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Nicholson, Laura M.; McLeod Loren, Dorothy; Reifenberg, Alexandra; Beets, Michael W.; Bohnert, Amy M. – Journal of School Health, 2021
Background: The structure provided by school settings even with no specific obesity-intervention may prevent weight gain. This meta-analytic study considered this premise by examining weight outcomes from control groups in published randomized controlled trials of school-year obesity-related interventions conducted in-school and out-of-school.…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Meta Analysis, Obesity, Intervention
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Valero Moya, Aída; Vendrell Morancho, Mireia; Camas Garrido, Laura – Digital Education Review, 2020
Considering the increasing importance and presence of the Social Networks Sites (SNSs) in educational scenarios, this work is aimed at exploring the scientific literature on their educational use for the last years. Through a bibliometric analysis composed of 191 journal articles written in English and Spanish, found in 7 different databases…
Descriptors: Databases, Social Networks, Bibliometrics, Spanish
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Dupriez, Vincent; Dumay, Xavier – Comparative Education, 2006
In this study the authors start from the observed fact that equality of opportunities of educational achievement is higher in integrated school systems than in differentiated school systems. In other words, in integrated school systems, a pupil's school achievement depends less than elsewhere on the social and cultural resources of his or her…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Educational Opportunities, Academic Achievement, Educational Environment
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Scardamalia, M.; And Others – Interactive Learning Environments, 1992
Presents results from elementary school classroom uses of the Computer Supported Integrated Learning Environments (CSILE) software that stores student productions, including text and graphics, in one database to which all users have simultaneous access. Educational uses, effects, and outcomes of CSILE are described; and knowledge construction is…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Observation Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction
Krueger, David W. – 1995
The School District Data Book (SDDB) of the National Center for Education Statistics contains data on local education agencies that make it possible to compare data aggregated at district, county, state, and national levels on hundreds of variables. The development of the SDDB has provided an efficient and powerful tool for use in planning and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Databases
Yakimowski, Mary E. – 1995
The School District Data Book (SDDB) is an information resource from the National Center of Education Statistics that contains social, economic, and administrative data for each of the 15,274 public school districts (local education agencies, or LEAs) in the United States. This paper addresses the information and capabilities of the SDDB that can…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Databases
Price, Jane, Ed. – 1992
This publication contains 25 papers from a conference on defining quality higher education. Opening sections cover the conference program and members of the conference's steering committee. A representative sampling of papers includes the following: "The College Student Experiences Questionnaire: A Follow-Up Study of Academic and Social…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), College Faculty, College Freshmen, College Students
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers