Do online readiness surveys do what they claim? Validity, reliability, and subsequent student enrollment decisions

2016 ◽  
Vol 98 ◽  
pp. 39-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire Wladis ◽  
Jason Samuels
Keyword(s):  
Student Enrollment ◽  
Enrollment Decisions ◽  
Online Readiness

scholarly journals Understanding Participation in Secondary Music Classes: A Literature Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-49
Author(s):  
Seth Pendergast
Keyword(s):  
Music Education ◽  
Music Teachers ◽  
Student Enrollment ◽  
Student Interest ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Music Participation ◽  
Enrollment Decisions ◽  
Enrollment Trends ◽  
Secondary Music ◽  
The Many

Sustaining and increasing participation in secondary music classes has been a regular topic of discourse within the field of music education. Music researchers and professionals have recently addressed specific issues related to music participation such as access to music classes, policy initiatives, and student interest in the music curriculum. This review of literature is an exploration of student enrollment trends in secondary music classes and a broad examination of the many factors that influence student enrollment decisions. In this review of literature, I frame music participation as a complex issue where multiple factors influence enrollment in secondary music classes. Next, research on the structural, interpersonal, and intrapersonal factors that affect music participation are presented. Finally, I address how music teachers and advocacy leaders might direct their efforts to support and increase music participation.

Bereaved Informal Caregivers Rarely Recall a Relationship Between Transfusions and Hospice in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

2021 ◽  
pp. 104990912110132
Author(s):  
Larry D. Cripe ◽  
Ann H. Cottingham ◽  
Caroline E. Martin ◽  
Mary Lynn Hoffmann ◽  
Katherine Sargent ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Acute Myeloid Leukemia ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Potential Barrier ◽  
Myeloid Leukemia ◽  
Informal Caregivers ◽  
Blood Transfusions ◽  
Enrollment Decisions ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Acute Myeloid

Aims: The inability to prescribe blood transfusions is a potential barrier to timely hospice enrollment for patients with blood cancers. The benefits and harms of transfusions near the end of life (EOL), however, are poorly characterized and patients’ preferences are unknown. We sought to characterize the recollections of bereaved caregivers about the relationships between transfusions and hospice enrollment decisions. Methods: We recruited 18 bereaved caregivers of 15 decedents who died within 6-18 months of the interview. Interviews focused on caregivers’ recollections of transfusion and hospice enrollment decisions. Transcripts were analyzed for themes. Results: We identified 2 themes. First, caregivers described that transfusions were necessary and the decisions to receive transfusions or not were deferred to the clinicians. Second, only 1 caregiver recalled transfusions as relevant to hospice decisions. In that instance there was a delay. Caregivers identified difficulties recognizing death was imminent, hope for miracles, and the necessity of accepting life was ending as more relevant barriers. Conclusions: The results indicate clinicians’ beliefs in transfusion at EOL may be a more relevant barrier to hospice enrollment than patients’ preferences. Strategies to evaluate accurately and discuss the actual benefits and harms of transfusions at the EOL are necessary to advise patients and integrate their preferences into decisions.

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