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School Environment and School Injuries [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2014
Although injuries at school are an important issue in public health, environmental factors in schools and school yards have seldom been the focus of school injury research. The goal of our investigation was to examine the effect of environmental factors on school injuries.Nine comprehensive Finnish schools registered school injuries over a period of ...
Salminen, Simo   +4 more
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Risk factors for the metabolic syndrome in contemporary China [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
An epidemic of metabolic disease is currently emerging in China. This review considers determinants of the metabolic syndrome in contemporary China within the context of the recent and compressed epidemiological transition.
Schooling, CM
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School violence, school differences and school discourses [PDF]

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, 2007
This article highlights one strand of a study which investigated the concept of the violence‐resilient school. In six inner‐city secondary schools, data on violent incidents in school and violent crime in the neighbourhood were gathered, and compared with school practices to minimise violence, accessed through interviews.
Watkins, C   +4 more
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Assuming measurement invariance of background indicators in international comparative educational achievement studies: a challenge for the interpretation of achievement differences

open access: yesLarge-scale Assessments in Education, 2017
Background Large-scale cross-national studies designed to measure student achievement use different social, cultural, economic and other background variables to explain observed differences in that achievement.
Heike Wendt   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Agency as assemblage: Using childhood artefacts and memories to examine children’s relations with schooling

open access: yesJournal of Childhood, Education & Society, 2022
In this article, we explore how childhood artefacts and memories might help us think retrospectively about children’s agency and its relationship to schooling and teaching.
Julie C. Garlen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dynamical Systems Analysis Applied to Working Memory Data

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2014
In the present paper we investigate weekly fluctuations in the working memory capacity (WMC) assessed over a period of two years. We use dynamical system analysis, specifically a second order linear differential equation, to model weekly variability in ...
Fidan eGasimova   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Building Sustainable Digital Education in India: Transformation through Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility

open access: yesSoshum: Jurnal Sosial dan Humaniora
In the contemporary world, sustainable digital transformation involves the judicious application of innovative technologies to enhance the current and future well-being of individuals.
Rajiv Kumar Singh, Alka Singh
doaj   +1 more source

Economic role of education in agriculture: evidence from rural Vietnam [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Economics and Development, 2020
Purpose – This paper investigates the impact of education on output of rice farming households in Vietnam. Design/methodology/approach – Given the literature review, this paper specifies three empirical models (i.e.
Le Khuong Ninh
doaj   +1 more source

THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SCHOOL INSPECTIONS, SCHOOL CHARACTERISTICS AND SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT [PDF]

open access: yesBritish Journal of Educational Studies, 2008
The effects of school inspections on school improvement have been investigated only to a limited degree. The investigation reported on in this article is meant to expand our knowledge base regarding the impact of school inspections on school improvement.
Ehren, MCM, Visscher, AJ
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Verbal fluency in Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment in individuals with low educational level and its relationship with reading and writing habits

open access: yesDementia & Neuropsychologia, 2020
. Verbal fluency (VF) has contributed to building cognitive maps as well as differentiating healthy populations from those with dementia. Objectives: To compare the performance of healthy controls and patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and ...
Bruna Tessaro   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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