Commonalities and specificities of authentic leadership in Ghana and New Zealand - Owusu-Bempah, Justice; Addison, Ramzi; Fairweather, John (Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2014)
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Curriculum leadership: readings for developing quality educational programs - Parkay, Forrest; Anctil, Eric; Hass, Glen (Prentice Hall, 2014)
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The effect of blended instruction on accelerated learning - Patchan, Melissa M.; Schunn, Christian D.; Sieg, Wilfried; McLaughlin, Dawn (Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2014)
The effect of blended instruction on accelerated learning
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USAID/Kenya Primary Math and Reading (PRIMR) Initiative: Kisumu Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Intervention. Endline Report. - Piper, B.; Kwayumba, D. (Research Triangle Institute (RTI), 2014)
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The Primary Math and Reading Initiative (PRIMR) - Piper, Benjamin; Kwayumba, Dunston (2014)
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Student data: Trust, transparency, and the role of consent - Polonetsky, Jules; Jerome, Joseph (Future of Privacy Forum (FPF), 2014)
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Educational Technology Topic Guide - Power, Tom (Health and Education Advice Resource Team, 2014)
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Tangerine: Mobile Assessments Made Easy - Principles for Digital Development (Principles for Digital Development, 2014)
Overview Tangerine is an open source software application initially designed to collect and analyze reading and mathematics assessment data in primary schools (typically grades one through four), most commonly in low-income countries. Data collectors use the Tangerine platform on mobile devices like tablets and smartphones to administer the Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA) and Early […]
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The risks to education systems from design mismatch and global isomorphism - Pritchett, Lant (World Institute for Development Economics Research, 2014)
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Data Innovation for Policymaking - Pulse Lab Jakarta (2014)
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Culture, Gender and Technology Enhanced Learning: Female and Male Students' Perceptions across three Countries - Richter, Thomas; Zelenkauskaite, Asta (International Conference e-Learning, 2014)
With the on-going “Learning Culture Survey”, we aim to foster the implementation of culture-sensitive education. The motivation of this study is based on the need of a better understanding of the reasons for intercultural conflicts in education. These issues are particularly pertinent to international learning scenarios, such as in urban education, or Internet-based e-Learning. The results of this research are geared towards a development of activities that prevent students from losing their initial learning motivation. With our standardized questionnaire, we collected and analysed data from Germany, Ghana, and South Korea. In such a comparative culture-related analysis, the population is usually considered as a whole, regardless of the respondents’ socio-cultural differences and assuming a single representative value per item. In this paper, we first analyse and discuss the results of our questionnaire' section “Gender Issues”. Afterwards, we analyse the overall questionnaire data to focus on the extent to which female and male students’ answers differed. Finally, we engage in a discussion to what degree these differences impact the design of e-Learning scenarios.
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Moving from the margins: Mainstreaming persons with disabilities in Pakistan - Roman, Stephan; Bartel-Ellis, Fiona; Upton, Peter (2014)
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A comparative analysis of e-learning policy formulation in the European Union and the United States: discursive convergence and divergence - Roumell Erichsen, Elizabeth; Salajan, Florin D. (Comparative Education Review, 2014)
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Promoting proper education for sustainability: An exploratory study of ICT enhanced Problem Based Learning in a developing country - Roy, Amit; Kihoza, Patrick; Suhonen, Jarkko; Vesisenaho, Mikko; Tukiaianen, Markku (International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology (IJEDICT), 2014)
One of the goals of education is to create responsible citizens who can adequately understand the problems faced by their societies and who can then act to help solve them. Such behaviour can be fostered through proper education that facilitates expert knowledge about social issues, nurtures the ability to think critically and learns the skills needed to pro-actively search for possible solutions. Through this study we aimed to develop an Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) supported pedagogical framework, Children as Agents of Social Change (CASC), as a possible vehicle to facilitate appropriate education about social issues. This article analyses the first implementation of the CASC framework carried out at schools in Tanzania. Forest fires in Tanzania are often caused by human activity and education about this pressing problem needs to be provisioned on a large scale. However, due to a lack of teachers and teacher expertise, this is not the reality. With help of the local community, we created a locally contextualised video supported by a Problem Based Learning (PBL) solution to connect local forest experts with school students. These students then creatively conducted PBL activities in order to help solve local environmental and conservation problems. Data was collected through pre- and post-tests of control-experimental groups and teacher interviews. Results suggest that the participants were enlightened as to a variety of active problem solving possibilities and that they ranked the CASC methodology as an effective approach to sustainability.
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The Primary Math and Reading Initiative (PRIMR) - RTI International (2014)
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Establishing a Safe Container for Learning in Simulation: The Role of the Presimulation Briefing - Rudolph, Jenny W.; Raemer, Daniel B.; Simon, Robert (Simulation in Healthcare: The Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, 2014)
Summary Statement In the absence of theoretical or empirical agreement on how to establish and maintain engagement in instructor-led health care simulation debriefings, we organize a set of promising practices we have identified in closely related fields and our own work. We argue that certain practices create a psychologically safe context for learning, a so-called safe container. Establishing a safe container, in turn, allows learners to engage actively in simulation plus debriefings despite possible disruptions to that engagement such as unrealistic aspects of the simulation, potential threats to their professional identity, or frank discussion of mistakes. Establishing a psychologically safe context includes the practices of (1) clarifying expectations, (2) establishing a “fiction contract” with participants, (3) attending to logistic details, and (4) declaring and enacting a commitment to respecting learners and concern for their psychological safety. As instructors collaborate with learners to perform these practices, consistency between what instructors say and do may also impact learners’ engagement.
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The permanent input hypothesis : the case of textbooks and (no) student learning in Sierra Leone - Sabarwal, Shwetlena; Evans, David K.; Marshak, Anastasia (Washington, DC : World Bank, Education Global Practice Group & Africa Region, Office of the Chief Economist, 2014)
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Supporting Change in Literacy Instruction in Malawi - Sailors, Misty; Hoffman, James V.; Pearson, P. David; McClung, Nicola; Shin, Jaran; Phiri, Liveness Mwale; Saka, Tionge (Reading Research Quarterly, 2014)
In this study, we examined the effectiveness of an innovative approach to literacy instruction in Malawi on teachers' perceptions, attitudes, and instructional practices. Two groups participated in the study: Treatment teachers received complementary teaching and learning materials, workshops, and directive coaching, and control teachers received no intervention. After this five-month intervention, treatment teachers were significantly more comfortable with their languages of instruction and were more positive about their teaching ability, beliefs about the learning materials in their classroom, and beliefs about the culture of reading in their communities than control teachers were. There were no significant differences between groups when we analyzed their teaching practices or the engagement of their students. The coaching model proved to be associated with changes in teachers' beliefs and perceptions on many of our variables. These findings suggest that the program under examination was successful in promoting the conditions for success (teacher beliefs and perceptions). Further, the findings suggest that the implementation of coaching was an important source of support in implementing changes.
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Keywords: Adult; C:Malawi; Childhood; Coaching; Decoding; Discussion; Early childhood; English as a second language; English for speakers of other languages; English language learners; English learners; Experimental; Fairy tales; Family literacy; Home language; Home-school connections; In-service; Instructional models; Language learners; Literature; Literature-based instruction; Oral language; Parental involvement; Phonics; Program evaluation; Reading strategies; Research methodology; School based; Sight words; Sociocultural; Socioeconomic factors; Strategies; Supplementary resources; Teacher education; Textbooks; and materials; folk tales; methods; phonemic awareness; phonological awareness; professional development; quasi-experimental; word recognition

