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Machin, Stephen; McNally, Sandra; Viarengo, Martina – Centre for Economic Performance, 2016
Significant numbers of people have very low levels of literacy in many OECD countries and, because of this, face significant labour market penalties. Despite this, it remains unclear what teaching strategies are most useful for actually rectifying literacy deficiencies. The subject remains hugely controversial amongst educationalists and has…
Descriptors: Literacy, Teaching Methods, Literacy Education, Reading Instruction
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Giles-Corti, B.; English, D. R.; Costa, C.; Milne, E.; Cross, D.; Johnston, R. – Health Education Research, 2004
Kidskin was a sun-protection intervention study involving 1776 children attending 33 primary schools in Perth, Western Australia. There were three study groups: a control group, a moderate intervention group and a high intervention group. In addition to receiving a specially designed curricular intervention (1995-1998), the moderate and high…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Control Groups, Intervention, Environmental Education