The quality of instruction, classroom management and social-emotional support practices largely varies

Abstract Background Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD) suffer from impaired Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL). Having an adequate social/emotional support may improve the quality of life of COPD patients. Objective To study the relationships between social/emotional support and HRQoL, depression and disability among patients with COPD. Methods We applied a propensity score model using data from a large U.S. population-based health survey to match COPD patients who reported rarely/never receiving social/emotional support with those who received that support. Social/emotional support and all dependent variables were dichotomized into yes/no responses. For HRQoL domains, number of days of poor physical or mental health and activity limitations, “yes” indicated ≥14 unhealthy days in the last 30 days. McNemar’s test was used to compare the matched groups. Results Social/emotional support was rarely/never received by 37% of responders. Standardized differences between matched groups, after propensity score matching, were less than 10% indicating successful matching. COPD patients who rarely/never receive social/emotional support were more likely to report: depression (n = 321 pairs, odds ratio (OR) = 2.2, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.56–3.14, p < .001), ≥14 poor mental HRQoL days (n = 310 pairs, OR = 3.12, 95% CI: 2.1–4.73, p < .001) and ≥14 poor physical HRQoL days (n = 307 pairs, OR = 1.5, 95% CI: 1.06–2.13, p = .02). There were no significant differences in general health, disability, or activity limitations. Conclusion Among COPD patients, lower levels of social/emotional support are associated with depression and deterioration of mental and physical HRQoL. The importance of social/emotional support should be emphasized by policy makers, healthcare providers, and family members, to improve functioning among COPD patients.

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Managing the Online Classroom (А Reflexive Observation of the Experience of Primary Teachers in Distance Learning)

Педагогически форум ◽

10.15547/pf.2020.020 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

pp. 25-34

Author(s):

Rumyana Neminska

Keyword(s):

Distance Learning ◽

Classroom Management ◽

Primary Teachers ◽

Educational Process ◽

Quality Of Education ◽

Successful Management ◽

Online Classroom ◽

Teacher Survey ◽

Pedagogical Analysis

Online classroom management is an innovation in the overall educational process. Its main characteristics - pedagogical communication, digital methodology and quality of learning in the online environment are the main semantic pillars on which this article is built. Empirical results from a teacher survey are presented. Their professional reflection outlines three research profiles: personal professional, pedagogical-methodological, competence-reflexive. In the pedagogical analysis of these profiles a number of conclusions are formed for the management of the online classroom in the process of distance learning. They are related to issues such as basic methodological skills, digital skills of teachers; quality of education, continuing qualification and others. The question is to develop a digital methodology for more successful management of the online classroom in the process of distance learning.

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Classroom Management

European Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies ◽

10.26417/ejms.v1i1.p201-210 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 201

Author(s):

Elida Kurti

Keyword(s):

Classroom Management ◽

General Education ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Educational Institutions ◽

Important Place ◽

Rural And Urban Areas ◽

Rural And Urban ◽

Intellectual Level

This paper aims to reflect an effort to identify the problems associated with the educational learning process, as well as its function to express some inherent considerations to the most effective forms of the classroom management. Mentioned in this discussion are ways of management for various categories of students, not only from an intellectual level, but also by their behavior. Also, in the elaboration of this theme I was considering that in addition to other development directions of the country, an important place is occupied by the education of the younger generation in our school environments and especially in adopting the methods of teaching and learning management with a view to enable this generation to be competitive in the European labor market. This, of course, can be achieved by giving this generation the best values of behavior, cultural level, professional level and ethics one of an European family which we belong to, not just geographically. On such foundations, we have tried to develop this study, always improving the reality of the prolonged transition in the field of children’s education. Likewise, we have considered the factors that have left their mark on the structure, cultural level and general education level of children, such as high demographic turnover associated with migration from rural and urban areas, in the capacity of our educational institutions to cope with new situations etc. In the conclusions of this study is shown that there is required a substantial reform even in the pro-university educational system to ensure a significant improvement in the behavior of children, relations between them and the sound quality of their preparation. Used literature for this purpose has not been lacking, due to the fact that such problems are usually treated by different scholars. Likewise, we found it appropriate to use the ideas and issues discussed by the foreign literature that deals directly with classroom management problems. All the following treatise is intended to reflect the way of an effective classroom management.

