Objective To assess the effect of provision of free glasses on academic performance in rural
Chinese children with myopia. Design Cluster randomized, investigator masked, controlled …

Although there is evidence that there was gender inequality in China's education system in
the 1980s, the literature in China has mixed evidence on improvements in gender inequality …

Using a survey of 19,977 children in two provinces, this paper explores the prevalence,
correlates and potential consequences of poor vision among children in China's vast but …

Experts agree that computers and computing play an important role in education. Since the
1980s there has been a debate about gender as it relates to computers and education …

We present results of a randomized trial testing the impact on academic outcomes of
providing free eyeglasses to junior high school students in a poor rural area of western …

Purpose To study safety of children's glasses in rural China, where fear that glasses harm
vision is an important barrier for families and policy makers. Design Exploratory analysis …

Background Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a widely recognized mental
health problem in developed countries but remains under-investigated in developing …

This article exploits a randomised controlled trial to evaluate the impact of an intensive, short-
term inservice teacher training programme on the performance of English teachers in Beijing …

Purpose.: We assessed the prevalence and predictors of inaccurate refractive error among
rural refractionists in western China. Methods.: A subset of primary school children with …

Rented accommodation has increased rapidly in the past decade in rural areas since the
school consolidation policy was implemented in China at the turn of the 21 st century. This …