Inclusive early childhood education in Nigeria: the journey so far - Salami, Ishola Akindele (The Journal of International Association of Special Education, 2014)
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The Politics of Inclusive Development - Sen, Kunan; Bukenya, Badru; Hickey, Sam (Oxford University Press, 2014)
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Primary Education Finance for Equity and Quality - Steer, Liesbet; Rabbani, Fazle; Parker, Adam (Brookings, 2014)
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Effects of Classroom Physical Environment on the Academic Achievement Scores of Secondary School Students in Kohat Division, Pakistan - Suleman, Dr (International Journal of Learning and Development, 2014)
The purpose of the paper was to examine the effects of classroom physical environment on the academic achievement scores of secondary school students. All the students studying at secondary school level in Kohat Division,Pakistanconstituted the population of the study. The study was delimited to the students of class 09 of Govt. High School Khurram (Karak). Forty students from class 09 of the same school were selected as sample through simple random sampling technique. The study was experimental in nature and therefore “Pre-test-Post-test Equivalent Groups Design” was used. Statistical data was collected through pre-test and post-test technique. Statistical tools i.e., mean, standard deviation and differences of means were calculated for each group. Significance of the difference between the mean scores of the experimental and control groups was tested at 0.05 level of confidence by applying t-test. After analysis, it was concluded that classroom favorable environment has a significant positive effect on the academic achievement scores of secondary school students. The students of experimental group showed better performance as compared to the students of control group. Based on findings, it was recommended that classroom physical environment should be well-organized, equiped and facilitated.
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When disadvantages don’t add up: On gender, ethnicity and education - Tas, Emcet O.; Reimao, Maria (World Bank Blogs, 2014)
We often think that all women are in some way subjected to gender-based discrimination, and indeed, there is wealth of evidence to support this belief. The same can be said about ethnic minorities and other social groups—indigenous peoples, refugees, sexual minorities, the poor, immigrants, and people living with HIV/AIDS—who may ...
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Is it possible to wire the world? Meet the guy who has a plan to make it happen. - Time (Time, 2014)
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Seeking impact and visibility: Scholarly communication in Southern Africa - Trotter, H.; Kell, C.; Willmers, M.; Gray, E.; King, T. (African Mind, 2014)
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Systematic review automation technologies - Tsafnat, G.; Glasziou, P.; Choong, M.K. (Systematic Reviews, 2014)
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Keywords: _Added-ailr-2024

Out of school children - UIS (2014)
Millions of children are excluded from school because of poverty, gender and where they live. Closing the gap is vital if we are to achieve Education for All. Data from the Initiative on Out-of-School Children explains: on.unesco.org/oosci-global
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Teaching and learning: achieving quality for all - UNESCO (UNESCO Publishing, 2014)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:DVL44GZ9 2405685:P42UPESW Global Monitoring Report
Keywords: AWP2; AWP2-actual; CitedIn:AKFC; CitedIn:OER4S-TPE-HHH2; CitedIn:OER4Schools-2012-HHH1; CitedIn:OER4Schools-HHH3; CitedIn:OER4Schools-HHH3-A; CitedIn:OER4Schools-HHH3-A-PREVIOUS; CitedIn:OER4Schools-HHH3-B; CitedIn:PhD_Thesis; EfA; GMR; RPF-May-2016

Worldreader - Data on Mobile Reading in Africa and Asia - UNESCO (Worldreader, 2014)
See pie charts, graphs, and more from UNESCO's report on Worldreader's users. Study conducted in partnership with Nokia.
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Education sector analysis methodological guidelines - UNESCO-IIEP; World Bank; UNICEF; Global Partnership for Education (2014)
The Methodological Guidelines provide methods for carrying out a comprehensive analysis of the education sector in developing countries. Volume 1 of the guidelines discusses the context for the development of the education sector, enrollment, internal efficiency, out-of-school children, cost and financing, quality, system capacity and management, external efficiency and equity.
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Global Initiative on Out-of-School Children: Regional Report, West and Central Africa - UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2014)
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Situation analysis on children with disabilities in Bangladesh 2014 - UNICEF (UNICEF Bangladesh, 2014)
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Keywords: Bangladesh; Children with disabilities

Interventions to enhance girls' education and gender equality: Education rigorous literature review - Unterhalter, Elaine; North, Amy; Arnot, Madeleine; Lloyd, Cynthia; Moletsane, Lebo; Murphy-Graham, Erin; Parkes, Jenny; Saito, Mioko (Department for International Development, 2014)
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Lecture Pour Tous Final Performance Report - USAID; Chemonics International (2014)

The implementation of ICT educational policy in selected schools in Swaziland - Vilakati, Nokuthula (UNISWA Research Journal, 2014)
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Keywords: Equity of Access; ___working_potential_duplicate; ⛔ No DOI found

Mobiles for reading: A landscape research review - Wagner, Daniel A (Working Papers (Literacy.org), 2014)
This landscape review takes the broad domain of new information and communications technologies (ICTs) for education, and focuses on the fast-evolving sub-domain of mobiles for reading, or M4R. The 'mobiles' in this review primarily refer to mobile technologies— ICTs that are portable, typically battery powered, and may be connected to cellular networks and/or the Internet. The term 'reading' refers to the joint abilities of understanding and producing written language, for children, youth and adults. This review of M4R focuses primarily on the use of mobile ICTs designed to help children learn to read, practice reading (reading to learn), and acquire a broader range of learning skills that support a literate society.
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Balancing the One-To-One Equation: Equity and Access in Three Laptop Programs - Warschauer, Mark; Zheng, Binbin; Niiya, Melissa; Cotten, Shelia; Farkas, George (Equity & Excellence in Education, 2014)
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Reading in the mobile era - West, Mark; Chew, H.E (UNESCO, 2014)
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Reading in the mobile era: a study of mobile reading in developing countries - West, Mark; Chew, Han Ei (UNESCO, 2014)
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Guidelines and good practices for evidence-informed policy-making in a government department - Wills, Alf; Tshangela, Mapula; Shaxson, Louise; Datta, Ajoy; Matomela, Bongani (2014)
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Cluster Randomized Trial of a Large-Scale Education Initiative in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Pilot Year Impacts on Teacher Development. - Wolf, Sharon; Aber, John Lawrence; Torrente, Catalina; Rasheed, Damira; McCoy, Marissa (Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2014)
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Protecting the Space for Policy Research: Comparing Think Tanks and Universities in South Asia - Wood, Geof (Think Tank Initiative, 2014)
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English in Action: a new approach to continuing professional development through the use of mediated video, peer support and low-cost mobilephones in Bangladesh - Woodward, Clare; Griffiths, Malcolm; Solly, Mike (Innovations In The Continuing Professional Development Of English Language Teachers, 2014)
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Keywords: C:Bangladesh

Revitalizing Education Development in Sierra Leone (REDISL) Project - World Bank (2014)
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SABER EMIS Questionnaire - World Bank (World Bank, 2014)
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Real-Time Evaluation of World Vision's Response to the Syrian Crisis - World Vision (2014)
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Keywords: _C:Australia AUS; _C:Austria AUT; _C:Belgium BEL; _C:Canada CAN; _C:Finland FIN; _C:Germany DEU; _C:Iraq IRQ; _C:Japan JPN; _C:Jordan JOR; _C:Korea XKOR; _C:Lebanon LBN; _C:Malaysia MYS; _C:Norway NOR; _C:Singapore SGP; _C:Switzerland CHE; _C:Syrian Arab Republic SYR; _C:Turkey TUR; _C:United Kingdom GBR; __C:scheme:1

She called, she Googled, she knew: girls' secondary education, interrupted school attendance, and educational use of mobile phones in Nairobi - Zelezny-Green, Ronda (Gender & Development, 2014)
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Exploring the gender gap in Tanzanian secondary school mathematics classrooms. - Zilimu, J.A (University of Illinois: Urbana-Champaign, Ill., 2014)
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Digital storytelling and reflection in higher education: a case of pre-service student teachers and their lecturers at a university of technology - Ivala, Eunice; Gachago, Daniela; Condy, Janet; Chigona, Agnes (Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2014)
Employers in South Africa are calling for students graduating from higher education institutions (HEIs) to exhibit the capacity for reflection. However, many tertiary institutions fall short in allowing opportunities for reflection. As a result, HEIs are grappling to find ways of fostering reflection amongst their students. This paper argues that digital storytelling if implemented properly is one of the ways which can be used to help HEIs in this accomplishment. It documents results of production of digital stories by 29 final-year pre-service student teachers at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), South Africa, as part of their assessment in their professional development course. The study was informed by structuration theory and levels of reflection and cognitive processing to help the researchers understand the potential of digital storytelling in enhancing reflection. Qualitative methods of collecting data were utilized. Focus group interviews were conducted with the students and their facilitators to elicit whether production of digital stories led to reflection. Findings showed that the production of digital stories promoted the three levels of reflection and thus deep learning and higher-order thinking skills.
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Keywords: Case Studies; Cognitive Processes; College Faculty; ERIC; Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE); Educational Technology; Focus Groups; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Personal Narratives; Postsecondary Education; Preservice Teachers; Professional Development; Qualitative Research; Reflection; Skill Development; South Africa; Story Telling; Teaching Methods; Technology Uses in Education; Video Technology; __:import:02; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2096367; __finaldtb

