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Beyond executive functions, creativity skills benefit academic outcomes: Insights from Montessori education
Studies have shown scholastic, creative, and social benefits of Montessori education, benefits that were hypothesized to result from better executive functioning on the part of those so educated. As these previous studies have not reported consistent outcomes supporting this idea, we therefore…
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The Mastery Rubric for Bioinformatics: A tool to support design and evaluation of career-spanning education and training
As the life sciences have become more data intensive, the pressure to incorporate the requisite training into life-science education and training programs has increased. To facilitate curriculum development, various sets of (bio)informatics competencies have been articulated; however, these have…
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Student engagement and wellbeing over time at a higher education institution
Student engagement is an important factor for learning outcomes in higher education. Engagement with learning at campus-based higher education institutions is difficult to quantify due to the variety of forms that engagement might take (e.g. lecture attendance, self-study, usage of online/digital…
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Being there: A scoping review of grief support training in medical education
Introduction: Medical education experts argue that grief support training for physicians would improve physician and patient and family wellness, and should therefore be mandatory. However, there is little evidence about the range of curricula interventions or the impact of grief training. The aim…
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The logic of basic education provision and public goods preferences in Chinese fiscal federalism
…not be devoted to local public goods provision? This study, using basic education provision as an example, intends to gauge the impact of leadership selection on public goods provision in China. It is found that career trajectories of politicians have a bearing on basic education provision. The…
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Exploring critical factors of the perceived usefulness of blended learning for higher education students
Performed in a Slovenian higher education institution, the presented research was designed to help investigate which factors influence the ways a student perceives an e-course’s usefulness in a blended learning environment. The study is based on an online questionnaire completed by 539 students…
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Effect of community based health education on knowledge and attitude towards iron and folic acid supplementation among pregnant women in Kiambu County, Kenya: A quasi experimental study
…factors associated with poor awareness on IFAS. Community based health education is a promising diversification strategy for IFAS health education to curb this problem. Objectives: To determine effect of community based IFAS health education, utilizing CHVs, on IFAS knowledge, levels of counselling…
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Associations of adverse childhood experiences with educational attainment and adolescent health and the role of family and socioeconomic factors: A prospective cohort study in the UK
Background: Experiencing multiple adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) is a risk factor for many adverse outcomes. We explore associations of ACEs with educational attainment and adolescent health and the role of family and socioeconomic factors in these associations. Methods and findings: Using…
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Students physical activity assessed by accelerometers and motivation for physical education during class: Should we consider lessons as a whole or only active periods?
…activity (PA) indicators assessed with accelerometers during physical education lessons. Methods: Questionnaires about motivation and psychological needs on the context of physical education were completed by 319 middle high school students, up to 5 times within a 2-year period; they were equipped…
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Divorce and adolescent academic achievement: Heterogeneity in the associations by parental education
Background: The link between parental divorce and adolescents’ academic achievement may depend on parental educational levels. However, findings have been inconsistent regarding whether the negative associations between parental divorce and adolescents’ academic outcomes are greater or smaller in…
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Healthcare practitioners’ views of social media as an educational resource
Social media is increasingly utilized as a resource in healthcare. We sought to identify perceptions of using social media as an educational tool among healthcare practitioners. An electronic survey was distributed to healthcare administrators, nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, physicians…
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Similar but different: Profiling secondary school students based on their perceived motivational climate and psychological need-based experiences in physical education
The purpose of this study was to provide more insight into how the physical education (PE) context can be better tailored to the diverse motivational demands of secondary school students. Therefore, we examined how different constructs of student motivation in the context of PE combine into…
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Exploring the perspectives of healthcare professionals in delivering optimal oncology medication education
Background: To optimize patient education, it is important to understand what healthcare professionals perceive to be ideal oncology medication education for patients to receive, and what they feel is their role and the role of others in its delivery. Education provided to patients is an important…
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The role of climate change education on individual lifetime carbon emissions
Strategies to mitigate climate change often center on clean technologies, such as electric vehicles and solar panels, while the mitigation potential of a quality educational experience is rarely discussed. In this paper, we investigate the long-term impact that an intensive one-year university…
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Evidence-based conservation education in Mexican communities: Connecting arts and science
…hunting. Successful primate conservation strategies require effective educational programs capable of enhancing critical system-thinking and responsible behavior towards these species. Arts-based conservation education can simultaneously foster cognitive and emotional processes. In this paper, we…
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Predicting economics student retention in higher education: The effects of students’ economic competencies at the end of upper secondary school on their intention to leave their studies in economics
Despite the importance of acquiring economic competencies at the secondary level and the worldwide popularity of economics in higher education, there is almost no research on the effects of economic competencies on economics student retention. Based on a longitudinal sample of 538 high school…
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The importance of assigning responsibility during evaluation in order to increase student satisfaction from physical education classes: A structural equation model
Considering the benefits that students report when evaluating physical education classes, the purpose of the present study was to analyse the relationships between the assignment of student responsibility in the evaluation, motivational variables and the satisfaction with the physical education…
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Educational and health outcomes associated with bronchopulmonary dysplasia in 15-year-olds born preterm
Introduction: To evaluate the consequences of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) on academic outcomes and healthcare use in adolescents born very preterm. Methods: This cohort study included 15-year-old adolescents born very preterm (< 32 weeks) between 2011 and 2013, with and without BPD, and…
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The rapid scale up of medical education in Ethiopia: Medical student experiences and the role of e-learning at Addis Ababa University
…student perceptions on the impact of the “flooding” policy on medical education and e-learning initiatives, as well as plans for future emigration. Design: A cross-sectional survey of medical students at AAU was implemented in 2014. Attitude and practice items were assessed using a Likert scale…
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