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Does use of touch screen computer technology improve classroom engagement in children? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Many studies have shown that the use of technology in the classroom may influence pupil engagement. Despite the recent widespread use of tablet technology, however, very little research has been carried out into their use in a primary school setting ...
Cremin, L.   +5 more
core  

Parent Quality of Life at Two Years Following Their Child's Completion of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Treatment

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Parents of children treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) often experience significant caregiver burden and disruption to their well‐being. While parent quality of life (QoL) during treatment is well characterized, little is known about outcomes during early survivorship.
Sara Dal Pra   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A comfirmatory factor analysis of a newly integrated multidimensional school engagement scale [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Inconsistencies in measures of school engagement in the literature have called for a re-conceptualization of the school engagement construct. Although many researchers view school engagement as a multifaceted construct, to our knowledge, none of the ...
Awang Hashim, Rosna, Murad Sani, Azlina
core  

Finding Volunteers' Engagement Profiles in Human Computation for Citizen Science Projects

open access: yes, 2014
Human computation is a computing approach that draws upon human cognitive abilities to solve computational tasks for which there are so far no satisfactory fully automated solutions even when using the most advanced computing technologies available ...
Brasileiro, Francisco   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Space and time to engage: Mature-aged distance students learn to fit study into their lives [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Lifelong Education on 2014, available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02601370.2014.884177Student engagement, a student’s ...
Kahu, E   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Cognitive Functioning in Vorinostat‐Treated Pediatric and Young Adult Patients Over the First 180 Days After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Cognitive and psychological difficulties could negatively interfere with treatment adherence and quality of life before and after hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT). Methods to mitigate these changes may have positive effects on treatment success.
Kristen L. Votruba   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Simulations in Teacher Education: Learning to Diagnose Cognitive Engagement

open access: yesEducation Sciences
Technology has shown to be beneficial for initiating cognitive engagement. In the present study, cognitive engagement was conceptualized by the ICAP framework, proposing four levels of cognitive engagement (interactive, constructive, active, passive ...
Meral Roeben   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Gut microbiome and aging—A dynamic interplay of microbes, metabolites, and the immune system

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Age‐dependent shifts in microbial communities engender shifts in microbial metabolite profiles. These in turn drive shifts in barrier surface permeability of the gut and brain and induce immune activation. When paired with preexisting age‐related chronic inflammation this increases the risk of neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative diseases.
Aaron Mehl, Eran Blacher
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of the educational environment on student engagement and academic performance in health professions education

open access: yesBMC Medical Education
Background This research explores the relationships between the educational environment, student engagement, and academic achievement in Health Professions Education (HPE) , specifically examining the mediating role of engagement.
Salah Eldin Kassab   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding the effects of teacher credibility on students' cognitive engagement in online learning: The mediating roles of academic self-efficacy and motivational regulation strategies

open access: yesActa Psychologica
Teacher credibility is one of the most critical drivers of students' engagement in online learning. However, discussions about how and to what extent teacher credibility affects students' engagement are lacking. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the
Yafei Shi   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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