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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"evidence use"”.
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Research and evidence use in experiential learning: perspectives and experiences of undergraduate nursing students.
For a number of years, research and evidence-based practice (EBP) have become essential concepts in the global provision of healthcare, and have become increasingly reflected in professional codes and educational standards. There have been considerable developments in the implementation of research …
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Mapping the topography of the evidence use terrain in assessment of U.S. higher education: a multiple case study approach
… where they are constantly asked to provide evidence of institutional effectiveness and quality assurance to multiple stakeholders, but little is known about how institutions actually use evidence of student learning to improve. This study examined the terrain of evidence use by exploring …
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Evidence-use and role of the superintendent in leading for learning: a case study of a small Illinois rural school district
… to the fact that the majority of the empirical evidence centers on the school level as the unit of study. Smith and O'Day (1991) explained that teachers and building leaders are the ""initiators, designers, and directors of change efforts"" (p. 235). However, the school superintendent, as the …
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The Use of Evidence in Young Adolescents' Argumentation
… students who participated in a two-year-long evidence-focused argument curriculum use evidence when engaging in argumentation. The experimental group was compared to groups who received either no such argument curriculum, or one year of an argument curriculum without focus on evidence. A total …
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The Politics of Evidence-Informed Policymaking: a case study of the Ontario Poverty Reduction Strategy
… policies has resulted in the prioritization of “evidence-based” social policy reform agendas worldwide, as well as a proliferation of research on effective evidence-informed policymaking (EIPM). However, studies on evidence use in policymaking tend to focus on singular aspects of the policy …
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Understanding 'what works': Evidence based regional policy making in England.
… a more nuanced approach to the generation and use of evidence. This is in contrast to imposing a quality criteria specific to one type of study design (e.g. experimental methods) or allowing for cherry-picked and unsystematic evidence use within policy making processes. It is also argued that …
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Transforming knowledge, crossing boundaries: exploring educational knowledge brokering
… alongside reflexive thematic analysis were used to critically examine knowledge brokering processes, identifying themes such as storytelling, boundary negotiation, and the balance between accessibility and gatekeeping. 3. Further examination of the data from the art-based inquiry explored …
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<i>‘There is only one P in Perth - And, it stands for Pullars!'</i>: the Labour, Trade-Union, and Co-operative Movements in Perth, c. 1867 to c. 1922
… shared common features with Perth. In gathering evidence use has been made of an array of primary sources. Both qualitative and quantitative methods feature throughout the thesis which is arranged using a thematic and chronological structure. The thesis also examines the Perth co-operative …
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Re-examining associated bone groups from southern England and Yorkshire, c4000BC to AD1550.
… such knowledge with other archaeological evidence. Use of this methodology will enable us to move beyond the perceived economic straightjacket towards a social zooarchacology.
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A Mixed Methods Case Study of Evidence-Based Practice in a Knowledge Organization
<p>Evidence-based practice offers a key strategy for closing the gap between research and practice in organizational and management studies. This approach calls for practitioners to apply key critical thinking competencies to gather and use the best available evidence to inform decision making and …
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What’s the Use of Research? How Teachers Use Research To Plan for Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Classrooms
… & Antuñez, 2001). But teachers are not confident users of this research, expressing lack of confidence and preparation for teaching emergent bilinguals (EBs) (Gándara, Maxwell-Jolly, & Driscoll, 2005). This ties to the second gap—the “research/practice gap” between researchers and practitioners …