scholarly journals Evaluating an Educational Intervention Designed to Foster Environmental Citizenship among Undergraduate University Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 8219
Author(s):  
Audronė Telešienė ◽  
Jelle Boeve-de Pauw ◽  
Daphne Goldman ◽  
Ralph Hansmann
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Educational Intervention ◽  
Survey Methodology ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Childhood And Adolescence ◽  
Environmental Citizenship ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
And Gender

Taking its primary interest in active environmental citizenship, this paper aims at evaluating a case of an educational intervention designed to foster environmental citizenship among undergraduate students at a technological university. The study employs a survey methodology implementing a recently validated environmental citizenship questionnaire. A randomized pre-group –post-group quasi-experimental survey design explores students’ environmental citizenship attributes before and after the intervention course, ‘Sustainable Development’, in comparison to students who participated in a general elective course, ‘Media Philosophy’. The results show that the participation in the intervention course induced positive change in students’ environmental citizenship in comparison to the control group. Additional analysis indicates that environmental citizenship is significantly related to environmental attitudes, nature experiences during childhood and adolescence, and gender. The article provides a timely contribution shedding light on how specific pedagogical approaches in higher education can foster environmental citizenship.

scholarly journals Effects of teacher mediation in play, mixed-sex play and gender-segregation in play on academic performance of low achieving pupils

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-39
Author(s):  
Opeyemi Shoaga ◽  
Folorunso Ajasa ◽  
Sesan Olatunde Mabekoje
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Treatment Strategies ◽  
Gender Segregation ◽  
Analysis Of Covariance ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Contact Hours ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
And Gender

This study investigated the effect of three play strategies on academic performance of low achiev-ing Basic 1 pupils in primary schools in Oyo State, Nigeria. A quasi-experimental research design using pretest, posttest, control group was adopted where pupils screened to have low achievement scores were selected from schools randomly assigned to treatment groups. Participants met on dif-ferent treatment strategies for eight weeks of two contact hours each. Academic performance was assessed before and after treatment with data analysed using Analysis of Covariance. Results in-dicated that the three play strategies are effective in improving pupils’ academic performance (F (3 124) = 310.566; p <0.05). Based on the findings, it was recommended that any of the play strate-gies could be effectively utilized in improving the academic performance of low achieving pupils.

scholarly journals Digital Portfolio in The Development of Documentary Competence in University Students [El portafolio digital en el desarrollo de la competencia documental en estudiantes universitarios]

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-108
Author(s):  
Jesús Fernando Cornejo-Sánchez ◽  
Cesar H. Limaymanta ◽  
Rossana Delia Mezarina-Castañeda ◽  
Betty Maritza Gálvez-Nores
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Private University ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Multimedia Resources ◽  
Digital Portfolio ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Group A ◽  
Virtual Platform

Translators face numerous challenges for doing their work, not only linguistic but also multimedia-related challenges. For this reason, translation undergraduate students must develop their documentary competence with a digital portfolio. The aim of this research is to demonstrate the effect of using a digital portfolio for developing documentary competence in the translation students from a private university in Lima. This research is quantitative and has a quasi-experimental design. It has been applied to a course of direct translation for two semesters. The sample was 32 students, 16 of them for control group and 16 for experimental group. A test was given before and after using the digital portfolio, so that documentary competence can be measured in its three dimensions: thematic field, terminology and textual genres. Findings suggest that the digital portfolio is effective for developing documentary competence in the experimental translation group. The use of a virtual platform allows students to develop documentary or instrumental competence and to familiarize themselves with the use of different multimedia resources as repository. [El traductor se enfrenta a muchos desafíos, tanto en el nivel lingüístico como en el nivel de empleo de recursos multimedia para su labor de traducción. Por ello, es necesario que en pregrado se desarrolle la competencia documental de los futuros traductores con el empleo del portafolio digital. El objetivo de esta investigación es demostrar el efecto del empleo pedagógico de un portafolio digital en el desarrollo de la competencia documental en estudiantes de traducción de una universidad privada de Lima. La investigación fue de enfoque cuantitativo, y diseño cuasiexperimental realizado durante el desarrollo de un curso de traducción directa por dos semestres. La muestra estuvo conformada por 32 estudiantes: 16 para el grupo de control y experimental. Se aplicó un test antes y después de la inducción del portafolio digital con la finalidad de medir la competencia documental con sus tres dimensiones: campo temático, terminológico y géneros textuales. Se concluye que el portafolio digital es efectivo para el desarrollo de la competencia documental en estudiantes de traducción del grupo experimental. El uso de una plataforma virtual permite desarrollar competencias documentales o instrumentales en el estudiante, así como también habituarlo para su uso como repositorio de diferentes recursos multimedia].