Teacher knowledge and employer-driven professional development: a critical analysis of the Gauteng Department of Education programmes - de Clercq, Francine; Shalem, Yael (Southern African Review of Education, 2014)
There is growing consensus in international and local literature that, to be effective, professional development activities (PDAs) should focus on ways of teaching that improve learners' learning, but there is no clear consensus on the teaching focus and the form in which teacher learning is organised. Drawing from literature on teacher knowledge, in particular Shulman's distinction between subject matter and pedagogical content knowledge (PCK), this article critically reviews the PDAs provided by the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE), South Africa. It identifies 2009 as a turning point in the GDE provision of PDAs. Until 2009, most PDAs were targeted at the improvement of a few discrete aspects of teacher practice, to comply with a new curriculum framework. Around 2009, the GDE turned towards scripted teaching in a form of standardised lesson plans, to engineer a whole new practice for teachers in order to improve learners' results. The argument of this article is that teacher knowledge of subject matter, consisting of knowledge of the substantive and syntactic aspects of the curriculum content and beyond, has not been imparted to teachers by employer-driven curriculum implementation workshops or short courses, and that only a limited number of teaching routines such as sequencing and pacing of the curriculum content can be imparted by scripted lesson plans. Although the idea of scripting a new practice is understandable in the light of the general agreement that PDAs in South Africa failed to make a difference to teachers' practice and to learners' performance, it is essential to understand its limitations., Y. (2014) Teacher knowledge and employer-driven professional development: A critical analysis of the Gauteng Department of Education programmes. Southern African Review of Education, 20(1): 129-147.
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Integrating information communication technology skills in Preschool Education in Kenya - Kaindio, M.P.; Wagithunu, M.N. (Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 2014)
The study aimed at investigating the preparedness and attitude of ECDE teachers in preschools, and find out the current situation as far as ICT is concerned. The researchers adopted descriptive design. To obtain information on the current status of the ICT on whether there was any significant difference in preschool teachers' preparedness in terms of age, qualifications, and experience on ICT. 52 preschool teachers were randomly selected and a questionnaire administered to them. The data was analyzed using SPSS computer software. It was clear from the finding that Kenya is not ready to integrate ICT in preschool curriculum, since the physical facilities, electricity, poverty, trained personnel and teachers' attitudes towards ICT need to be addresses first.
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Keywords: ⚠️ Invalid DOI

Impact of Information Communication Technology on Education-Kenya - Kirimi, Josephine (Journal of Educational and Social Research, 2014)
Kenya has made remarkable progress putting in place an ICT policy framework and implementation strategy, complete with measurable outcomes and time frames. The process has had the benefit of sound advice from officials and stakeholders and, perhaps more importantly, strong leadership from the office of the permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education. However, universal implementation is challenging given the lack of resources, national ICT infrastructure, and even electrical supply- particularly in the rural areas. As technology is bound to rule our present and future, it is good to obtain know-how of the technological reforms at the earliest. Children learn faster and can adapt to changes relatively easily. If they are trained during their school years, they have a high chance of becoming experts in technology. Computers can give lovelier explanations to various subjects. The internet is an ocean of information which can be harnessed for the rendition of information in school. The inclusion of technology in the learning process makes learning an enjoyable activity, thus inviting greater interest from the learners. The administration processes, the official procedures of the school can be simplified by the means of technology. School records, the information about all the students and the teachers and other school employees can efficiently be maintained by means of the advanced technology. Thus we see that technology not only benefits the school students but also eases the office work. It makes possible a more effective way of storage and distribution of information. The realization of the importance of technology in schools and its successful implementation is a necessity. The introduction of technology in schools is the means to bridge the long distance between the present and the future. DOI: 10.5901/jesr.2014.v4n1p435
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Chapter Twelve - Graph Databases: When Relationships are the Data - McKnight, William (Information Management: Strategies for Gaining a Competitive Advantage with Data, 2014)
Over in a corner of the NoSQL world, hidden among the key-value stores, the document stores Couchbase, MongoDB, and the column stores like Cassandra, lies the Graph Databases. Before relational databases, there were network databases, which are actually quite similar in concept to graph databases. SQL and the relational world came along and was clearly a better fit for the modern workload, which was largely oriented to working with numbers. Now, what matters has expanded and graph databases make a strong value proposition for their intended workload. That workload is highly connected data and includes navigating social networks, configurations, and recommendations. With the high interest in those applications, it’s workload that is poised to expand tremendously. The structure does not accept SQL. For example, Cypher is the language used with Neo4j. It contains the commands necessary to get nodes, traverse nodes, and return values. It’s simpler than SQL for traversing relationships to find values or the existence of values. Gremlin is another project for accessing graph databases. One very cool feature is to limit the “degrees” that are searched in a query. Neo Technology, a Swedish company, is the commercial sponsor of Neo4j, a leading graph database. ACID-compatible Neo4j can hold up to tens of billions of nodes, tens of billions of relationships and tens of billions of properties. Andreas Kollegger, Product Experience Designer at Neo4j, noted there were 1000 people participating in the community with thousands of databases deployed at customers of all sizes. Other graph databases include STIG from Tagged and AllegroGraph from Franz. Objectivity’s Infinite Graph is an object-oriented graph database.
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Keywords: AllegroGraph; Franz; Infinite Graph; Neo Technology; Neo4J; Objectivity; STIG; Tagged; analytic databases; analytics; database management; graph databases

Low learning outcomes in primary schools in India - Vyas, Ankit (Qrius, 2014)
By Ankit Vyas, declining quality of primary education is leading to low learning outcomes creating unskilled labour reflecting inefficiencies of the system.
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She called, she Googled, she knew: girls' secondary education, interrupted school attendance, and educational use of mobile phones in Nairobi - Zelezny-Green, Ronda (Gender & Development, 2014)
Girls in Kenya commonly face multiple barriers to school attendance. At the same time, mobile phone use is growing throughout the country, and particularly in urban centres including Nairobi. As this technology spreads, the possibility increases of people using mobile phones for their own development purposes, including for education and learning. This article examines mobile phone use by girls at one secondary school in Nairobi, and in particular their attempts to mediate interrupted school attendance using this technology.
Publisher: Routledge _eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/13552074.2014.889338 shortDOI: 10/ggtsmq KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1080/13552074.2014.889338 10/ggtsmq 2405685:BB3X32QY
Keywords: ICT4D; Kenya; ___working_potential_duplicate; gender; girls' education; international education and development; mobile learning; school attendance

She called, she Googled, she knew: girls' secondary education, interrupted school attendance, and educational use of mobile phones in Nairobi - Zelezny-Green, Ronda (Gender & Development, 2014)
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Roles and student identities in online large course forums: Implications for practice - Baxter, Jacqueline Aundree; Haycock, Jo (The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2014)
The use of large online discussion forums within online and distance learning continues to grow. Recent innovations in online learning such as the MOOC (massive open online course) and concomitant growth in the use of online media for the delivery of courses in traditional campus based universities provide both opportunity and challenge for online tutors and learners alike. The recognition of the role that online tutors and student identity plays in the field of retention and progression of distance learners is also well documented in the field of distance learning. Focusing on a course forum linked to a single Level 2 undergraduate module and open to over 1,000 students, this ideographic case study, set in a large distance learning university, uses qualitative methodology to examine the extent to which participation in a large forum can be considered within community of practice (COP) frameworks and contributes to feelings of efficacy, student identity, and motivation. The paper draws on current theory pertaining to online communities and examines this in relation to the extent to which the forum adds to feelings of academic and social integration. The study concludes that although the large forum environment facilitates a certain degree of academic integration and identity there is evidence that it also presents a number of barriers producing negative effects on student motivation and online identity.
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Keywords: C: United Kingdom; e-learning; higher education; online forums; online identities; online learning

