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Avvisati, Francesco; Borgonovi, Francesca – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2023
Written instructions seldom need to be read when playing videogames. Instead, gaming often involves early information foraging and expansive exploration behaviors. We use data from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) to explore whether students who regularly play videogames (daily gamers) adopt behaviors that are typical of…
Descriptors: Video Games, Science Process Skills, Problem Solving, Discovery Learning
Donvan Amenya; Rachael Fitzpatrick – Education Development Trust, 2023
Communities in Kenya's rural areas, especially pastoralists in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs), are amongst those most affected by climate change. ASAL areas are characterised by economic marginalisation with high poverty levels, significant gender disparities and vulnerability to climate disasters caused by extreme weather events. Communities in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Climate, Rural Areas, Poverty
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Carol Engler; Carla Edlefson – AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice, 2005
Providing quality principal preparation internship programs at the nation's graduate schools of education has long been a topic of discussion and concern. In 1989, the National Policy Board for Educational Administration (NPBEA) cited a decline in the quality of administrator preparation programs. These programs were criticized for being…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Internship Programs, Academic Standards, Gender Differences