scholarly journals Efecto de una intervención educativa para cuidadores familiares de personas con cáncer en cirugía

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 395-419
Author(s):  
Gloria Mabel Carrillo ◽  
María de la Luz Laguna ◽  
Olga Janeth Gómez ◽  
Lorena Chaparro Díaz ◽  
Sonia Patricia Carreño
Keyword(s):  
Home Care ◽  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Educational Intervention ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Oncological Surgery ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Care At Home ◽  
And Control

Objetivo: Evaluar el efecto de una intervención educativa en cuidadores familiares de adultos con cáncer que se encuentran en postoperatorio de cirugía oncológica, para fortalecer la competencia de cuidado en el hogar y disminuir la sobrecarga. Método: Se trata de un abordaje cuantitativo cuasi-experimental con grupo de intervención y grupo control; se incluyeron 290 cuidadores familiares de pacientes intervenidos por cirugía, se aplicó la intervención educativa desde el ingreso hasta seis semanas después del egreso, se realizó medición antes y después de la competencia para el cuidado en el hogar y de la sobrecarga de cuidado. Resultados: En el grupo intervenido se obtuvo impacto positivo y estadísticamente significativo en la competencia para el cuidado en el hogar y disminución de sobrecarga. Conclusiones: La intervención educativa es una estrategia que aumenta la competencia para cuidar en el hogar, y disminuye la sobrecarga en cuidadores de personas con cáncer sometidos a cirugía. Objective. To evaluate the effect of an educational intervention on family caregivers of adults with cancer who are in the postoperative period of oncological surgery, to strengthen the competence of home care and reduce overload. Method. This was a quasi-experimental quantitative approach with intervention group and control group; 290 family caregivers of patients undergoing surgery were included, educational intervention was applied from admission to six weeks after discharge, measurement was made before and after competence for home care and care overload. Results. In the group intervened, a positive and statistically significant impact was obtained in the competence for home care and decreased overload. Conclusions. The educational intervention is a strategy that increases skills for care at home, and reduces the burden on caregivers of people with cancer undergoing surgery.

scholarly journals EFEKTIVITAS COGNITIVE READING STRATEGIES PADA PENINGKATAN PRESTASI AKADEMIK MAHASISWA

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-238
Author(s):  
Saifullah ◽  
Abd Mughni
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Prior Knowledge ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Reading Strategies ◽  
Achievement Tests ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Knowledge Test ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Quasi Experimental

This study aims to test the effect of cognitive reading strategies to enhance undergraduate students academic achievement. This study used quasi-experimental alternative-treatment design with pretest. There are 63 undergraduate students in psychology class as a subject. The research data obtained from reading comprehension achievement tests and prior knowledge test as co-variable. The reading comprehension achievement tests and prior knowledge test score compare before and after learning process and tested using Ancoca. The results showed that the cognitive reading strategies was significantly improve undergraduate students academic achievement of the experimental group than the control group. For the cognitive reading strategies feasible for implementation.

Brief psycho-education for caregivers of persons with first episode psychosis

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Praful Prabhuappa Kapse ◽  
Manisha Kiran
Keyword(s):  
First Episode Psychosis ◽  
First Episode ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Episode Psychosis ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Expressed Emotions ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Group Family

Caring for the persons with first episode psychosis is challenging and demanding. It may lead to the increased burden, expressed emotions among the caregivers. The numerous studies have shown that high burden and negative expressed emotions among caregivers can lead to early relapse in the patients with first episode psychosis. To evaluate the effects of the brief psychoeducation on the caregivers burden and expressed emotions. A quasi experimental - before and after with control group research design was adopted for the study. A total of 60 caregivers have participated in the study, of which 30 caregivers in experimental group and 30 caregivers in the control group. Family Burden Interview Schedule (Pai and Kapoor, 1981) and Attitude Questionnaire (Sethi et al., 1981) was used to assess caregiver's burden and expressed emotions. At end of the psychoeducation intervention, burden among caregivers and negative expressed emotions of the caregivers have significantly reduced. The positive expressed emotions have been increased. Study results demonstrates the importance of psychoeducation intervention in reducing the burden and negative expressed emotions.

