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Building 21st Century Skills: IEL to evaluate intervention to promote creativity in children
Creative thinking has been identified and highlighted as an essential twenty first century skill. IEL, using cognitive tasks and measurement, serves as an independent evaluator of an intervention (funded by İŞGYO) to boost creativity in 8-12 years old children from disadvantaged neighborhoods and aims to contribute to the dissemination of an evidence-based intervention with an improved version. Details coming soon... Evaluating the Impact of a Learn to Code Program on Children's Cognitive Development
Little is known about the impact of coding on children’s cognitive development. Using an experimental design, IEL assesses the impact of a 10-week coding program implemented by an education NGO (funded by Google.org). Outcomes such as spatial temporal reasoning, problem solving, and planning skills are being measured by developmental batteries and tasks. More... Raising Professional Capacity and Awareness on Autism:
Impact Evaluation of a Teacher Training Program In this ongoing study, we assess the impact of an autism teacher training program being implemented in 11 cities across North-East Turkey. The study, funded by TANAP (Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline Project) and implemented by TOHUM Autism Foundation, aims to answer for whom the training works the best, and identify the effective mechanisms of change in order to achieve the most cost and outcome-effective version of the training program. Details coming soon... |