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Cognitive Psychology in the Seminar Room
(Economic Development Institute, World Bank, 1990)
Summary: This paper looks at ways for a trainer giving a seminar to increase the chances that participants will retain the material presented and use it in their work. It also looks at the techniques which make information ...
A Texas city magnet program: 1981-82 evaluation materials and results
(Fort Worth Independent School District, Texas. Department of Research and Evaluation, 1984)
In order to promote voluntary integration in two high schools and a middle school, the Fort Worth Independent School District in Texas developed a magnet program that offers specialized curricula: engineering at the all ...
Strategies and policies for literacy
(UNESCO, 2004-05-31)
Executive Summary
Despite the existence of about one billion illiterates in the world, adult literacy programs
make up 1–5 percent of government or donor budgets, and they remain severely underfunded in
comparison to ...
A Model for a Magnet Program Which Promotes Both High Achievement and Voluntary Integration
(April 1984)
In order to provide high quality specialized instruction and to achieve voluntary integration, a magnet program was developoed in the Fort Worth (Texas) Independent School District.The program is in its third year. of ...
Improving adult literacy outcomes: lessons from cognitive research for developing countries
(World Bank, 2003)
Abstract
Despite the existence of about one billion illiterates in the world, adult literacy programs make up 1-5 percent of government or donor budgets, and they remain severely underfunded in comparison to primary ...
Literacy for all in 100 days? A research based strategy for fast progress in low income countries
(World Bank, 2013)
In low-income countries many students are marginalized very early and remain illiterate. In grades 1-3 they attend rarely, though they may officially drop out in grade 4. Many others graduate from primary school without ...
Developing cross language metrics for reading fluency measurement: Some issues and options
(World Bank, 2012)
Since 2005, over 70 oral reading fluency tests have been given in many languages and scripts, either as part of the Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA) or as individual one-minute tests. Particularly in multilingual ...
Effective teacher training in low income countries: The power of observational learning research
(World Bank, November 2)
The Education for All (EFA) initiative depends on students being taught by suitably and sufficiently trained teachers. But time-on-task studies conducted in low-income countries show that relatively little time is being ...