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Çiftçi, Serdar – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2018
The aim of this research is to investigate, through data analysis, the studies conducted on the use of educational digital games by children. As part of this study, a search of the Science Direct, Web of Science, and ERIC databases was performed to identify the studies on this topic published within the last decade (2007 and 2017). From this…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Computer Games, Databases, Programming Languages
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Schrijvers, Marloes; Janssen, Tanja; Fialho, Olivia; Rijlaarsdam, Gert – Review of Educational Research, 2019
In this review, we explore whether and how literature education may foster adolescent students' insight into human nature. A systematic search of five databases was complemented with citation tracking, hand searches, and expert consultation. We included 13 experimental and quasi-experimental intervention studies. Methodological quality and…
Descriptors: Intervention, Databases, Citation Analysis, Literature Appreciation
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Houchins, David E.; Oakes, Wendy Peia; Johnson, Zachary G. – Remedial and Special Education, 2016
Bullying is a serious issue affecting the psychological, social, and physical well-being of students. Although a substantial amount of bullying research has been conducted with general education students, there is a paucity of experimental prevention or intervention studies specifically focused on students with disabilities. The aim of this…
Descriptors: Bullying, Disabilities, Prevention, Intervention
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Klimova, Blanka; Kacet, Jaroslav – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2017
Information and communication technologies (ICT) have become an inseparable part of people's lives. For children the use of ICT is as natural as breathing and therefore they find the use of ICT in school education as normal as the use of textbooks. The purpose of this review study is to explore the efficacy of computer games on language learning…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Computer Games, Instructional Effectiveness, Vocabulary Development
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Escalante, Yolanda; García-Hermoso, Antonio; Backx, Karianne; Saavedra, Jose M. – Health Education & Behavior, 2014
School recess provides a major opportunity to increase children's physical activity levels. Various studies have described strategies to increase levels of physical activity. The purpose of this systematic review is therefore to examine the interventions proposed as forms of increasing children's physical activity levels during recess. A…
Descriptors: Playgrounds, Physical Activity Level, Recess Breaks, Intervention
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Polat, Seyat – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2015
Critical thinking, along with other skills, is included as a basic skill in the constructive education program that has been in use in Turkey since 2005. Therefore, a large increase has been observed in studies on critical thinking skills since 2005. In this frame, the present study was conducted in order to systematically examine research papers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Content Analysis, Critical Thinking, Predictor Variables
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Parker, Ben; Turner, William – Research on Social Work Practice, 2014
Objective: To assess the effectiveness of psychoanalytic/psychodynamic psychotherapy for children and adolescents who have been sexually abused. Method: The Cochrane Collaboration's criteria for data synthesis and study quality assessment were used. Electronic bibliographic databases and web searches were used to identify randomized and…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Psychotherapy, Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse
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Asare, Matthew; Sharma, Manoj – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2010
The purpose of this paper was to review the physical activity, exercise, and nutrition related weight control interventions done with African American women that were published between 2006 and 2010 and suggest ways of enhancing these interventions. A total of 13 studies met the inclusion criteria. The review found significant results with regard…
Descriptors: African Americans, Females, Physical Activity Level, Exercise