Education (Source- International online resource centre on disability and inclusion, 2014)
Inclusive Education is a process for increasing participation and reducing exclusion, in a way that effectively responds to the diverse needs of all learners. This means adapting the educational system to meet the needs of individuals, rather than changing the individual to fit the system. This section of Source places a focus on disability-inclusive education and is organised to reflect the concept that education is something much broader than school for children.
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Broadband Networks in the Middle East and North Africa: Accelerating High-Speed Internet Access - Gelvanovska, Natalija; Rogy, Michel; Rossotto, Carlo Maria (Directions in Development - Information and Communication Technologies, 2014)
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Unlocking Talent: Evaluation of a tablet-based Masamu intervention in a Malawian Primary School - Pitchford, Nicola (2014)
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LEARNING to improve LEARNING: Lessons from Early Primary Interventions and Evaluations in India and Sub-Saharan Africa - The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation (2014)
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New Evidence on Teacher Labor Supply - Engel, Mimi; Jacob, Brian A.; Curran, F. Chris (American Educational Research Journal, 2014)
Recent evidence on the large variance in teacher effectiveness has spurred interest in teacher labor markets. Research documents that better qualified teachers typically work in more advantaged schools but cannot determine the relative importance of supply versus demand. To isolate teacher preferences, we document which schools prospective teachers interviewed at during job fairs in Chicago. We find substantial variation in the number of applicants per school, ranging from under five to over 300. Schools serving more advantaged students have more applicants per vacancy, on average, and teacher preferences vary systematically by their own demographic characteristics. School geographic location is highly predictive of applications, even after controlling for distance from applicants’ home addresses and a host of school and neighborhood characteristics.
Publisher: American Educational Research Association KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.3102/0002831213503031 2339240:7I5NUIYN 2405685:23KLYEAG
Keywords: distribution of teachers across schools; teacher labor markets; teacher labor supply; teacher preferences; urban schools

HLM behind the curtain: Unveiling decisions behind the use and interpretation of HLM in higher education research - Niehaus, Elizabeth; Campbell, Corbin M.; Inkelas, Karen Kurotsuchi (Research in Higher Education, 2014)
Hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) has become increasingly popular in the higher education literature, but there is significant variability in the current approaches to the conducting and reporting of HLM. The field currently lacks a general consensus around important issues such as the number of levels of analysis that are important to include and how much variance should be accounted for at each level in order for the HLM analysis to have practical significance (Dedrick et al., Rev Educ Res 79:69–102, 2009). The purpose of this research is to explore the use of a 3-level HLM model, appropriate contextualizing of results of HLM, and the interpretation of HLM results that resonates with practice. We used an example of a 3-level model from the National Study of Living Learning Programs to highlight the practical issues that arise in the interpretation of HLM within a higher education context.
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Keywords: Hierarchical linear modeling (HLM); Higher education research; Statistical methods

NGOs as a framework for an education in and through music: is the third sector viable? - Schmidt, Patrick (International Journal of Music Education, 2014)
This article presents a selected view of a research project developed in Brazil. The focus of the project was to investigate the modus operandi of 18 NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations) and their relationship to the development of educational curricula and practices in music. Further, it provides an analysis of NGOs as an opportunity to learn alternative pathways for teaching and learning in music education. A methodology based upon notions of “place-centered education” (Gruenewald & Smith, 2008) was used as a tool to “sense making” as well as to address the interaction with the drastically different propositions observed in three major cities in the country; namely Salvador, Rio de Janeiro and Porto Alegre. Interviews, observations, and audio-video documentation helped form a picture of how initiatives to educate in and through music can be powerfully divergent in their modes of production, but interestingly connected in their emphasis upon 1) self-generated knowledge; 2) intersections between local musical-cultural practices and global aesthetic needs; and 3) politically conscious music education leadership; 4) pedagogical practices situated inside a larger social framework. The article concludes by offering a conceptual model that places the possibilities encountered in this “third-sector.”
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1177/0255761413488707 2339240:BBKIJKZV 2405685:GDJETS23
Keywords: alternative models; complex critical pedagogy; non-governmental organizations; place-based education

Development Impact and You (DIY) Toolkit - NESTA UK (2014)
Practical tools to trigger & support social innovation
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Uwezo: Annual Plan 2014 - Uwezo (Twaweza, 2014)
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External Validity and Model Validity: A Conceptual Approach for Systematic Review Methodology - Khorsan, Raheleh; Crawford, Cindy (Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2014)
Background. Evidence rankings do not consider equally internal (IV), external (EV), and model validity (MV) for clinical studies including complementary and alternative medicine/integrative health care (CAM/IHC) research. This paper describe this model and offers an EV assessment tool (EVAT©) for weighing studies according to EV and MV in addition to IV. Methods. An abbreviated systematic review methodology was employed to search, assemble, and evaluate the literature that has been published on EV/MV criteria. Standard databases were searched for keywords relating to EV, MV, and bias-scoring from inception to Jan 2013. Tools identified and concepts described were pooled to assemble a robust tool for evaluating these quality criteria. Results. This study assembled a streamlined, objective tool to incorporate for the evaluation of quality of EV/MV research that is more sensitive to CAM/IHC research. Conclusion. Improved reporting on EV can help produce and provide information that will help guide policy makers, public health researchers, and other scientists in their selection, development, and improvement in their research-tested intervention. Overall, clinical studies with high EV have the potential to provide the most useful information about “real-world” consequences of health interventions. It is hoped that this novel tool which considers IV, EV, and MV on equal footing will better guide clinical decision making.
Publisher: Hindawi KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1155/2014/694804 2405685:TVUEHGS4

White Space, the next internet disruption: 10 things to know - Gilpin, Lyndsey (TechRepublic, 2014)
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Dropout at primary and secondary level: a challenge to ensure rights to education for the Government of Bangladesh - Zaman, Md. Mostafa (Institute of Governance Studies (IGS), BRAC University, 2014)
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Comparing students’ self-discipline and self-regulation measures and their prediction of academic achievement - Zimmerman, Barry J.; Kitsantas, Anastasia (Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2014)
Using a multi-source, multi-measure research design involving 507 high school students and their teachers, we compared prediction of these students’ academic achievement by a composite of students’ and teachers’ measures of students’ self-regulation (SR) with a composite of students’ and teachers’ measures of students’ self-discipline (SD). Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that the SR composite was more predictive of students’ grade point average and performance on a state-wide achievement test than the SD composite. Confirmatory factor analyses showed that, although SD and SR latent factors correlated significantly, a two-factor solution provided an acceptable fit for the results. Structural Equation Modeling analyses indicated that the SR latent factor predicted both measures of students’ achievement significantly, but the SD factor did not predict either achievement measure significantly. No significant gender differences were found with students’ SD, SR, or achievement measures. These results suggest a path for integrating two relatively separate streams in self-regulation research on the basis of a well-established distinction between learning and performance processes.
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Keywords: Academic achievement; Self-discipline; Self-regulation

