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Barbara Ringwood; Jennifer Banks; Michael Shevlin – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2024
Background: Despite the growing diversity among students in higher education, nonprogression to postsecondary education persists for many students with intellectual disabilities with low completion rates for those who do progress. Research suggests that occupational therapy (OT) support can be extremely beneficial in assisting students. Less is…
Descriptors: Occupational Therapy, Intellectual Disability, Foreign Countries, Postsecondary Education
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May, Richard J.; Tyndall, Ian; McTiernan, Aoife; Roderique-Davies, Gareth; McLoughlin, Shane – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2022
Online interventions promoted to enhance cognitive ability hold great appeal for their potential positive impact in social, employment, and educational domains. Cognitive training programs have, thus far, not been shown to influence performance on tests of general cognitive aptitude. Strengthening Mental Abilities with Relational Training (SMART)…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Meta Analysis, Intervention, Cognitive Ability
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Anna Donhauser; Philipp Bitzenbauer; Linda Qerimi; Stefan Heusler; Stefan Küchemann; Jochen Kuhn; Malte S. Ubben – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2024
The present review intends to show the current state of teaching quantum-related content, to analyze and compare its learning efficiency, and to give a systemized overview of quantum-educational activities in the last years. We focus on teaching and learning elements, their innovative tools, and process-oriented studies that are empirically…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Quantum Mechanics, Comparative Analysis
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Bowers, Alison W.; Creamer, Elizabeth G. – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2021
Our world faces a range of environmental problems directly linked to or exacerbated by human actions and choices. Environmental education (EE) is one tool that can create a more environmentally literate citizenry. EE research contains numerous studies examining whether or not EE programs are achieving certain outcomes, yet research on the…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Environmental Education, Teaching Methods, Outcomes of Education
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Dzerefos, Cathy – Environmental Education Research, 2020
The Eco-Schools programme in South Africa is the longest-running Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) initiative in Africa, which aims to enhance environmental literacy amongst students. This paper reports on a qualitative study involving a focus group of environmental educators working for a non-profit organisation. Through a Rapid…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Environmental Education, Teacher Attitudes, Program Descriptions
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Prediger, Susanne; Barzel, Bärbel; Hußmann, Stephan; Leuders, Timo – ZDM: Mathematics Education, 2021
Engaging students in processes of mathematizing and active knowledge organization (instead of telling and rehearsing ready-made mathematics) is a key demand for high quality mathematics instruction. Although many mathematically rich context problems have been designed and published in textbooks, their impact on regular mathematics classrooms…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Barriers, Mathematics Instruction, Program Descriptions
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McGeehan, Catherine; Norris, Meganlyn – Journal of Organizational and Educational Leadership, 2020
The focus of this study was to examine how well Educational Leadership programs prepare principals to serve as literacy leaders. The role of a school leader is complex and multifaceted involving managerial duties and resource allocation (Jenkins, 2009). Yet, the primary role of the school leader is "…to promote the learning and success for…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Instructional Leadership, Resource Allocation, Correlation
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Menéndez, Susana; Pérez-Padilla, Javier; Maya, Jesús – Educational Gerontology, 2018
The university programs designed for older people (UPOP) is an important educational resource and it is essential to study them to identify their characteristics, the key aspects of their effects, and the possible additional benefits of participation in formal educational activities for its students. This systematic review aimed to examine the…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Educational Resources, Profiles, College Students
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Aboal, Diego; Tacsir, Ezequiel – Research Evaluation, 2017
In this article we perform an impact evaluation of a programme that provides ex post subsidies to researchers in Paraguay. The analysis spans across the first 2 years following the programme (short-run). Ex post subsidies are prevalent in Latin America; however, the analysis of their effects has received little attention in the literature. Thanks…
Descriptors: Researchers, Productivity, Program Evaluation, Bibliographies
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Jakobs, Eva-Maria; Digmayer, Claas – AILA Review, 2020
This article examines how written feedback is used to support the production of texts for purposes of reuse. The case study refers to an entrepreneur training program at the University of Texas at Austin. In the program, Korean startups are trained in understanding the US market, and developing pitches that convince US investors. They are…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Case Studies, Entrepreneurship, Universities
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Hutaibat, Khaled – Journal of International Education in Business, 2019
Purpose: This study aims to illustrate an interactive project in an advanced accounting course at a Middle Eastern higher education institution, which introduced students to practical/applied financial and managerial accounting and sustainability reporting and created an element of cognitive dissonance with regard to their financial…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Accounting, Outcomes of Education, Prior Learning
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Payà Rico, Andrés; Bantulà Janot, Jaume – Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, 2021
The child's right to play is specifically addressed in the framework of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The international recognition of this right is the central theme of this study. Through a documentary analysis of the reports of the States Parties to the Convention and the Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of…
Descriptors: Play, Childrens Rights, Cross Cultural Studies, Children
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Moodie, Nikki; Vass, Greg; Lowe, Kevin – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2021
Beginning in 2017, the Aboriginal Voices project brought together 14 researchers from 11 Australian universities to conduct the first systematic review of empirical research on Indigenous education. Collectively, the project has now reviewed more than 13 000 publications in 10 areas that address the experiences and achievements of Aboriginal and…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Pacific Islanders, Educational Experience, Academic Achievement
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Prendes-Espinosa, María-Paz; García-Tudela, Pedro-Antonio; Solano-Fernández, Isabel-María – Comunicar: Media Education Research Journal, 2020
This article focuses on gender equality as one of the most relevant objectives of the educational system to alleviate gender violence and combat stereotypes. At the same time, ICTs have become a very important educational tool in a digital society like the one where we live. Around these two topics we conducted this research whose purpose is, from…
Descriptors: Sex Fairness, Sex Stereotypes, Information Technology, Educational Practices
Jimenez, Edward C. – Online Submission, 2021
The advent of the current COVID-19 pandemic almost halted the education process between teachers and students. Nonetheless, the government strived and overcame all the challenges posited by the pandemic and forged forward to continue the learning experience of students. This paper introduces the proposal entitled Project NEW-NORMAL which will…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Teacher Student Relationship, Educational Change
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