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Addressing the complexities of boundary work in sustainability science through communication

Build and Broaden 3.0 AND Program Evaluation

McGreavy B, Smith H.
GSID: Y_SJ-Yg5q2oJ
B McGreavy, K Hutchins, H Smith, L Lindenfeld, L Silka - Sustainability, 2013 - mdpi.com

Sustainability science seeks to identify and implement workable solutions to complex problems. This transdisciplinary approach advances a commitment to work across boundaries that occur among individuals, disciplines, and institutions to build capacities for informed and innovative decision making in...

Comparing the effects of teen mentors to adult teachers on child lifestyle behaviors and health outcomes in Appalachia

after-school interventions

Smith LH.
GSID: Jx9nnm7ZFAUJ
LH Smith, C Holloman - The Journal of School Nursing, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com

Childhood obesity prevalence rates in the United States are the highest in the rural Appalachian areas. Teens mentoring younger children to reverse obesity health risks are an …

STEM gateway course redesign teaching professional development: Resources for teaching and learning

discipline specific-education (e.g., chemistry education, biology education, economics education)

Smith G.
GSID: qf4j1oK7ABgJ
G Smith, A Stark - 2016 - digitalrepository.unm.edu

The learning object is a collection of teaching professional development presentations and workbooks for guiding faculty in the re-design of lower-division college science and …

Risks and benefits of treating mild hypertension: a misleading meta-analysis?

interventions

Egger M, Smith GD.
GSID: bddYM0Tp36MJ
M Egger, GD Smith - Journal of hypertension, 1995 - journals.lww.com

The benefit gained from antihypertensive treatment can vary widely across different groups of patients. For example, in one randomized trial approximately eight fatal or non-fatal …

Piloting the use of teen mentors to promote a healthy diet and physical activity among children in Appalachia

after-school interventions

Smith LH.
GSID: duiWLYIhIkwJ
LH Smith - Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing, 2011 - Wiley Online Library

… in an after-school … interventions into other after-school programming, thus moving beyond health curriculum taught by teachers during the regular school day. Adaptation of evidence-based interventions to meet the cultural acceptability of the children as well as the...

Addressing the time lag dilemma in curriculum renewal towards engineering education for sustainable development

engineering education

Desha CJ, Hargroves K, Smith MH.
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CJ Desha, K Hargroves, MH Smith - … in Higher Education, 2009 - emerald.com

… The authors acknowledge that engineering departments will differ in their approach to engineering education as a result of factors … as the International Engineering Alliance have advocated “Outcome‐Based Education”[6] to ensure quality in engineering education, and …

Changing minds with the story of adaptation: Strategies for teaching young children about natural selection

STEM and diversify

Kelemen D, Smith H.
GSID: y_SaaQbWBnUJ
N Emmons, H Smith, D Kelemen - Early Education and …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis

… the process by which species change and diversify over time. This knowledge is more than … However, increasingly there is a sense that even these issues might stem from a deeper …

A cognitive training program based on principles of brain plasticity: results from the Improvement in Memory with Plasticity‐based Adaptive Cognitive Training …

Build and Broaden 3.0 AND Program Evaluation

Smith GE, Yaffe K.
GSID: 5bML-nJ4epMJ
GE Smith, P Housen, K Yaffe, R Ruff… - Journal of the …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the efficacy of a novel brain plasticity–based computerized cognitive training program in older adults and to evaluate the effect on untrained measures of memory and attention and participant‐reported outcomes. DESIGN: Multisite randomized controlled double‐blind trial with...

A pilot evaluation of small group challenging horizons program (CHP) a randomized trial

after-school interventions

Langberg JM, Smith BH.
GSID: kpIRKeQOCGQJ
JM Langberg, BH Smith, KE Bogle… - Journal of Applied …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis

This study examined the efficacy of an after-school program, the Challenging Horizons Program (CHP), that met four days a week and focused on improving organization …

Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test

interventions

Egger M, Smith GD.
GSID: 6J6hwO5nPekJ
M Egger, GD Smith, M Schneider, C Minder - Bmj, 1997 - bmj.com

Objective: Funnel plots (plots of effect estimates against sample size) may be useful to detect bias in meta-analyses that were later contradicted by large trials. We examined whether a …

Who benefits from medical interventions?

interventions

Smith GD, Egger M.
GSID: QetErEw_xkQJ
GD Smith, M Egger - BMj, 1994 - bmj.com

The results of clinical trials are often expressed in relative terms-for example, a particular treatment reduces the risk of an adverse outcome by 40%. Yet knowing that the treatment reduces the risk of such an outcome from 5% to...

Developing evidence-based interventions for deployment into school settings: A case example highlighting key issues of efficacy and effectiveness

after-school interventions

Langberg JM, Smith BH.
GSID: jyghuF7bTMQJ
JM Langberg, BH Smith - Evaluation and Program Planning, 2006 - Elsevier

… This paper describes the development of an after-school program for middle-school students that simultaneously addressed issues of efficacy and effectiveness in an effort to create an evidence-based intervention (EBI) that can be implemented in school settings. The topics...

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