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Using Cognitive Interviews and Student Response Processes to Validate an Interpretive Argument for the ETS iSkills™ Assessment

Communications in Information Literacy, 2010
Evaluating the trustworthiness of Internet-based or other digital information has become an essential 21st century skill. The iSkills™ assessment, from Educational Testing Service (ETS), purports to measure such digital evaluation skills, along with ...
Eric Snow, Irvin Katz
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Microbes Go to School: Using Microbiology and Service-Learning to Increase Science Awareness and Fostering the Relationship Between Universities and the General Public

Frontiers in Education, 2021
Microbiology is an essential element of our everyday lives. This is not only the consequence of the importance of some pathogenic microorganisms, but also due to their positive and important role in processes related to human health, food production or ...
Mathilda Fatton, Arthur Schneiter, Miriam Allisiardi, Lola Hänni, Gilles Hauser, Yazalde Gonçalves-Fernandes, Alice Pessina, Marie-Lou Pijnenburg, Clément Vaudroz, Andrea Bshary, Saskia Bindschedler, Pilar Junier   +11 more
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A mobile application for working on university service learning: usability, adequacy and perceptions of usefulness

Edutec, 2021
In the current context, we not only need to train digitally competent students, but to develop civic and citizenship skills. One methodology for this is Service Learning (SL),.
María Santágueda Villanueva, María Ángeles LLopis Nebot, Francesc Marc Esteve Mon   +2 more
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Early Impact of Childhood Opportunity on Neurocognitive Outcomes in Sickle Cell Disease

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Neurocognitive impairment is a well‐recognized complication of sickle cell disease (SCD) that begins early in childhood and persists across development. While cerebrovascular injury contributes substantially to risk, neurocognitive deficits are also observed in children without overt or silent cerebral infarctions, suggesting ...
Julia E. LaMotte, Hannah Koch, Olivia A. Coughlin, Jillian R. Bouck, Allie Carter, Seethal A. Jacob   +5 more
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High-Content Imaging-Based Assay for SARS-CoV-2-Neutralizing Antibodies

Vaccines
The COVID-19 pandemic and the consequent emergence of new SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern necessitates the determination of populational serum potency against the virus.
Vinícius Pinto Costa Rocha, Bruna Aparecida Souza Machado, Helenita Costa Quadros, Antônio Márcio Santana Fernandes, Bianca Sampaio Dotto Fiuza, Cássio Santana Meira, Vitória Torres Barbosa da Silva, Afrânio Ferreira Evangelista, Larissa Moraes dos Santos Fonseca, Roberto José da Silva Badaró, Milena Botelho Pereira Soares   +10 more
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Deliberative Pedagogy in the Community: Connecting Deliberative Dialogue, Community Engagement, and Democratic Education

Journal of Deliberative Democracy, 2013
This essay offer insights into civic education programs and practices which attempt to bridge pedagogical divides by offering an approach to deliberative dialogue that goes beyond the classroom and into the community.
Nicholas V. Longo
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Psychosocial Functioning After Pediatric Bone Sarcoma: Generic and Survivor‐Specific Outcomes in Adolescent and Young Adult Patients

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pediatric bone sarcoma patients and survivors may experience psychosocial challenges related to childhood cancer after their intensive, body‐altering treatment. This cross‐sectional study aimed to evaluate generic and survivor‐specific psychosocial outcomes in a national cohort of pediatric bone sarcoma patients and survivors, and ...
Hinke van der Hoek, Heleen Maurice‐Stam, Laura R. Beek, Jennifer van Dijk, Marjolein E. M. Langemeijer, Relinde W. Slooff‐Lentink, Alied M. van der Aa‐van Delden, Anne Westerweel, Marloes van Gorp, Hendrik W. B. Schreuder, Lianne M. Haveman, W. Peter Bekkering, Leonie G. Tigelaar, Johannes H. M. Merks, Martha A. Grootenhuis   +14 more
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‘Bridging the Gap’: Integrating Human Rights- Based Approaches to Disability Welfare in Local Government in Uganda

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research
Disability mainstreaming has become one of the key concepts in development studies, as the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development puts the most vulnerable at the centre of a global development effort. This study analysed how the human rights approach is
Ambrose Ganshanga, Specioza Twinamasiko
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The Evaluation of Social and Professional Life Competences of University Students Through Service-Learning

Frontiers in Education, 2021
The view previously held in the university regarding teaching-learning processes has changed significantly over the past few years. Undoubtedly, in the case of Europe, this change of pedagogical model has gone hand in hand with the creation of the ...
Miguel A. Santos Rego, Ígor Mella Núñez, Concepción Naval, Victoria Vázquez Verdera   +3 more
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ASSIST: Refinement of a Benefits Navigator Intervention Among Low‐Income Pediatric Oncology Families

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Children with cancer living in poverty experience worse survival and quality of life. Interventions connecting low‐income families to benefits (e.g., Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program [SNAP] improve health outcomes; yet nearly 50% of SNAP‐eligible pediatric oncology families are unenrolled.
Puja J. Umaretiya, Selena Murcia Mendez, Jennifer Kellett, Sarah Wright, Marisel Ponton, Robin T. Higashi, Rahela Aziz‐Bose, Colleen A. Kelly, Ayesha Zia, Joanne Wolfe, Sandi L. Pruitt, Kira Bona   +11 more
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