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Leveraging Digital Twin for Sustainability Assessment of an Educational Building

Sustainability, 2021
The EU Green Deal, beginning in 2019, promoted a roadmap for operating the transition to a sustainable EU economy by turning climate issues and environmental challenges into opportunities in all policy areas and making the transition fair and inclusive ...
L. Tagliabue, F. Cecconi, S. Maltese, S. Rinaldi, A. Ciribini, A. Flammini   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Value of Literacy Practices [PDF]

, 2015
The concepts of literacy events and practices have received considerable attention in educational research and policy. In comparison, the question of value, that is, ‘which literacy practices do people most value?’ has been neglected.
Ahearn L., Angelini V., Baker D., Barton D., Basu K., Bereket Kebede, Blommaert J., Bryan Maddox, Gee J. P., Gee J. P., Hamilton M., Heath S. B., Hockett R. C., Holland P. W., IAF, IAF, Latour B., Lucio Esposito, Mascherini M., Moldan B., Rawls J., Rizvi F., Ruta D. A., Street B. V., Street B. V., Street B. V.   +25 more
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Modified Robust Z method for equating and detecting item parameter drift

REID (Research and Evaluation in Education), 2015
This study is aimed at: (1) revising the criterion used in Robust Z Method for detecting Item Parameter Drift (IPD), (2) identifying the strengths and weaknesses of the modified Robust Z Method, and (3) investigating the effect of IPD on examinees ...
Rahmawati Rahmawati, Djemari Mardapi
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing the impact of “more-flexible” learning as part of a study program [PDF]

, 2019
With the increasing use of Flexible Learning approaches in Higher Education at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), measuring their effectiveness, from both an educational and a participant's point of view, is of particular importance.
Dela Cruz, Jeremy, Graf, Christian Olivier, Wolter, Anika   +2 more
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Effects of New Hampshire’s innovative assessment and accountability system on student achievement outcomes after three years

Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2019
New Hampshire’s Performance Assessment of Competency Education (PACE) pilot received a waiver from federal statutory requirements related to state annual achievement testing starting in the 2014-15 school year.
Carla M. Evans
doaj   +1 more source

Quality and Usefulness of Data: Investigating the Discrepancies in Pakistani Public School Data and Implications for the Way Forward

Journal of Business and Social Review in Emerging Economies, 2020
The quality school data contributes to reliable decision making in the school education system. The data provided by different organizations should be consistent, valid and complement each other to establish its quality and usefulness.
Syed Abdul Waheed
doaj   +1 more source

Bayesian historical borrowing with longitudinal large-scale assessments

Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2023
The purpose of this paper is to extend and evaluate methods of Bayesian historical borrowing applied to longitudinal data with a focus on parameter recovery and predictive performance.
David Kaplan, Jianshen Chen, Weicong Lyu, Sinan Yavuz   +3 more
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A Lognormal Ipsative Model for Multidimensional Compositional Items

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
Compositional items – a form of forced-choice items – require respondents to allocate a fixed total number of points to a set of statements. To describe the responses to these items, the Thurstonian item response theory (IRT) model was developed. Despite
Chia-Wen Chen, Wen-Chung Wang, Magdalena Mo Ching Mok, Magdalena Mo Ching Mok, Ronny Scherer   +4 more
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Psychosocial Outcomes in Patients With Endocrine Tumor Syndromes: A Systematic Review

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction The combination of disease manifestations, the familial burden, and varying penetrance of endocrine tumor syndromes (ETSs) is unique. This review aimed to portray and summarize available data on psychosocial outcomes in patients with ETSs and explore gaps and opportunities for future research and care.
Daniël Zwerus, Floortje Strobbe, Annemarie A. Verrijn Stuart, Hanneke M. van Santen, Gerlof D. Valk, Sasja A. Schepers, Rachel S. van Leeuwaarde   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multi-level manifestations of sexual stigma among men with same-gender sexual experience in Ghana

BMC Public Health, 2023
Sexual stigma and discrimination toward men who have same-gender sexual experiences are present across the globe. In Ghana, same-gender sexual desires and relationships are stigmatized, and the stigma is sanctioned through both social and legal processes.
Khalida Saalim, Prince Amu-Adu, Richard Panix Amoh-Otu, Ransford Akrong, Gamji Rabiu Abu-Ba’are, Melissa A. Stockton, Richard Vormawor, Kwasi Torpey, Laura Nyblade, LaRon E. Nelson   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source