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What Works Clearinghouse, 2025
This protocol guided the review of research that informs the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) practice guide entitled "Strategies for Postsecondary Students in Developmental Education -- A Practice Guide for College and University Administrators, Advisors, and Faculty." This protocol was used in conjunction with the "WWC Procedures…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Guides, Intervention, Developmental Studies Programs
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Hyslop-Margison, Emery; Rogers, Matthew; Oladi, Soudeh – Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2017
Despite widespread calls for evidence-based research in education, this strategy has heretofore generated a surprisingly small return on the related financial investment. Some scholars have suggested that the situation follows from a mismatch between education as an assumed field of study and applied empirical research methods. This article's…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Social Science Research, Best Practices
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Kellam, Hugh – International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments, 2021
There is an identified need in the research literature for the design, implementation, and evaluation of a conceptual framework for creating contextual, interactive mobile learning. This article details how the conceptual framework was implemented and tested in an online learning course for physicians, nurses, and healthcare professionals at…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
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Leithwood, Kenneth; Azah, Vera N. – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2017
This mixed-methods study inquired about characteristics of districts which influence changes in student achievement and how those characteristics are developed. Staff in 49 Ontario districts were surveyed to estimate the status of nine district characteristics on changes in provincial tests of math and language achievement over five years. A…
Descriptors: School Districts, High Achievement, School Effectiveness, Institutional Characteristics