Deployed American troops suffering injuries to the extremities are best treated with regional anesthesia, which renders only a portion of the body, such as a limb, insensate. However, it is possible for long-lasting damage to occur when regional anesthesia is improperly applied. Though nerve block procedures present fairly low risk in a hospital setting, the same may not be true on the battlefi...

Three key aspects of the school environment are crucial for the prevention and management of social, emotional, and behavioural difficulties (SEBD) in schools. These include an adequate instructional environment, a supportive social-emotional climate, and a systematic process of identification and intervention. This paper addresses these critical aspects by presenting results from two studies i...

This study tries to apply wireless technologies to build a highly interactive environment. For this purpose, this study first identifies four types of interaction between the members in the technology-embedded classroom contexts, including: (1) face-to-face interaction; (2) computer-mediated interaction; (3) human-computer interaction; and (4) personal device supported simultaneous group intera...

As e-Learning environments evolve, learners have become increasingly demanding on personalised learning which allows them to build their own knowledge pathway. This significant change in learning requirements imposes a new learning paradigm which ensures one-to-one learning with flexible mode of content configuration, and adaptive delivery and assessment. Although in the past years, Learning Ma...

I gathered 77 randomized experiments (with 111 treatment arms) that evaluated the effects of school-based interventions on learning in developingcountry primary schools. On average, monetary grants and deworming treatments had mean effect sizes that were close to zero and not statistically significant. Nutritional treatments, treatments that disseminated information, and treatments that improve...

The report describes-a project assessing the torganizational issues surrounding microcomputers in special education, with special emphasis on software selectiob and use. 'Twelve districts were visited, and both administrative and instructional applications of microcomputers we're observed. Two`major types of software--applications and .systems software--are described, , and the principle applic...

Although computer security technologies are the first line of defence to secure users, their success is dependent on individuals’ behaviour. It is therefore necessary to persuade users to practice good computer security. Our interview analysis of users’ conceptualization of security password guessing attacks, antivirus protection, and mobile online privacy shows that poor understanding of secur...

We extend the literature on in-service teacher education by describing and evaluating a coaching model focused on classroom management skills and instructional practices across grade levels and subject areas. We present results from a block randomized trial examining the effect of MATCH Teacher Coaching on teachers’ instructional practices after completing four individualized week-long coaching...

The present study aims to highlight that there is a direct connection between the classroom management strategies involved in the computer-assisted lesson and students’ success in retaining information and building learning skills and competences. One of the roles that a teacher must assume in order to improve the instructional process is that of a classroom manager. As long as teaching is no l...

This exploratory study identifies the factors that influence the adoption and diffusion of instructional technology at five prominent universities. The study examines the organisational factors that enable and inhibit organisational adoption and diffusion of innovation. Using Giddens’s Theory of Structuration, data is collected through thirty-seven semi-structured interviews. Five diverse appro...