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A Systematic Review of Research on Creative Thinking in Primary Education: Focus on Empirical Methodologies
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Smare, Zaina; Elfatihi, Mohamed – Issues in Educational Research, 2023
This article reviews the methodologies used in 76 empirical studies conducted on creative thinking in primary school education and published between 2011 and 2021. The studies were analysed for their context, foci of investigation and the methodologies used. Each study was coded and analysed quantitatively and qualitatively. The findings are…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Creative Thinking, Foreign Countries, Elementary Education
Systematic Review of Two Decades (1995 to 2014) of Research on Synchronous Online Learning
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Martin, Florence; Ahlgrim-Delzell, Lynn; Budhrani, Kiran – American Journal of Distance Education, 2017
Systematic reviews of literature are studies that strategically search for published research on a specific topic in order to synthesize what is known about the topic. This systematic review describes 157 articles on synchronous online learning (SOL) from thirty-four different countries on instructional setting, content areas, participant…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Educational Research, Synchronous Communication, Electronic Learning
A Meta-Synthesis of Empirical Research on the Effectiveness of Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) in SLA
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Lin, Huifen – Language Learning & Technology, 2015
This meta-analysis reports the results of a systematic synthesis of primary studies on the effectiveness of computer-mediated communication (CMC) in second language acquisition (SLA) for the period 2000-2012. By extracting information on 21 features from each primary study, this meta-analysis intends to summarize the CMC research literature for…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Second Language Learning, Meta Analysis, Effect Size
A Review of Research on Mobile Learning in Teacher Education
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Baran, Evrim – Educational Technology & Society, 2014
Mobile devices have become attractive learning devices for education. While the majority of the existing research has focused primarily on the value of mobile learning for students, researchers have recently started exploring its potentials within teacher development. The present qualitative synthesis of quantitative and qualitative research aimed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Teacher Education, Qualitative Research
Governmental Disability Welfare Expenditure and National Economic Growth from 1991 to 2006 in Taiwan
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Lin, Jin-Ding; Lin, Lan-Ping – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
The purposes of the present study were to describe the welfare expenditure for people with disabilities and examine its relation to national economic growth from 1991 to 2006 in Taiwan. We analyzed data mainly from the information of population with disabilities, disability welfare expenditure and national economic growth and gross national…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Developmental Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Welfare Services
The Validation of the Career Decision-Making Difficulties Scale in a Chinese Culture
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Tien, Hsiu-Lan Shelley – Journal of Career Assessment, 2005
The purpose of the study was to test the classification system for career decision difficulties of college students in a Chinese culture. Five hundred twenty-one college students completed the Chinese version of the Career Decision-Making Difficulties Questionnaire. Data obtained were analyzed by multivariate analysis of variance, factor analysis,…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, College Students, Asian Culture, Factor Analysis