A meta-analysis of blended learning and technology use in higher education: from the general to the applied - Bernard, Robert M.; Borokhovski, Eugene; Schmid, Richard F.; Tamim, Rana M.; Abrami, Philip C. (Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 2014)
This paper serves several purposes. First and foremost, it is devoted to developing a better understanding of the effectiveness of blended learning (BL) in higher education. This is achieved through a meta-analysis of a sub-collection of comparative studies of BL and classroom instruction (CI) from a larger systematic review of technology integration (Schmid et al. in Comput Educ 72:271–291, 2014). In addition, the methodology of meta-analysis is described and illustrated by examples from the current study. The paper begins with a summary of the experimental research on distance education (DE) and online learning (OL), encapsulated in meta-analyses that have been conducted since 1990. Then it introduces the Bernard et al. (Rev Educ Res 74(3):379–439, 2009) meta-analysis, which attempted to alter the DE research culture of always comparing DE/OL with CI by examining three forms of interaction treatments (i.e., student–student, student–teacher, student–content) within DE, using the theoretical framework of Moore (Am J Distance Educ 3(2):1–6, 1989) and Anderson (Rev Res Open Distance Learn 4(2):9–14, 2003). The rest of the paper revolves around the general steps and procedures (Cooper in Research synthesis and meta-analysis: a step-by-step approach, 4th edn, SAGE, Los Angeles, CA, 2010) involved in conducting a meta-analysis. This section is included to provide researchers with an overview of precisely how meta-analyses can be used to respond to more nuanced questions that speak to underlying theory and inform practice—in other words, not just answers to the “big questions.” In this instance, we know that technology has an overall positive impact on learning (g+ = +0.35, p < .01, Tamim et al. in Rev Educ Res 81(3):4–28, 2011), but the sub-questions addressed here concern BL interacting with technology in higher education. The results indicate that, in terms of achievement outcomes, BL conditions exceed CI conditions by about one-third of a standard deviation (g+ = 0.334, k = 117, p < .001) and that the kind of computer support used (i.e., cognitive support vs. content/presentational support) and the presence of one or more interaction treatments (e.g., student–student/–teacher/–content interaction) serve to enhance student achievement. We examine the empirical studies that yielded these outcomes, work through the methodology that enables evidence-based decision-making, and explore how this line of research can improve pedagogy and student achievement.
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Integrating Information Communication Technology Skills in Preschool Education in Kenya - Kaindio, Mauta; Wagithunu, Margaret (Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 2014)
The study aimed at investigating the preparedness and attitude of ECDE teachers in preschools, and find out the current situation as far as ICT is concerned. The researchers adopted descriptive design. To obtain information on the current status of the ICT on whether there was any significant difference in preschool teachers’ preparedness in terms of age, qualifications, and experience on ICT. 52 preschool teachers were randomly selected and a questionnaire administered to them. The data was analyzed using SPSS computer software. It was clear from the finding that Kenya is not ready to integrate ICT in preschool curriculum, since the physical facilities, electricity, poverty, trained personnel and teachers’ attitudes towards ICT need to be addresses first. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n5p89
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An Evaluation of the Implementation of Information Technology in Secondary Schools in Kenya - Mbogo, Gracemary; Anne, Onunga; Kirathi, Miriam (Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 2014)
Education is the best legacy a nation can give to her citizens especially the youth. This is because the development of any nation depends on the quality of education of such a nation. While ICT continues to advance in western Asia countries, African countries still experience a lag in its implementation and continues to widen the digital and knowledge divides. In a recent study by Kiptalam et .al (2010), observed that access to ICT facilities is against the ratio of 1:15 students in developed countries. This study was carried out to investigate the extent to which Information Technology has been implemented in secondary schools in Kenya. 30 teachers were sampled out from various counties. A questionnaire was administered to the sample. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data. The fidings indicated that most teachers appreciated the need to implement ICT in schools to enhance their effectiveness during the instructional processes. However, most of the teachers had limited ICT skills and rarely used ICT during their teaching. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n5p215
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SystemsThinking: New Directions in Theory, Practice and Application. Proceedings of the Seventeenth IFSR Conversation 2014. St. Magdalena, Linz, Austria International Federation for Systems Research Impressum - Metcalf, Gary; Chroust, Gerhard; Edson, Mary; Nguyen, Nam (2014)
SystemsThinking: New Directions in Theory, Practice and Application. Proceedings of the Seventeenth IFSR Conversation 2014. St. Magdalena, Linz, Austria
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Using Technology to Shift Education Paradigms in Low-Resource Environments - Calhoun, Elizabeth; Calhoun, Nathaniel (Stability: International Journal of Security and Development, 2014)
Article: Using Technology to Shift Education Paradigms in Low-Resource Environments
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Pass rates in primary school leaving examination in Tanzania: implication for efficient allocation of resources - Kassile, Telemu; Kassile, Telemu (South African Journal of Education, 2014)
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Providing access to education in Sub-Saharan countries through Content-Oriented technology - Kiboro, Angelica; Bailey, Sheena; Nair, Mrinay; Salam, Tomisin; Dwhytie, Alex (2014 IEEE Canada International Humanitarian Technology Conference - (IHTC), 2014)
Access to education has been a growing concern for children in developing economies, namely lack of access to quality customized online content in the classroom and at home; lack of tools that make learning fun and effective in key subject areas; and lack of state resources to meet educational demands. The Rumie Initiative was founded to tackle these concerns. It is a non-profit organization bringing educational content to the world's underprivileged children through low-cost technology. The Rumie Initiative's vision is to redefine the way education is provided, and through this, significantly reduce poverty and drive economic development. The primary advantage of The Rumie Initiative over all other educational technology solutions is that its content is specifically tailored to meet the local educational needs and curriculum standards. Utilizing the vast reserves of free online updated educational content available today; these android driven tablets are an affordable and intuitive way to deliver pre-loaded content without the requirement of internet access. Through mass global volunteerism, The Rumie Initiative collaborates with educators in choosing appropriate educational content and distributes content-loaded tablets through local Non-Governmental Organizations, communities and government entities. The Rumie Initiative has started a program of trials around the world and recently received a positive response at a Computer - Based Math Education Summit in New York hosted by UNICEF from November 21st to 22nd 2013. The initiative was first launched in Haiti on 25th October 2013 and has since, been gaining momentum, currently exploring opportunities in Sub-Saharan countries such as Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, South Africa and Nigeria. This paper focuses on The Rumie Initiative's unique business model to reach the masses, emphasizing issues relating to the power of volunteer ism, the forging of strategic development partners, and content-oriented technologies in increasing access to education.
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Keywords: Blogs; Communities; Education; Internet; Internet access; Monitoring; Organizations; Rumie initiative; Servers; Terminology; authorisation; computer aided instruction; content management; content-oriented technology; curriculum standards; economics; economies; educational content; educational demands; government entities; non-governmental organizations; online content; standards; sub-Saharan countries

Critical analysis of the problems of education in Pakistan: possible solutions - Ahmad, Iqbal; Ur Rehman, Kahil; Ali, Asghar; Khan, Itbar; Khan, Fazal Akber (International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education (IJERE), 2014)
Education lays the foundation for political, social and economic development of any country. A viable education system enables the nation to achieve its national goals. Pakistan as a developing country has faced critical problems of education since its inception and therefore, the system of education has failed to deliver according to the aspirations of the nation. There are various factors responsible for this situation. This paper explores some of the critical problems that have so far plagued the education system of Pakistan. On the basis of critical review of available literature, the paper presents solutions to the existing problems of the education system of Pakistan.
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Blended learning in higher education: Institutional adoption and implementation - Porter, Wendy W.; Graham, Charles R.; Spring, Kristian A.; Welch, Kyle R. (Computers & Education, 2014)
Relatively little of the current research on blended learning (BL) addresses institutional adoption issues. Additional research is needed to guide institutions of higher education in strategically adopting and implementing blended learning on campus. The authors conducted a prior study in which they proposed a framework for institutional BL adoption (Graham, Woodfield, & Harrison, 2012), identifying three stages: (1) awareness/exploration, (2) adoption/early implementation, and (3) mature implementation/growth. The framework also identified key strategy, structure, and support issues universities may address at each stage. The current study applies this adoption framework to 11 U. S. institutions participating in a Next Generation Learning Challenge (NGLC) grant and attempting to transition from an awareness/exploration of BL to the adoption/early implementation phase. The study also compares U.S. institutional strategy, structure, and support approaches to BL adoption and identifies patterns and distinctions.
shortDOI: 10/f524zd KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1016/j.compedu.2014.02.011 10/f524zd 2405685:RV5CZZHV
Keywords: Distance education and telelearning; Post-secondary education; Teaching/learning strategies

