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International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers
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Kirby, K.; Sweeney, S.; Armour, C.; Goetzke, K.; Dunne, M.; Davidson, M.; Belfer, M. – Child Care in Practice, 2022
The present study examined the efficacy of Hopeful Minds, a 12 week hope based school intervention programme in a sample of 153 pre- and early- adolescent secondary school children (11-14 years) in the North West of Ireland. This study used a one-group, pretest-posttest design to determine whether participants experienced changes regarding their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Well Being, Psychological Patterns, Secondary School Students
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Griffin, Claire P.; Murtagh, Lelia – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2015
This article outlines the impact of an eight-week Precision Teaching (PT) intervention on the sight vocabulary, reading fluency and reading attainment scores of a group of Irish primary school pupils. This study also sought to evaluate the role of PT in facilitating formative assessment of pupils' progress. Employing a mixed-method approach, this…
Descriptors: Sight Vocabulary, Reading Fluency, Reading Comprehension, Reading Ability