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Vincenza Benigno; Veronica Repetto – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2025
Mindfulness and biofeedback are two techniques that have been gaining popularity in recent years as effective tools for improving well-being and performance. Specifically, mindfulness is a practice of being present and fully engaged in the present moment through breathing exercises, meditation, and other relaxation techniques. In contrast,…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Biofeedback, Well Being, Relaxation Training
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Lauren A. Gardner; Amy-Leigh Rowe; Nicola C. Newton; Lyra Egan; Emily Hunter; Emma K. Devine; Tess Aitken; Louise Thornton; Maree Teesson; Emily Stockings; Katrina E. Champion – Prevention Science, 2024
This study aimed to examine the efficacy of school-based e-cigarette preventive interventions via a systematic review and meta-analysis. We searched Medline, Embase, PsycINFO, Scopus, CINAHL, Cochrane, and clinical trial registries for studies published between January 2000 and June 2023 using keywords for e-cigarettes, adolescents, and school. Of…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Intervention, Smoking, Electronic Equipment
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Robertson, Dianne; Carins, Julia; Rundle-Thiele, Sharyn; Harris, Jessica – Journal of School Health, 2022
Background: Health promotion programs and interventions are designed to encourage behavioral changes in children, encouraging them to make safe and healthy life choices. This systematic review seeks to examine how social impact is measured in primary school health promotion interventions. Method: A systematic search and review process was used to…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Databases, Research Reports, Foreign Countries
Lawrence, Sharmila; Stephens, Samuel A. – Child Care & Early Education Research Connections, 2016
This "Topic of Interest" provides a comprehensive list of research in the Research Connections collection that was published in 2005 or later addressing issues related to quality improvement specifically in home-based child care. The resources are grouped under the following headings: Overviews, Summaries, and Reviews of Quality…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Child Care, Child Care Centers, Educational Quality
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West, Mel; Ainscow, Mel; Wigelsworth, Michael; Troncoso, Patricio – Education Endowment Foundation, 2017
Challenge the Gap (CtG) is a school collaboration programme designed by Challenge Partners that aims to break the link between disadvantage and attainment. The main components of CtG are: (1) after-school workshops drawing on published research and evidenced practice; (2) focused in-school interventions with a selected cohort of disadvantaged…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Research Reports, Disadvantaged, Educational Attainment
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2012
This document provides guidance about how to describe studies and report their findings in a way that is clear, complete, and transparent. This document does not include information about how studies are judged against What Works Clearinghouse evidence standards. For information about What Works Clearinghouse evidence standards, please refer to…
Descriptors: Intervention, Research Reports, Educational Research, Guides
Rutt, Simon; Kettlewell, Kelly; Bernardinelli, Daniele – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2015
Catch Up® Literacy is a structured one-to-one literacy intervention for pupils between the ages of 6 and 14 who are struggling to learn to read. It teaches pupils to blend phonemes (combine letter sounds into words), segment phonemes (separate words into letter sounds), and memorise particular words so they can be understood without needing to use…
Descriptors: Research Reports, Literacy, Phonemes, Memorization
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2014
This "What Works Clearinghouse Procedures and Standards Handbook (Version 3.0)" provides a detailed description of the standards and procedures of the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC). The remaining chapters of this Handbook are organized to take the reader through the basic steps that the WWC uses to develop a review protocol, identify…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Guides, Intervention, Classification
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2008
Accelerated middle schools are self-contained academic programs designed to help middle school students who are behind grade level catch up with their age peers. If these students begin high school with other students their age, the hope is that they will be more likely to stay in school and graduate. The programs serve students who are one to two…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Intervention, Program Evaluation, Dropout Prevention
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McArthur, Genevieve – Australasian Journal of Special Education, 2008
The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) provides online reports to the public about the scientific evidence for educational interventions. The quality of these reports is important because they effectively tell the non-scientific community which programmes do and do not work. The aim of this brief review is to assess WWC's report on a clinically…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Quality Control, Clearinghouses, Intervention
Karoly, Lynn A. – RAND Corporation, 2008
This study assesses the state of the art of the measurement and use of estimated economic value, or "shadow prices," in applying benefit-cost analysis (BCA) to social program evaluation. It reviews 39 effective social programs whose effects have been evaluated using scientifically rigorous methods and documents outcomes affected by the…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Research Reports
Cheung, Alan C. K.; Slavin, Robert E. – Center for Research and Reform in Education, 2011
The present review examines research on the effects of technology use on reading achievement in K-12 classrooms. Unlike previous reviews, this review applies consistent inclusion standards to focus on studies that met high methodological standards. In addition, methodological and substantive features of the studies are investigated to examine the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evidence, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Achievement
Hadley, Alena M.; Mbwana, Kassim; Hair, Elizabeth C. – Child Trends, 2010
Major strides have been made in the field of youth development. However, youth transitioning into adulthood have not received similar attention. These older youth have frequently been overlooked by policymakers and practitioners who have been more focused on designing programs and services for adolescents and young children. Because older youth…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Intervention, Homeless People, Independent Living
Murphy, Jennifer; Brennan, Aimie – National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (NJ1), 2011
The mission of the National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (NAIRTL) is to ensure that all higher education students are exposed to cutting edge research in their classrooms, and that students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels are actively engaged in relevant and authentic research in their chosen discipline. To…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Grants
Patrinos, Harry Anthony; Fasih, Tazeen; Barrera, Felipe; Garcia-Moreno, Vicente A.; Bentaouet-Kattan, Raja; Baksh, Shaista; Wickramasekera, Inosha – World Bank Publications, 2007
Impact evaluations of school-based management (SBM) programs, or any other kind of program, are important because they can demonstrate whether or not the program has accomplished its objectives. Furthermore, these evaluations can identify ways to improve the design of the program. These evaluations can also make successful interventions…
Descriptors: School Based Management, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Research
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