Paying Per Diems for ICT4D Project Participation: A Sustainability Challenge - Sanner, Terje Aksel; Sæbø, Johan Ivar (Information Technologies & International Development, 2014)
The article highlights the contradictory role per diem payments play in swiftly attracting local participation in ICT for Development (ICT4D) projects, while undermining long-term capacity building and sustainability with such efforts. We discuss sustainability challenges endemic to ICT4D projects in light of our case study findings from a mobile phone–based intervention in a public health management information system (HMIS) in Malawi. We explore these challenges at multiple levels of analysis by drawing on the neo-institutional notion of “institutional logics.” For practitioners and policy makers, the article offers suggestions on how to counter some of the pitfalls associated with the use of per diems to incentivize ICT4D project participants. The study contributes to the institutional logics perspective by exploring empirically the intricate interdependence between two mutually reinforcing, yet seemingly incongruent institutional logics of development project impact and aid entitlement.
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Predictors of early growth in academic achievement: the head-toes-knees-shoulders task - McClelland, Megan M.; Cameron, Claire E.; Duncan, Robert; Bowles, Ryan P.; Acock, Alan C.; Miao, Alicia; Pratt, Megan E. (Frontiers in Psychology, 2014)
Children's behavioral self-regulation and executive function (EF; including attentional or cognitive flexibility, working memory, and inhibitory control) are strong predictors of academic achievement. The present study examined the psychometric properties of a measure of behavioral self-regulation called the Head-Toes-Knees-Shoulders (HTKS) by assessing construct validity, including relations to EF measures, and predictive validity to academic achievement growth between prekindergarten and kindergarten. In the fall and spring of prekindergarten and kindergarten, 208 children (51% enrolled in Head Start) were assessed on the HTKS, measures of cognitive flexibility, working memory (WM), and inhibitory control, and measures of emergent literacy, mathematics, and vocabulary. For construct validity, the HTKS was significantly related to cognitive flexibility, working memory, and inhibitory control in prekindergarten and kindergarten. For predictive validity in prekindergarten, a random effects model indicated that the HTKS significantly predicted growth in mathematics, whereas a cognitive flexibility task significantly predicted growth in mathematics and vocabulary. In kindergarten, the HTKS was the only measure to significantly predict growth in all academic outcomes. An alternative conservative analytical approach, a fixed effects analysis (FEA) model, also indicated that growth in both the HTKS and measures of EF significantly predicted growth in mathematics over four time points between prekindergarten and kindergarten. Results demonstrate that the HTKS involves cognitive flexibility, working memory, and inhibitory control, and is substantively implicated in early achievement, with the strongest relations found for growth in achievement during kindergarten and associations with emergent mathematics.
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A multilingual and multimodal approach to literacy teaching and learning in urban education: a collaborative inquiry project in an inner city elementary school - Ntelioglou, Burcu Yaman; Fannin, Jennifer; Montanera, Mike; Cummins, Jim (Frontiers in Psychology, 2014)
This paper presents findings from a collaborative inquiry project that explored teaching approaches that highlight the significance of multilingualism, multimodality, and multiliteracies in classrooms with high numbers of English language learners (ELLs). The research took place in an inner city elementary school with a large population of recently arrived and Canadian-born linguistically and culturally diverse students from Gambian, Indian, Mexican, Sri Lankan, Tibetan and Vietnamese backgrounds, as well as a recent wave of Roma students from Hungary. A high number of these students were from families with low-SES. The collaboration between two Grade 3 teachers and university-based researchers sought to create instructional approaches that would support students’ academic engagement and literacy learning. In this paper, we described one of the projects that took place in this class, exploring how a descriptive writing unit could be implemented in a way that connected with students’ lives and enabled them to use their home languages, through the creation of multiple texts, using creative writing, digital technologies, and drama pedagogy. This kind of multilingual and multimodal classroom practice changed the classroom dynamics and allowed the students access to identity positions of expertise, increasing their literacy investment, literacy engagement and learning.
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ROMA: a guide to policy engagement and influence - Young, John; Shaxson, Louise; Jones, Harry; Hearn, Simon; Datta, Ajoy; Cassidy, Caroline (Overseas Development Institute, 2014)
Excerpt "It is worth noting that ROMA draws heavily on the concepts underpinning Outcome Mapping (OM). Developed in the early 2000s, OM is an approach to fostering change that centres on understanding how different actors behave and how changing the behaviour of one actor fosters change in another (see Box 1). The context within which policy change happens is a complex one, happening with a range of different actors at different levels, as Chapter 1 outlines.
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The role of video in teacher professional development - Marsh, Brian; Mitchell, Nick (Teacher Development, 2014)
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Integrating computer-assisted learning into a regular curriculum: evidence from a randomised experiment in rural schools in Shaanxi - Mo, Di; Zhang, Linxiu; Luo, Renfu; Qu, Qinghe; Huang, Weiming; Wang, Jiafu; Qiao, Yajie; Boswell, Matthew; Rozelle, Scott (Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2014)
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Theories of Change in International Development: Communication, Learning, or Accountability? - Craig Valters (2014)
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Ghana Living Standards Survey: Round 6 (GLSS6) - Ghana Statistical Service (2014)
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E-counselling implementation: Students' life stories and counselling technologies in perspective - Kolog, Emmanuel Awuni; Sutinen, Erkki; Vanhalakka-Ruoho, Marjatta (International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2014)
Given the current global trend of mimicking real life situations into digital counselling games and its related digital counselling platforms, we decided to contextually understand from the Ghanaian senior high school students, their life challenges arising from their life stories. The study also explores the extent to which ICT is currently being used to provide counselling services to students. Questionnaires and interviews were used to collect data from selected students and a school counsellor. The selected students were made to write about their life stories subjectively. The content of the data was analyzed. After that, students' financial status was identified as the main challenge to their academic pursuit, though several other difficulties were revealed in the study. The study also showed that students had little knowledge about the use of ICT in counselling and only used email as the only digital tool for counselling delivery. The purpose of the study is to use the findings as a basis to develop a digital counselling game in our next study. Again, the study is intended to serve as a guide for researchers when designing a digital counselling platforms for senior high schools.
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Keywords: Addictive behaviors; Behavior; Careers; Computers; Counseling; Design; Drug abuse; Education; Internet; Problems; Schools; Secondary schools; Society; Students; ⛔ No DOI found

The influence of infrastructure, training, content and communication on the success of NEPAD’S pilot e-Schools in Kenya - Nyagowa, Hesbon O; Ocholla, Dennis N; Mutula, Stephen M (Information Development, 2014)
This study was conducted to evaluate the contribution of four of the seven e-School dimensions to the success of the pilot phase of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) e-School project in Kenya. The study employed survey research methodology. All six of the NEPAD e-Schools in Kenya were included and the teachers and students in those schools formed the study population. Of the 5,186 students and teachers, a representative sample of 1,508 was selected using probabilistic techniques. Data was collected using observations and a survey questionnaire. It was established that all six of the e-Schools had installed the basic computing facilities required for integrating information and communication technologies (ICT) in teaching and learning; all the e-Schools were observed to have the Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) for Internet access in computer laboratories where a variable number of computers were installed. The ICT infrastructure provided modest communication capabilities. But while teachers received technical (ICT) training, they did not receive training on pedagogies for ICT integration in teaching and learning. We conducted hypothesis testing and confirmed that the four dimensions of E-School Success Model, investigated in the current study, positively contribute towards the success of the e-School. We therefore concluded that ICT infrastructure quality, content and communication quality, training effectiveness and use make considerable contributions to the success of the pilot phase of the NEPAD e-School project in Kenya. We recommend that stakeholders should continue investing in the NEPAD e-School project. Further studies on the impact of the other three dimensions of the e-Schools are recommended.
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Keywords: Kenya; New Partnership for Africa’s Development; e-schools

