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Bimali Indrarathne – ELT Journal, 2025
Whether or not ELT practitioners have access to research findings, their understanding of them and the perceived relevance to their own contexts are important debates in the language education field. This paper discusses an initiative that attempted to disseminate research findings relating to teaching/learning grammar to a group of ELT teachers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English Teachers, Language Teachers, English (Second Language)
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Fowle, Karen; Wells, Brent; Day, Melissa; Kumar, Anjali; Bess, Cameron; Bingham, Brian; Wayman, Annica – Research Evaluation, 2021
Organizations that fund research to address global development challenges are increasingly interested in measuring the social and economic outcomes of research. However, traditional metrics for measuring research outputs are often insufficient for capturing the outcomes targeted by international assistance organizations. To address this, the…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Research Utilization, Measurement Techniques
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Esko, Terhi; Miettinen, Reijo – Research Evaluation, 2019
This article focuses on the social impact of educational sciences. It introduces a framework for studying the social impact of research and uses it to analyze the social impact of the work of a research group studying learning difficulties at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. The framework suggests that the social impact of research can be…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Influences, Foreign Countries, Research Utilization
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Stewart, Ruth; Langer, Laurenz; Wildeman, Russell; Erasmus, Yvonne; Maluwa, Louis Gerald; Jordaan, Sunet; Lötter, Desyreé; Mitchell, Janine; Motha, Precious – Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 2018
To maximise the potential impact and acceptability of EIDM capacity building, there is a need for programmes to coordinate their remits within existing systems, playing both 'insider' and 'outsider' roles. Through a review of the South African evidence-policy landscape and analysis of a stakeholder event that brought together EIDM role players,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Capacity Building, Decision Making, Evidence
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Annie Irvine – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2024
Engaging with primary researchers during qualitative secondary analysis is a practice much recommended but rarely written about. In this article, I reflect on my experience of crossing an imagined boundary between the discrete textual dataset and its creators, of acknowledging and engaging with those researchers who invested in constructing the…
Descriptors: Researchers, Foreign Countries, Primary Sources, Research Methodology
Obaya Valdivia, Adolfo Eduardo; Vargas-Rodriguez, Yolanda Marina; Giammatteo, Lucila; Ruiz Solórzano, Citlali – Online Submission, 2019
An overview of the relationship between educational research and teaching chemistry is presented, covering the opportunity areas between production and science popularization (dissemination of scientific knowledge). Knowledge apprehension and appropriation are also discussed in the educational context of UNAM, in Facultad de Estudios Superiores…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Science Instruction, Chemistry, Research Utilization
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Walker, Matt; Nelson, Julie; Bradshaw, Sally – Education Endowment Foundation, 2019
This research briefing summarises findings from a nationally representative survey of schools and teachers, which investigated teachers' research use. The survey was designed with reference to the principles adopted in an earlier 2014 study in which the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) and the Education Endowment Foundation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Decision Making, Research Utilization
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Haaker, Maureen; Morgan-Brett, Bethany – SAGE Open, 2017
Research-led teaching is an area that has gained attention and prominence within higher education. This article reviews two teaching resources developed from archived research data and demonstrates how this type of data reuse helps teachers establish a clear connection between research and teaching. The two teaching resources, developed by the…
Descriptors: Research Utilization, College Instruction, Data, Social Science Research
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Christodoulou, Andri – Research Papers in Education, 2017
The demand for students to continue studying STEM subjects at post-16 and higher education levels remains high. Since the curriculum reforms in Science and Mathematics across phases in England were initiated in 2014, uncertainty remains on the impact that these reforms will have on students and teachers as the reforms continue to be implemented…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Educational Improvement, Research Utilization, Evidence Based Practice
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Haynes, Abby; Turner, Tari; Redman, Sally; Milat, Andrew J.; Moore, Gabriel – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2015
The development of definitions is an integral part of the research process but is often poorly described. This paper details the iterative development of five definitions: Policy, Health policy-maker, Health policy agency, Policy documents, and Research findings. We describe the challenges of developing definitions in a large multidisciplinary…
Descriptors: Intervention, Health Services, Foreign Countries, Definitions
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Wise, Alyssa Friend; Vytasek, Jovita Maria; Hausknecht, Simone; Zhao, Yuting – Online Learning, 2016
This paper addresses a relatively unexplored area in the field of learning analytics: how analytics are taken up and used as part of teaching and learning processes. Initial steps are taken towards developing design knowledge for this "middle space," with a focus on students as analytics users. First, a core set of challenges for…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Analysis, Educational Research, Teaching Methods
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Arora, Prerna G.; Nastasi, Bonnie K.; Leff, Stephen S. – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2017
The implementation of evidence-based psychological programming to meet the needs of a global population has been impeded by the translation of theories and research findings across populations and settings without due consideration of cultural factors. The purpose of this article is to discuss the rationale for use of partnership-based methods in…
Descriptors: Mental Health Programs, Partnerships in Education, Cultural Relevance, Psychological Services
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Lian, Lim Hooi; Yew, Wun Thiam; Meng, Chew Cheng – International Education Studies, 2014
Currently, in order to reform the Malaysian education system, there have been a number of education policy initiatives launched by the Malaysian Ministry of Education (MOE). All these initiatives have encouraged and inculcated teaching and learning for creativity, critical, innovative and higher-order thinking skills rather than conceptual…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Evaluation Methods, Teacher Competencies
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Wieman, Carl; Gilbert, Sarah – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2014
We have created an inventory to characterize the teaching practices used in science and mathematics courses. This inventory can aid instructors and departments in reflecting on their teaching. It has been tested with several hundred university instructors and courses from mathematics and four science disciplines. Most instructors complete the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Instruction, Science Instruction, Mathematics Instruction
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Berman, Dene; Davis-Berman, Jennifer – Journal of Experiential Education, 2013
Estimates of the mental health needs of adolescents far outstrip the resources of traditional mental health. The field of adventure therapy has the potential to help meet these unmet needs. It is argued that particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom, for adventure therapy to become a formal part of the mental health delivery service…
Descriptors: Children, Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Mental Health
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