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Direct linkEvans, Josie M. M.; Connelly, Jenni; Jepson, Ruth; Gray, Cindy; Shepherd, Ashley; Mackison, Dionne – Health Education Journal, 2018
Objective: A Bingo club was selected for the design and delivery of a health intervention (Well!Bingo) in order to engage with older women living in areas of socio-economic disadvantage. In the light of our experience, we discuss the significance of the setting in relation to a typology of health promotion settings. Design and Setting: The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Activities, Intervention, Games
Herodotou, Christothea; Heiser, Sarah; Rienties, Bart – Open Learning, 2017
Randomised control trials (RCTs) are an evidence-based research approach which has not yet been adopted and widely used in open and distance education to inform educational policy and practice. Despite the challenges entailed in their application, RCTs hold the power to robustly evaluate the effects of educational interventions in distance…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Open Education, Distance Education, Feasibility Studies
Li, Jia; Cummins, Jim; Deng, Qizhen – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2017
This study examined university undergraduate English language learners' (ELLs) perspectives on an intervention, Word Matters, that aimed to enhance functional academic vocabulary learning critical to their cognitive academic language proficiency development (Cummins, 1989), a challenge faced by many ELLs in English-medium universities. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, English Language Learners, Student Attitudes
Download full textResch, Alexandra; Berk, Jillian; Akers, Lauren – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2014
An opportunistic experiment is a type of randomized controlled trial that studies the effects of a planned intervention or policy change with minimal added disruption and cost. This guide defines opportunistic experiments and provides examples, discusses issues to consider when identifying potential opportunistic experiments, and outlines the…
Descriptors: Educational Experiments, Educational Research, Intervention, Educational Policy
McCune, Renee L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Patient health literacy skills are critical to effective healthcare communication and safe care delivery in primary care settings. Methods and strategies to identify patient health literacy (HL) capabilities and provider/staff knowledge, attitudes and beliefs (KAB) regarding HL must be known before addressing provider/staff communication skills.…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Health Materials, Identification, Patients
Marziali, Elsa; Donahue, Peter – Gerontologist, 2006
Purpose: The aim of this pilot feasibility study was to evaluate the effects of an innovative, Internet-based psychosocial intervention for family caregivers of older adults with neurodegenerative disease. Design and Methods: After receiving signed informed consent from each participant, we randomly assigned 66 caregivers to an Internet-based…
Descriptors: Intervention, Diseases, Caregivers, Feasibility Studies
