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Using variation between countries to estimate demand for Cochrane reviews when access is free: a cost–benefit analysis

BMJ Open, 2021
Objectives Cochrane reviews are currently of limited use as many healthcare professionals and patients have no access to them. Most member states of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) choose not to pay for nationwide access
Gerd Gigerenzer, Perke Jacobs
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A Review of the "Digital Turn" in the New Literacy Studies [PDF]

, 2010
Digital communication has transformed literacy practices and assumed great importance in the functioning of workplace, recreational, and community contexts.
Alexiadis, D.S., Apostolakis, Konstantinos, Daras, Petros, Eisert, P., Izquierdo, Ebroul, Magnenat Thalmann, Nadia, Monaghan, David, Moussa, M.B., O'Connor, Noel E., Prestele, B., Richard, Gaël, Zhang, Qianni   +11 more
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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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Institutional improvements in readability of written informed consent forms sustained post-revised Common Rule

Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 2021
Obtaining informed consent is a fundamental and ethical practice within human subjects’ research. Informed consent forms (ICFs) include a large amount of information, much of which may be unfamiliar to research subjects, and the revised Common Rule ...
Alison Caballero, Katherine J. Leath, Jennifer M. Gan   +2 more
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A digital media literacy intervention increases discernment between mainstream and false news in the United States and India

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2020
Significance Few people are prepared to effectively navigate the online information environment. This global deficit in digital media literacy has been identified as a critical factor explaining widespread belief in online misinformation, leading to ...
A. Guess, M. Lerner, Benjamin A. Lyons, J. Montgomery, B. Nyhan, Jason Reifler, N. Sircar   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Volume 18 Number 2, 2010 [PDF]

, 2010
Notes on the contributors to Literacy and Numeracy Studies, Vol. 18, No. 2 (2010)
Studies Journal, Literacy & Numeracy
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Digital literacy in Ugandan teacher education: Insights from a case study

Reading & Writing, 2013
This case study investigated the relationship between policy and practice with regard to advances in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Ugandan teacher education.
Samuel Andema, Maureen Kendrick, Bonny Norton   +2 more
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NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS [PDF]

, 2008
Notes on contributing authors to Literacy and Numeracy Studies Vol 16 No 2 & Vol 17 No
Numeracy Studies, Literacy &
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A theory-based self-report measure of health literacy: The Calgary Charter on Health Literacy scale

Methodological Innovations, 2018
We set out to test a theory-based measure of health literacy. To do so, we included the newly developed Calgary Charter on Health Literacy scale in Pre- and Post-evaluation of the Life Enhancement Program at multiple sites. The program focusing on health
Andrew Pleasant, Caitlin Maish, Catina O’Leary, Richard H Carmona   +3 more
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Extended strategy-use instruction to improve students’ reading proficiency in a content subject

Reading & Writing, 2018
Background: Student reading challenges have been reported worldwide. In many classrooms around the world, teaching students appropriate strategy-use has been a technique used to improve comprehension and improve reading proficiency. However, strategy-use
Naomi A.Y. Boakye, Michal-Mare Linden
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