Context: Bridge Kenya Date: 2018-2019; 2021 Collaborators: University of Utrecht Status: Study complete (study #1); […]
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Globally, 263 million children do not go to school. Another 330 million youngsters go to school but are not learning. Not only must the global education community expand children’s access to primary education we must also confront a far more complex question: How do we ensure that children attending school receive a high-quality education?
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Through E-readers and lesson guides, we provide a large selection of on-level content and well-crafted lessons that ensure students are actively participating and engaging with the text. We investigate whether interactive read alouds (IRAs), where teachers model higher-order thinking, can support the development of metacognitive connections and contribute to student mastery of inferential questions and general reading comprehension.
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Oral reading fluency is increasingly relied upon to assess literacy in primary grades. Oral reading fluency is typically measured using ‘correct words per minute’ (cwpm), which assesses how quickly and accurately a student can read a passage.
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When a body of academic literature points to an effective new approach to generate meaningful learning gains for pupils, practitioners take notice. But this may not be the complete story.
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The educational effects of lockdown could be felt for a generation if schools and educational organizations cannot move quickly to mitigate the loss of learning stemming from school closures.
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Children benefit most when academics have a genuine synergy with front line teachers and practitioners. […]
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Imagine a classroom of 45 students in Liberia. A teacher spends 5 minutes demonstrating 37 […]
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When a plane crashes, we examine every detail about the aircraft’s mechanics. When a building collapses, we […]
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Personalised adaptive learning technologies have emerged at the forefront of the education technology field.
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