Critical thinking about health
Conditions
Interventions
Be smart about your health secondary school resources
Standard teaching of competence based curriculum with no additional resources
Sponsors
Andrew David Oxman
Laetitia Nyirazinyoye
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Schools • Public, private and government aided schools • Schools with electricity • Schools using national competence-based curriculum • Schools with lower secondary school section • Schools with computers • Schools with projectors and Internet connection • Schools with over 100 students • Schools with over 10 teachers • School directors consenting for the school to participate Students • Senior two students Teachers • Teachers teaching one of the following subjects: Biology and Health sciences, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics • Teachers who have smartphone/computer • Teachers consenting to participate in the study
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Schools • School that participated in the user testing and pilot of digital resources • International schools • Schools that provide special needs education • Schools that are difficult to reach i.e those with an estimated travel time of more than four hours from Kigali Students • Students who choose not to participate
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary outcome measure is the difference between the intervention and control schools in the proportion of children with a passing score. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The mean difference in the score (percent of correct answers) for the 18 questions that assess the students’ ability to apply the nine concepts covered by the be smart about your health secondary school resources;The difference in the proportion of students with a score indicating mastery of the concepts covered by the be smart about your health secondary school resources;The difference in the proportion of students that answered both questions correctly for each of the nine concepts covered by the be smart about your health secondary school resources;The difference in intended behaviours and self-efficacy;The difference in scores on standardised national examinations.;The difference in the proportion of teachers with a passing score and a mastery score, and the mean difference in the score for teachers | — |
Countries
Rwanda
Contacts
Public ContactLaetitia Nyirazinyoye
Professor of Public Health
Outcome results
None listed