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GCSE Grades and GNVQ Outcomes: Results of a Pilot Study [PDF]
This paper reports an investigation into the importance of basic skills in literacy and numeracy in the promotion of success on intermediate vocational courses at age 16+.
Hilary Steedman, P Rudd
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Growing up in rural Malawi: dilemmas of childhood [PDF]
, 2010 Rural Malawi is a place where families are generally poor socio-economically. In this chapter we discuss childhood development in a typical Malawian rural setting by focusing on the overall challenges facing families with young children, and we consider ...
Ellis, Sue, Kholowa, Foster
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The Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Curriculum reform provides a vital opportunity for nations to ensure learners are equipped to fully participate as citizens in the 21st century. This paper presents an understanding of educators’ response to curriculum reform, and some of its enablers and barriers.
Alison Glover +5 more
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Economic impact of training and education in basic skills: summary of evidence (BIS research paper no.6) [PDF]
, 2009 This paper summarises recent quantitative evidence on the economic returns to having or improving literacy and numeracy skills. The summary includes evidence on earnings and employment, and distinguishes between returns to having basic skills whenever ...
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Journal of Consumer Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Although consumers who engage in the same sustainable behaviors objectively have the same environmental impact, this research finds that people's perceptions of that impact are subjective and systematically shaped by political ideology. Seven studies demonstrate that conservatives tend to perceive their sustainable actions to have less of a ...
Aylin Cakanlar +2 more
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Assessing Numeracy in the Upper Elementary and Middle School Years
Numeracy, 2015 Numeracy is the ability or tendency to reason critically about quantitative information. The preponderance of published research on numeracy examines this construct among either pre-K or early elementary samples, students with developmental challenges ...
Carol Ann Gittens
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JCPP Advances, EarlyView.Abstract Background Parent‐led, preschool language interventions may help to mitigate the risk of poor language and literacy outcomes associated with lower socioeconomic status. This study builds on two previous evaluations of a parent‐led early language teaching programme, which demonstrated mixed findings.
Kelly Burgoyne +6 more
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Learning and reproductive health: Do early cognitive skills contribute to better sexual and reproductive health outcomes among adolescents in Ethiopia? [PDF]
Demographic ResearchBACKGROUND: Understanding the relationship between early learning and later fertility preferences and knowledge could yield important lessons for public policy in both the education and health sectors.
Fatima Zahra +2 more
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Research Is Needed on How Young European Children Use Digital Technology and Its Developmental Impact. [PDF]
Acta PaediatrActa Paediatrica, Volume 115, Issue 4, Page 797-799, April 2026.
Horowitz-Kraus T +6 more
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Requirements for funding - family programmes 2011/12: family literacy, language and numeracy and wider family learning [PDF]
, 2011 Providers delivering Family programmes with Skills Funding Agency funding should adhere to this guidance unless specific changes to a programme are agreed with the Skills Funding Agency Account Manager.
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