Theories of Change in International Development: Communication, Learning, or Accountability? - Valters, Craig (2014)
Critically analysing assumptions is a much needed endeavour in international development policy and practice: existing management tools rarely encourage critical thinking and there are considerable political, organisational and bureaucratic constraints to the promotion of learning throughout the sector. The Theory of Change approach – an increasingly popular management tool and discourse in development – hopes to change some of that. This approach explicitly aims to challenge and change implicit assumptions in world views and programme interventions in the lives of others, yet little is known about the extent to which it really does so. This paper provides a much needed analysis of how Theories of Change are used in the day-to-day practice of an international development organisation, The Asia Foundation. They use the approach in three ways: to communicate, to learn and to be held accountable, which each exist in some tension with each other. Creating Theories of Change was often found to be a helpful process by programme staff, since it provided a greater freedom to explain and analyse programme interventions. However, the introduction of the approach also had some troubling effects, for example, by creating top-down accounts of change which spoke more to donor interests than to the ground realities of people affected by these interventions. Ultimately, this paper argues that while a Theory of Change approach can create space for critical reflection, this requires a much broader commitment to learning from individuals, organisations, and the development sector itself.
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The Impact of a One Laptop per Child Program on Learning: Evidence from Uruguay - De Melo, Gioia; Machado, Alina; Miranda, Alfonso (Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), 2014)
We present evidence on the impact on students' math and reading scores of one of the largest deployments of an OLPC program and the only one implemented at a national scale: Plan Ceibal in Uruguay. Unlike previous work in the field, we have unique data that allow us to know the exact date of laptop delivery for every student in the sample. This gives us the ability to use a continuous treatment, where days of exposure are used as a treatment intensity measure. We use a panel data framework including fixed effects at the individual level. Given that there is some variation in the date of laptop delivery across individuals within the same school, we can identify the effect of the program net of potential heterogeneity in the rate schools gain improvements on student's achievement over time in the absence of the OLPC program across the country (i.e. we allow each school to follow a different learning growth curve over time due to unobservable time-varying heterogeneity). We also run an alternative specification where we allow for different learning growth curves over time between schools located in Montevideo and the rest of Uruguay. Our results suggest that in the first two years of its implementation the program had no effects on math and reading scores. The zero effect could be explained by the fact that laptops in class are mainly used to search for information on the internet.
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Keywords: education; impact evaluation; technology; ⛔ No DOI found

The impacts of electronic media on academic performance of female student - Ullah, Shakir; Ali, Madad; Nisar, Muhammad; Farid, Tahir; Ali, Iqtidar; Alam, Sadiq (International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management, 2014)
This study investigates the impacts of electronic media on academic performance of female students in university of agriculture Peshawar Pakistan using questionnaire as a tool for obtaining data while Frequencies distribution of data was conducted to know comprehensively about data layout. It targeted 152 female students between 20 to 25 years age. The study recorded the respondent’s consumption patterns, level of viewing, preferred channels, favorite watching time, respondents residents pattern and marital status. Two third of the sample size opined that electronic media help in cognitive development of students. Furthermore majority of the respondents 105(59.0%) believed that electronic media help in solving academic problems of the students. Apart from these positive effects negative impacts of electronic media outweigh the positive impacts; like 80.2% of the respondents argued that electronic media negatively affect female academic performance. Similarly a sizable sample size were of the view that electronic media leads young female towards delinquencies. 120 (78/9%) disclosed that excessive use of electronic media cause low academic grades. This study recommended that female viewers are required to be alert regarding the use of electronic media. Efforts should be made for the enhancement of media literacy at mass level. There is need for improving the quality of programs contents for student’s especially female viewers. Keywords: Electronic media, performance, literacy, academic performance
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Growth and structural change in Africa: development strategies for the learning economy - Lundvall, Bengt-Åke; Lema, Rasmus (African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, 2014)
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Education & Technology in an Age of Pandemics (revisited) - Trucano, Michael (World Bank Blogs - EduTech: Exploring the use of new technologies in education, 2014)
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Working with the Grain: Integrating Governance And Growth In Development Strategies - Levy, Brian (Oxford University Press, 2014)
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The Influence of Young Children's Use of Technology on Their Learning: A Review - Hsin, C.-T; Li, Ming-Chaun; Tsai, Chin-Chung (Educational Technology and Society, 2014)
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Understanding language teachers' practice with educational technology: A case from China - Li, Li (System, 2014)
This article explores how eight secondary school teachers integrated educational technology into English language teaching in Beijing, China and considers their views of the factors influencing technology use. Analysing data from classroom recordings and follow-up interviews, this study revealed that PowerPoint was the most frequently used technological application in the classroom, while the internet and other technological tools were also used by the teachers. They employed educational technology for different pedagogical purposes, including addressing professional needs in improving teaching, designing materials and conducting professional development. Teachers also claimed that they used technology to address learners' needs, such as improving engagement, enhancing language acquisition, facilitating understanding and establishing a context for language use. The study identified four important factors in influencing teachers' use of technology, including sociocultural contexts, teachers' beliefs, access to resources, and technology competence and confidence. This study suggests that a critical reflective approach is useful in assisting teachers to understand their needs and pedagogical beliefs concerning technology use. Ongoing professional development is also valuable in promoting teachers' technology competence and confidence, thereby improving the use of technology in their teaching.
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Keywords: Case study; China; Socio-cultural context; Teachers' perceptions; Technology use

Investigating students' perceptions on mobile learning services - Almaiah, Mohammed Amin; Jalil, Masita Abdul (International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM), 2014)
M-learning is a form of learning, which has similarities and differences with the electronic learning (elearning). It is mainly based on the use of the mobile wireless technologies that allow for learners to easily access learning materials anytime he desires and anywhere, whether on campus or off campus. Therefore, this creates a new flexible learning environment in the context of different learning settings. Students' perception of such technology is one of the most important factors for successful adoption of m-learning in the higher education environment. This study is conducted to investigate the perceptions of students in University Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) to move towards applying m-learning in their studies by using their mobile devices and to explore their expectations on mobile learning services. A total number of 91 undergraduate students majoring in computer science participated in the study. The findings show that the students have positive perception towards mobile learning and would like to use their mobile devices for both learning and administrative services.
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Local Government Authority (LGA) fiscal inequities and the challenges of 'disadvantaged' LGAs in Tanzania - Tilley, Helen; Williamson, Tim; Long, Cathal; Sola, Nazar; Maziku, Alloyce; Tobias, Julia (2014)
It has for some time been widely recognised that some fiscal transfers to Local Government Authorities (LGAs) are very unevenly distributed – in particular government recurrent transfers, most notably those for the payment of salaries, Personal Emoluments (PE). The objective of this study is to analyse progress, achievements and challenges of the current strategies for addressing inequalities of recurrent grant allocations across LGAs.
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Step-by-step approach: The integration of ICT in the classroom in rural African schools - Koopman, Martine (2014)
This paper will focus on how ICT in the classroom could really work to provide the children the education they need in this 21st century. Learning for children with the use of ICT in the classroom can work if teachers have the ability and skills to integrate ICT in their classroom. This is where the headmasters play a crucial role, if the teachers are supported by the surrounding education system. Simply placing hardware in schools will NOT improve the quality of teaching and learning. The work of IICD has demonstrated that for ICT to become real instruments of learning, the teachers are the important key to achieve results. The IICD approach will be illustrated in relation to the “ICT enabled school program” in Ghana.
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Using the Capability Approach to improve female teacher deployment to rural schools in Nigeria - Tao, Sharon (International Journal of Educational Development, 2014)
This study focuses on the socio-cultural and institutional factors that affect female teacher deployment in rural primary schools in Nigeria. In Kwara State, there are extreme imbalances in teacher distribution between rural and urban areas due to female teachers’ active avoidance and/or attrition from rural posts. Given these problems, this article discusses an innovative use of the Capability Approach that informed a rural teacher deployment policy that addressed a number of issues that were specifically identified through female teachers’ values and lived experiences. This research not only had the positive analytical and political effects of prioritising the knowledge, participation and empowerment of female teachers; but it also provided a more fine-grained and holistic understanding of issues hindering effective deployment and retention of female Nigerian teachers, which informed the development of comprehensive and relevant strategies to address these.
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Key ICT Features in UNICEF’S Response to Fighting Ebola - Inveneo (Inveneo, 2014)
International organizations like UNICEF are no stranger to dealing with devastating medical outbreaks like the ongoing Ebola crisis happening in West Africa, which has already claimed almost 5,000 lives. To engage local supporters, UNICEF recently hosted a speaker luncheon in San Francisco to explain the powerful work they have been doing on the ground throughout ...
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An examination of the use of technology in the teaching of history. A study of selected senior high schools in the cape coast metropolis, Ghana. - Boadu, Gideon (International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research, 2014)
This study examined the use of technology in the teaching of History in three (3) selected Senior High Schools in the Cape Coast metropolis. The study was modelled on the descriptive survey design with a sample size of 159 respondents, made up of 153 History students and 6 History teachers from three selected schools. The instruments used to collect data were the questionnaire and the interview guide. The study found that technologies such as computers, projectors, internet, and audio-visuals, could be used to teach History. Again, it was found that teachers have positive perceptions of the use of technology in teaching History, and students were also found to portray positive attitudes in class when technology is used to teach. Finally, the study revealed that teachers face the challenge of unavailability of technology resources, lack of enough time, and lack of motivation, in their attempt to use technology in class. It is recommended that seminars should be organized for teachers to expose them to the types of technologies and how to use them. Again, Ministry of Education should make technology resources available in schools, and also teachers should innovative and creative by using a variety of technologies in their lessons.
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Keywords: Attitude; History; Perception; Teaching; Technology; ⛔ No DOI found

