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Effect of Nutrition on Children's Reading Ability
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Chikondi Maleta; Edrinnie Elizabeth Lora-Kayambazinthu; Patrick Kambewa; Anthony Chigeda – Educational Planning, 2023
Early nutrition supplementation's effect on children's reading ability was assessed during the conduct of the study. The study methodology followed children who participated in an early nutrition supplementation intervention and conducted a reading test to measure how well the children read. The effect of school resource endowment on student…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Reading Skills, Intervention, Reading Achievement
Starting from Home: Development of a Sustainable Parenting Education Program for Caregivers with Young Children in Rural Malawi
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Kim, Hyun Jeong; Lee, Boram; Park, Hye Jun; Choi, Suh Yoon; Han, Yaeeun – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2021
The purpose of this study was to design a community-based, needs-sensitive, and culturally appropriate parenting education program that is effective for rural Malawian caregivers. With the use of the five-stage model, qualitative methods and procedures were used for developing the program. The presented program emphasized securing sustainability…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Culturally Relevant Education, Community Programs, Parent Education
A Modified Analytical Framework for Describing M-Learning (As Applied to Early Grade Mathematics)
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Roberts, Nicky; Spencer-Smith, Garth – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2019
Background: There has been little Southern African research attention on the potentials of m-learning to support quality mathematics learning for young children and their caring adults. This article argues that m-learning research has shifted from claims of being promising to claims of effect in educational settings of both classrooms and homes.…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Models, Intervention, Mathematics Instruction
Supporting Children with Disabilities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Promoting Inclusive Practice within Community-Based Childcare Centres in Malawi through a Bioecological Systems Perspective
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McLinden, Mike; Lynch, Paul; Soni, Anita; Artiles, Alfredo; Kholowa, Foster; Kamchedzera, Elizabeth; Mbukwa, Jenipher; Mankhwazi, Mika – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2018
Given the narrow scope and conceptualisation of inclusion for young children with disabilities in research within low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) contexts, we draw on a bioecological systems perspective to propose the parameters for a broader unit of analysis. This perspective situates human development within a specific cultural context…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Child Care Centers, Foreign Countries, Young Children
'I Have Learnt to Love the Child and Give Opportunities to Play with Peers': A Feasibility Study of the Training Programme to Support Parents of Young Children with Visual Impairment in Malawi
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Lynch, Paul; Gladstone, Melissa; McLinden, Michael; Douglas, Graeme; Jolley, Emma; Schmidt, Elena; Chimoyo, Josephine – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2018
This is a first mixed-methods study, which created, adapted and tested the feasibility of a training programme targeted at parents, community professionals, specialist teachers and volunteers to provide advice on developmental stimulation for children with visual impairment in their homes in rural and urban settings of Malawi. The study followed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Visual Impairments, Feasibility Studies, Young Children
Predictors and Pathways of Language and Motor Development in Four Prospective Cohorts of Young Children in Ghana, Malawi, and Burkina Faso
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Prado, Elizabeth L.; Abbeddou, Souheila; Adu-Afarwuah, Seth; Arimond, Mary; Ashorn, Per; Ashorn, Ulla; Bendabenda, Jaden; Brown, Kenneth H.; Hess, Sonja Y.; Kortekangas, Emma; Lartey, Anna; Maleta, Kenneth; Oaks, Brietta M.; Ocansey, Eugenia; Okronipa, Harriet; Ouédraogo, Jean Bosco; Pulakka, Anna; Somé, Jérôme W.; Stewart, Christine P.; Stewart, Robert C.; Vosti, Stephen A.; Yakes Jimenez, Elizabeth; Dewey, Kathryn G. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2017
Background: Previous reviews have identified 44 risk factors for poor early child development (ECD) in low- and middle-income countries. Further understanding of their relative influence and pathways is needed to inform the design of interventions targeting ECD. Methods: We conducted path analyses of factors associated with 18-month language and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Acquisition, Motor Development, Young Children