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Camila Aparecida Errerias Fernandes Cardinali; Yandara Akamine Martins; Rodrigo Pereira Prates; Emmanuel Veríssimo de Araújo; Felipe Jose Costa Viana; Maria Eleticia de Sousa; Eduardo da Cunha Bombardi; Marcus Vinicius Chrysostomo Baldo; Maria Tereza Nunes – Advances in Physiology Education, 2025
Games and analogies can significantly enrich the learning experience when integrated with traditional expository teaching methods. With this aim, we developed "The Mystery of the Cell Kingdom," an online game designed to enhance understanding of the physiology of thyroid hormones through a medieval analogy. In the game, students are…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Physiology, Metabolism, Educational Games
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Woska Pires da Costa; Angélica Ferreira Melo; Patricia Espíndola Mota Venâncio; Mirelle Amaral de São Bernardo; Priscilla Rayanne E. Silva Noll; Matias Noll – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2025
Scientific and technological initiation programs are developed to introduce students to scientific research and technological development. We use the term undergraduate research (UR) to refer to both initiation modalities. Our study aimed to evaluate undergraduate students' research experience, self-perceptions, and scientific production during…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Research, Self Concept, Productivity
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Lépine, Andrea – Education Finance and Policy, 2022
This paper provides evidence on a large-scale teacher incentive program in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, which awarded group bonuses to teachers and school staff conditional on improvements in student performance. By using a difference-in-differences and triple-differences framework with a series of alternative counterfactual groups, I show that…
Descriptors: Incentives, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Teacher Salaries
Milan Dahal – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Educational Robotics has gained popularity in K-12 education as an effective tool to teach STEM topics and skills like computational thinking, programming, collaboration, and creativity. With rapid technological progress, educational robots have found ways into classrooms worldwide. However, challenges like the ease of use, cost, and requiring…
Descriptors: Robotics, STEM Education, Technology Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education
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Maitê Schneider; Carolina Prietto Ferrazza; Roberta Francieli da Silva Bomber; Felipe Picon; Diego Luiz Rovaris; Paulo Roberto Stefani Sanches; Danton Pereira; André Russowsky Brunoni; Joan A. Camprodon; Wolnei Caumo; Claiton Henrique Dotto Bau; Eugenio Horacio Grevet; Luis Augusto Rohde; Douglas Teixeira Leffa – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2025
Objective: Few trials in ADHD incorporate participant-centered outcomes that evaluate the impact of interventions on meaningful life activities. Additionally, in psychiatry, the translation of changes in symptom rating scales into meaningful impacts on participants' lives has been questioned. The Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) for…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Adults, Goal Orientation, Intervention
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Matheus Gomes; Guilherme Hirata – Education Economics, 2025
This paper assesses the impact of a program aimed at developing reading fluency in Brazilian students in primary school. Students were randomly assigned to participate in the program. The program was based on the repeated reading principle and consisted of group training sessions in which an instructor used diversified reading techniques to guide…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Reading Fluency, Reading Programs, Foreign Countries
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Schnitman, Gabriel; Gomes, Danila; Deckelbaum, Dan; Utiyama, Edivaldo Massazo – Health Education Research, 2022
Health literacy, culture and language play vital roles in patients' understanding of health issues. Obstacles are more evident in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where inadequate patient education levels are higher and hospital resources are lower. This is a prospective pilot study assessing the feasibility of digital preoperative…
Descriptors: Feasibility Studies, Multimedia Materials, Animation, Health Education
Dinah Ouano Perren – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Student enrollment in higher education is becoming increasingly diverse. Despite this increase in diversity, students from traditionally marginalized groups such as students of color or from low-income families continue to be underrepresented. A lack of cultural understanding and the presence of biases and prejudices are considered a root cause of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Diversity, Inclusion, Training
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Shimada, Marcella Seika; Locatelli, Solange Wagner – International Baltic Symposium on Science and Technology Education, 2023
Students' perceptions of an activity involving visualization are important in assessing their learning of the task. In view of this, this study was developed with undergraduate students from different courses at a public Brazilian university. The research objective was to determine how three students, who are majoring in different courses…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students, Inquiry, Visualization
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de Souza Fleith, Denise; Muniz Prado, Renata; Vilarinho-Pereira, Daniela – Gifted and Talented International, 2023
Families play a critical role in fostering talent development, and need guidance and support with parenting practices. The purposes of this study were to describe a psychoeducational program for parents of gifted children and to investigate the participants' perceptions of the program. Nine Brazilian families participated. The data was collected…
Descriptors: Parents, Academically Gifted, Family Programs, Foreign Countries
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Priscilla Brandi Gomes Godoy; Lorna McWilliams; Leticia Rodrigues da Silveira; Mirian de Cesaro Revers Biasão; Fernanda Speggiorin Pereira Alarcão; Leonardo Seda; Renata Generoso Campoli; Holan Liang; Gauri Divan; Kathy Leadbitter; Jonathan Green; Elizabeth Shephard – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
Effective support for autistic individuals is lacking in Brazil. Few centres offer services and those that do are limited in therapeutic options and geographical location. Paediatric Autism Communication Therapy is a low-intensity, evidence-based parent-mediated social-communication intervention that may be useful for this scenario. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Role, Interpersonal Communication, Communication Skills
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Joseph Murray; Rafaela Costa Martins; Melanie Greenland; Suélen Cruz; Elisa Altafim; Adriane Xavier Arteche; Peter J. Cooper; Marlos Rodrigues Domingues; Andrea Gonzalez; Adriana Kramer Fiala Machado; Lynne Murray; Isabel Oliveira; Iná Santos; Tâmara Biolo Soares; Luciana Tovo-Rodrigues; Merryn Voysey – Prevention Science, 2024
Violence is a major public health problem globally, with the highest rates in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in the Americas and southern Africa. Parenting programmes in high-income countries can diminish risk for violence, by reducing risk factors such as child aggression and harsh parenting, and increasing protective factors such as…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Program Effectiveness, Parent Education, Child Behavior
Diaz, Lelys I. Dinarte; Ferreyra, Maria Marta; Urzúa, Sergio S.; Bassi, Marina – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2022
Short-cycle higher education programs (SCPs) can play a central role in skill development and higher education expansion, yet their quality varies greatly within and among countries. In this paper we explore the relationship between programs' practices and inputs (quality determinants) and student academic and labor market outcomes. We design and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Length, Higher Education, Labor Market
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Elsa Morgado; Levi Leonido; Antonino Pereira; Luís Borges Gouveia – Educational Process: International Journal, 2025
Background/purpose: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and distance learning (EaD) have profoundly transformed education, redefining teaching methodologies and learning dynamics. When integrated into educational environments, these technologies facilitate equitable access to knowledge, enable personalized learning, and enhance pedagogical flexibility.…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Distance Education, Artificial Intelligence
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Gabriela Giusti; Antonio Carlos Farrapo Junior; Daiane Vitoria Silva; Diogo A. L. Silva – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2025
Purpose: The study aims to explore the relationship between the SDGs and the environmental and social impacts of university classes. It evaluates the potential contributions of different teaching models to the SDGs, providing insights into sustainable teaching systems. Findings: In-person classes exhibited hotspots in transportation and energy…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Conservation (Environment), Higher Education, Transportation
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