled trial of three ICT interventions to enhance learning outcomes: tablets for instructional supervisors, tablets for teachers, and e-readers for students. All three showed significant impacts in English and Kiswahili above the results of the control group. The impacts of the three interventions were not statistically significantly different from each other. Based on the findings, we recommend that Kenyan policy makers embed ICT interventions in a larger instructional reform, using ICT to support particular instructional improvement challenges. We also suggest that policy makers incorporate empirically derived cost-effectiveness analysis into investment decisions, to ensure that ICT provides value for money.
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Keywords: African Languages; Control Groups; Cost Effectiveness; ERIC; Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE); Educational Policy; Educational Practices; Elementary Secondary Education; English (Second Language); Experimental Groups; Foreign Countries; Handheld Devices; Intervention; Kenya; Literacy; Outcomes of Education; Program Effectiveness; Randomized Controlled Trials; Reading Achievement; Student Improvement; Technology Uses in Education; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2096974; ___working_potential_duplicate; __finaldtb

Development of early mathematical skills with a tablet intervention: a randomized control trial in Malawi - Pitchford, Nicola J. (Frontiers in Psychology, 2015)
Evaluation of educational interventions is necessary prior to wide-scale rollout. Yet very few rigorous studies have been conducted on the effectiveness of tablet-based interventions, especially in the early years and in developing countries. This study reports a randomized control trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a tablet intervention for supporting the development of early mathematical skills in primary school children in Malawi. A total sample of 318 children, spanning Standards 1–3, attending a medium-sized urban primary school, were randomized to one of three groups: maths tablet intervention, non-maths tablet control, and standard face-to-face practice. Children were pre-tested using tablets at the start of the school year on two tests of mathematical knowledge and a range of basic skills related to scholastic progression. Class teachers then delivered the intervention over an 8-weeks period, for the equivalent of 30-min per day. Technical support was provided from the local Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO). Children were then post-tested on the same assessments as given at pre-test. A final sample of 283 children, from Standards 1–3, present at both pre- and post-test, was analyzed to investigate the effectiveness of the maths tablet intervention. Significant effects of the maths tablet intervention over and above standard face-to-face practice or using tablets without the maths software were found in Standards 2 and 3. In Standard 3 the greater learning gains shown by the maths tablet intervention group compared to both of the control groups on the tablet-based assessments transferred to paper and pencil format, illustrating generalization of knowledge gained. Thus, tablet technology can effectively support early years mathematical skills in developing countries if the software is carefully designed to engage the child in the learning process and the content is grounded in a solid well-constructed curriculum appropriate for the child’s developmental stage.
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Keywords: Evaluation; Mathematics; Tablets; Technology; ___working_potential_duplicate; intervention; primary school; randomized control trial

Ebola: beyond the health emergency - Plan International (Plan International, 2015)
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Mixed methods research: A guide to the field - Plano Clark, Vicki L.; Ivankova, Nataliya V. (Sage Publications, 2015)
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Decision No. 498/QD-TTg Approving the "Reduction of child marriage and close-kin marriage in ethnic minority areas during 2015-2025" scheme - Prime Minister, Socialist Republic of Vietnam (2015)
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Factors determining digital divide in Ghana's basic schools - Quaicoe, James Sunney; Pata, Kai (2015 IST-Africa Conference, 2015)
This paper explores the concept of digital divide (DD) in Ghana’s basic schools in Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis in Western Region. We tested the ICT culture variables as well as school location factor in respect to school’s digital divide. A survey sample contained 17 regional city schools from three different locations – central city in the region, towns away from the central city, and village schools. The survey instrument was developed with ten ICT culture variables. The variables in the instrument met the Cronbach’s Alpha threshold value of α = 0.70. Data was analysed with Descriptive statistics, Hierarchical Cluster analysis, Independent t-test, and Canonical discriminant analysis. We found that school location did not determine the schools DD, nonetheless the schools were digitally divided, – 2 clusters were found among schools. This DD was determined by certain ICT culture variables: Teacher’s ICT competences and the usage of ICT in Teacher’s professional practice were paramount.
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