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Effect of Resource Factors and Quality of Instruction on Performance in Mathematics of Nigeria Secondary School Students

Journal of Mathematics Education ◽

10.31327/jme.v5i1.1200 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 61-69

Author(s):

Umar Abdullahi ◽

Musa Sirajo

Keyword(s):

Secondary School ◽

Secondary School Students ◽

Poor Performance ◽

Secondary School Student ◽

Teaching Staff ◽

Ministry Of Education ◽

School Students ◽

Quality Of Instruction ◽

The Public

It seems that educational system in Nigeria has undergone only quantitative improvement in terms of number of schools and students’ enrolment. However, there has been little effort in respect to the capacity to manage them through provisions of adequate financial, human, material and physical resources. Physical and material resources in secondary schools were discovered to be inadequate and poorly equipped. Some of the secondary school buildings were dilapidated, also the allocated financial resource, teaching and non-teaching staff are grossly inadequate compared with the students’ enrolment. The public, the Ministry of Education and other stakeholders in education are expressing serious concern about the consistency of the poor performance of secondary school students especially in mathematics. Increase in population and the government’s free education programs make people want to take advantage of the education provided. Provision of both professionally qualified and non-qualified teachers by government and non-state providers of education also appear not to ameliorate the problem of declining performances in mathematics. The effect of all these on the public secondary school student academic performance in mathematics concern the researchers of this study. It is against this background that the study sought to empirically investigates effect of resource factors and quality of instruction on performance in mathematics of Nigeria secondary school students.

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Hydrocephalus-related quality of life as assessed by children and their caregivers

Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics ◽

10.3171/2020.4.peds19660 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 26 (4) ◽

pp. 353-363 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Kathrin Zimmerman ◽

Bobby May ◽

Katherine Barnes ◽

Anastasia Arynchyna ◽

Elizabeth N. Alford ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Posttraumatic Stress ◽

Traumatic Stress ◽

Pediatric Patients ◽

Emotional Health ◽

Social Emotional ◽

Proxy Report ◽

Cognitive Health ◽

The Mean ◽

Anxiety Depression

OBJECTIVEHydrocephalus is a chronic medical condition that has a significant impact on children and their caregivers. The objective of this study was to measure the quality of life (QOL) of children with hydrocephalus, as assessed by both caregivers and patients.METHODSPediatric patients with hydrocephalus and their caregivers were enrolled during routine neurosurgery clinic visits. The Hydrocephalus Outcomes Questionnaire (HOQ), a report of hydrocephalus-related QOL, was administered to both children with hydrocephalus (self-report) and their caregivers (proxy report about the child). Patients with hydrocephalus also completed measures of anxiety, depression, fatigue, traumatic stress, and headache. Caregivers completed a proxy report of child traumatic stress and a measure of caregiver burden. Demographic information was collected from administration of the Psychosocial Assessment Tool (version 2.0) and from the medical record. Child and caregiver HOQ scores were analyzed and correlated with clinical, demographic, and psychological variables.RESULTSThe mean overall HOQ score (parent assessment of child QOL) was 0.68. HOQ Physical Health, Social-Emotional Health, and Cognitive Health subscore averages were 0.69, 0.73, and 0.54, respectively. The mean overall child self-assessment (cHOQ) score was 0.77, with cHOQ Physical Health, Social-Emotional Health, and Cognitive Health subscore means of 0.84, 0.79, and 0.66, respectively. Thirty-nine dyads were analyzed, in which both a child with hydrocephalus and his or her caregiver completed the cHOQ and HOQ. There was a positive correlation between parent and child scores (p < 0.004 for all subscores). Child scores were consistently higher than parent scores. Variables that showed association with caregiver-assessed QOL in at least one domain included child age, etiology of hydrocephalus, and history of endoscopic third ventriculostomy. There was a significant negative relationship (rho −0.48 to −0.60) between child-reported cHOQ score and child-reported measures of posttraumatic stress, anxiety, depression, and fatigue. There was a similar significant relationship between caregiver report of child’s QOL (HOQ) and caregiver assessment of the child’s posttraumatic stress symptoms as well as their assessment of burden of care (rho = −0.59 and rho = −0.51, respectively). No relationship between parent-reported HOQ and child-reported psychosocial factors was significant. No clinical or demographic variables were associated with child self-assessed cHOQ.CONCLUSIONSPediatric patients with hydrocephalus consistently rate their own QOL higher than their caregivers do. Psychological factors such as anxiety and posttraumatic stress may be associated with lower QOL. These findings warrant further exploration.

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Omgaan met mensen met een visuele beperking in het verpleeghuis

Tijdschrift voor Gerontologie en Geriatrie ◽

10.36613/tgg.1875-6832/2019.01.03 ◽

2019 ◽

Keyword(s):

Emotional Support ◽

Vision Loss ◽

Visual Impairments ◽

Brain Disorders ◽

Process Of Care ◽

Coordinated Care ◽

Specific Training ◽

Literature Overview ◽

Care For Older People

The number of people with vision loss increases; a large part of them is nursing home resident. Although the number of elderly with visual impairments is growing, little special attention is paid to this group. This is however urgently needed. Caregivers need to understand the limitations of visual impairment and how to cope with them. This can lead to better coordinated care. This article presents a literature overview about what conditions are essential for the quality of care for older people with visual impairments caused by eye-diseases (not by brain disorders). The results show that these conditions concern the process of care, communication and emotional support, support when moving, in providing structure, specific training of caregivers, and lighting provision. Practical tips and advice are given that can be used in nursing homes.

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