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Direct linkYujie Zhou; Liping Deng – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
With the ubiquitous presence of media devices, media multitasking has become prevalent in an educational context. Several authors have synthesized the literature on this topic, but no systematic review has been carried out so far. The present study fills this gap by examining the academic papers in the past decade to delineate the research trends,…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Time Management, Technology Uses in Education, Mass Media Use
Furtuna, Daniela – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2014
The author describes the steps taken by a research team, of which she was part, to develop a specific methodology for assessing student attainment in primary school, working with the Programme for the Analysis of Education Systems (PASEC) of the Conference of Ministers of Education of French-speaking Countries (CONFEMEN). This methodology provides…
Descriptors: Item Banks, Test Items, Test Construction, African Studies
Serpell, Robert; Marfo, Kofi; Abubakar, Amina – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2014
Sub-Saharan Africa is home to millions of HIV-affected children. These children are likely to experience multiple developmental delays. In this chapter, I present data highlighting compromised neurobehavioral, mental health, and scholastic outcomes for children affected by HIV. Furthermore, I discuss biomedical factors (e.g., disease severity and…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Foreign Countries, Risk, Mental Health
Conn, Katharine – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The aim of this dissertation is to identify effective educational interventions in Sub-Saharan African with an impact on student learning. This is the first meta-analysis in the field of education conducted for Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper takes an in-depth look at twelve different types of education interventions or programs and attempts to not…
Descriptors: African American Achievement, Foreign Countries, Research Methodology, Intervention
Download full textUNICEF, 2014
The purpose of these guidelines is to provide methods for comprehensive education sector analyses to support the preparation and monitoring of education sector plans. They are an update of a 1999 document that has been used to support the preparation of approximately 70 Education Country Status Reports (CSR) in more than 40 countries. The goal of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Research Methodology, Comparative Education
Zhang, Yanhong – Comparative Education Review, 2006
In this article, the author documents the learning disadvantage of rural primary school students in sub-Saharan Africa and attempts to identify the factors underlying such disadvantages. Analyzing data from 14 school systems participating in the second study of the Southern and Western Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality (SACMEQ…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Reading Achievement, Academic Achievement
Fotso, Jean-Christophe; Kuate-Defo, Barthelemy – Social Indicators Research, 2005
Research on the effects of socioeconomic well-being on health is important for policy makers in developing countries, where limited resources make it crucial to use existing health care resources to the best advantage. This paper develops and tests a set of measures of socioeconomic status indicators for predicting health status in developing…
Descriptors: Public Health, Socioeconomic Status, Academic Achievement, Developing Nations
Byerlee, Derek; And Others – 1976
Study objectives were to: increase the understanding of rural to urban migration processes in Africa and Sierra Leone; develop and test a theoretical schema and survey methodology for migration research; and evaluate the effects of policy on migration. The migration survey was conducted in rural areas, urban areas, and again in the rural areas…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitudes, Economic Factors, Foreign Countries