Critical Digital Pedagogy: a Definition - Stommel, Jesse (Hybrid Pedagogy, 2014)
We are better users of technology when we are thinking critically about the nature and effects of that technology. What we must do is work to encourage students and ourselves to think critically about new tools (and, more importantly, the tools we already use).
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Understanding changing social norms and practices around girls’ education and marriage - Watson, Carol (ODI, 2014)
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A multimedia adaptive tutoring system for mathematics that addresses cognition, metacognition and affect - Arroyo, Ivon; Woolf, Beverly Park; Burelson, Winslow; Muldner, Kasia; Rai, Dovan; Tai, Minghui (International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 2014)
This article describes research results based on multiple years of experimentation and real-world experience with an adaptive tutoring system named Wayang Outpost. The system represents a novel adaptive learning technology that has shown successful outcomes with thousands of students, and provided teachers with valuable information about students’ mathematics performance. We define progress in three areas: improved student cognition, engagement, and affect, and we attribute this improvement to specific components and interventions that are inherently affective, cognitive, and metacognitive in nature. For instance, improved student cognitive outcomes have been measured with pre-post tests and state standardized tests, and achieved due to personalization of content and math fluency training. Improved student engagement was achieved by supporting students’ metacognition and motivation via affective learning companions and progress reports, measured via records of student gaming of the system. Student affect within the tutor was measured through sensors and student self-reports, and supported through affective learning companions and progress reports. Collectively, these studies elucidate a suite of effective strategies to support advanced personalized learning via an intelligent adaptive tutor that can be tailored to the individual needs, emotions, cognitive states, and metacognitive skills of learners.
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An intersectionality-based policy analysis framework: critical reflections on a methodology for advancing equity - Hankivsky, Olena; Grace, Daniel; Hunting, Gemma; Giesbrecht, Melissa; Fridkin, Alycia; Rudrum, Sarah; Ferlatte, Olivier; Clark, Natalie (International Journal for Equity in Health, 2014)
In the field of health, numerous frameworks have emerged that advance understandings of the differential impacts of health policies to produce inclusive and socially just health outcomes. In this paper, we present the development of an important contribution to these efforts – an Intersectionality-Based Policy Analysis (IBPA) Framework.
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Keywords: Equity; Health; Intersectionality; Policy analysis; Reflexivity; _C:Australia AUS; _C:Canada CAN; _C:Finland FIN; _C:India IND; _C:New Zealand NZL; _C:United Kingdom GBR; _C:United States USA; __C:scheme:1

Factors influencing teachers’ level of participation in online communities - Khalid, Fariza; Joyes, Gordon; Ellison, Linda; Daud, Md Yusoff (International Education Studies, 2014)
The use of an online learning community is one possible approach to teachers’ professional development that can enhance the opportunity for collaboration. Discussions in online learning communities not only allow community members to share resources, ideas and expertise, but also contribute to the fulfilment of teachers’ needs in terms of continuous learning and professional development. This paper reports the findings of a study that aimed to explore the factors that influence the way teachers behave in online communities. The research participants were 16 teachers from five secondary schools in Malaysia who were teaching English, science and mathematics. These teachers were involved in online learning communities via blogs in which they exchanged stories and experiences related to their teaching and learning activities. Data were generated through one-to-one interviews. Based on thematic analysis, the overall findings indicate that teachers’ levels of participation in their online learning communities were largely influenced by cultural issues. Other factors that impacted upon their engagement were time, enforcement by school administrators and their need for an online community.
Original URL: http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ies/article/view/43598 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.5539/ies.v7n13p23 2339240:CV52XQZG 2405685:2FFJVPVH 2405685:VMFM6CSP 2534378:EDAZA3Z4 2534378:ZN92H5YX
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Kenya’s ICT policy in practice: The effectiveness of tablets and e-readers in improving student outcomes - Kibukho, K.; Kwayumba, Dunston; Jepkemei, Evelyn; Piper, Benjamin (2014)
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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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)
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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)
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Education Dynamics: A Systems Thinking Perspective - Assidmi, Luay (2015 Fifth International Conference on e-Learning (econf), 2015)
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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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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)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:ZNW6RPS2 2405685:5DGY6G7J

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

Where it's needed the most: Quality professional development for all teachers - Burns, M.; Lawrie, J. (Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies, 2015)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:V4SP3RKS 2405685:GXPBN6L8 2405685:WZCNCBLM 2405685:XJ326CKU

TV White Space for Development Programs in the Philippines: Implications and Challenges - Carpio, Marife (2015)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:FWBITVZM 2405685:WNRSRB6Q

MOOCs for development: trends, challenges, and opportunities - Castillo, Nathan M.; Lee, Jinsol; Zahra, Fatima T.; Wagner, Daniel A. (Information Technologies & International Development, 2015)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:BSHFENDC 2405685:J3GZQZR9
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

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)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:YFQMYA4M 2405685:X5FH7F6E

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)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2405685:2NSI7HAR

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)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:VRGQHSQ6 2405685:P7V7CHIN

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)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:UQJ8GNC7 2405685:4CD9B9MI 2405685:LLH3AAD5 2534378:BF6I8W9B
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)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:YA95HWR7 2405685:P7QN9TUZ

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)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:3H548KCJ 2405685:LLXK8YUD

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.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:Z7WED3QU 2405685:L6EEZ9LR
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 (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)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:3Y2F895S 2405685:26UT4TRL
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)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:B5QJZIR4 2405685:KBCSWZR3

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)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:LRYTMBME 2405685:NRTNZLBJ

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

Improving School Education Outcomes in Developing Countries: Evidence, Knowledge Gaps, and Policy Implications - Glewwe, Paul; Muralidharan, Karthik (Oxford Policy Management, 2015)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:D9N4M5M3 2405685:EX5TJALL

National ICT Strategy and Plan NICI - 2015 - Government of Rwanda (2015)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:Z7UNCKNZ 2405685:8HCP38PR

Guidelines for Education Sector Plan Preparation - GPE; IIEP-UNESCO (UNESCO, 2015)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:CWTV3PW6 2339240:NAIGI842 2405685:LPT3UV3S 2405685:RV7S3GC7

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.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.4018/ijmbl.2015040102 10/ggn3xd 2339240:MHJH5AZV 2405685:NCJ8I8FF
Keywords: ___working_potential_duplicate

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

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)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:D8QPMN7Q 2405685:S553ICMH
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI 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)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:E8S99ZXJ 2405685:FB2HA35I
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Realising IT potential, unleashing learning power: A holistic approach - Hong Kong Education Bureau (2015)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:XLDY2W3L 2405685:MF4PVKEJ

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)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2405685:M6HPZKFX 4042040:JEDTST39

In Service Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Synthesis Report - Junaid, Muhammad Ibn; Maka, Francois (Commonwealth Secretariat, 2015)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:DJW6U9BM 2405685:VR6P6AX4

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...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. Key words: School development, technology, innovation, hearing impaired.
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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.
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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 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)
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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)
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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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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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