scholarly journals Educational intervention for liver transplantation candidates

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 419-425 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karina Dal Sasso Mendes ◽  
Orlando de Castro e Silva Junior ◽  
Luciana da Costa Ziviani ◽  
Fabiana Murad Rossin ◽  
Márcia Maria Fontão Zago ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liver Transplantation ◽  
Patient Education ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Educational Intervention ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Intervention Method ◽  
Final Sample ◽  
Education Strategy ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Quasi Experimental

OBJECTIVE: The objective in this study was to analyze candidates' knowledge on the liver transplantation process before and after putting in practice an educational intervention. METHOD: A quasi-experimental, one-group pretest-posttest research design was adopted. The final sample included 15 subjects. Research data were collected between January and March 2010 in three phases, which were: pretest, implementation of the educational intervention (two meetings) and posttest. RESULTS: The results evidenced significant cognitive gains after the intervention, with improvements in the participants' performance . CONCLUSIONS: The research presents evidence that putting in practice a patient education strategy can enhance candidates' knowledge on the liver transplantation process and consequently contribute to a successful treatment.

scholarly journals Eficácia da simulação na autoconfiança de estudantes de enfermagem para ressuscitação cardiopulmonar extra-hospitalar: um estudo quase experimental

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 32694 ◽  
Author(s):  
Genesis Souza Barbosa ◽  
Caio Guilherme Silva Bias ◽  
Lorene Soares Agostinho ◽  
Luciana Maria Capurro de Queiroz Oberg ◽  
Rafael Oliveira Pitta Lopes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
The Self ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Intervention Protocol ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Confidence Scale

AIMS: To verify the effectiveness of the simulation in the self-confidence of nursing students for extra-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation. METHODS: A quasi-experimental, before and after, single-group study, was performed with nursing undergraduate students. The sample was recruited among university students who were in the second or third year of graduation and accepted to participate in the research. The intervention protocol consisted of individual participation in a emergency simulated clinical scenario. The simulated scenario adopted consisted of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in extra-hospital cardiorespiratory arrest, using the Mini Anne Plus® low fidelity manikin. In addition to the sociodemographic variables, students' self-confidence for emergency action was analyzed, evaluated by the Self-Confidence Scale, before and after each simulation. Marginal and homogeneous Wilcoxon homogeneity tests were applied, and the accepted significance level was 5%.RESULTS: Thirteen two undergraduate students in nursing between the ages of 18 and 38 participated in the study. Statistically significant differences (p < 0.001) were observed in the answers of all the questions of the Self-confidence Scale when compared before and after the simulation. There was also a statistically significant increase (p < 0.001) in cardiological, respiratory and neurological scores after simulation.CONCLUSIONS: The simulation proved to be an effective educational strategy in increasing the self-confidence of nursing students to perform extra-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

OP08 Levels and sources of stress reported by first year paramedic students associated with their first ambulance placement

2021 ◽  
Vol 38 (9) ◽  
pp. A4.2-A4
Author(s):  
Matthew Warren-James ◽  
Julie Hanson ◽  
Belinda Flanagan ◽  
Mary Katsikitis ◽  
Bill Lord
Keyword(s):  
Death And Dying ◽  
Educational Interventions ◽  
Fear Of Failure ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Control Group ◽  
First Year ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group

BackgroundWhilst there is evidence to suggest paramedics experience significant stress when working in the ambulance setting little is known about the experiences of first year paramedic students. This research aimed to: (i) identify whether levels of stress, anxiety and depression experienced by first year paramedic students changed after ambulance placement compared to a control group, and (ii) identify the main perceived and actual sources of stress around ambulance placement.MethodsA before-and-after quasi-experimental design was used to compare whether the experience of ambulance placement altered the levels of stress, anxiety and depression in an experimental group that attended an ambulance placement (n = 20) and the control group who did not (n = 10). Online surveys encompassing the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21) and qualitative questions about sources of stress were concurrently deployed to both the experimental and control groups before and after the ambulance placement. Participants were first year paramedic students working in Queensland Ambulance Service, Australia.ResultsThere was a significant reduction in levels of stress in participants after undertaking their first ambulance placement (Mdn = -4.00) when compared to a control group (Mdn = 0.00), U = 52.5, p = .035, n2 = 0.15. Responses to survey questions suggest anticipation about experiencing death and dying of patients was the most frequently reported stressor of student paramedics before undertaking ambulance placements, however insecurity about knowledge, competence and fear of failure was the most frequently experienced stressor reported after completing ambulance placements.ConclusionsThe findings from this study suggest that the fear of the unknown may be worse than the reality. Anticipatory stress is the foremost problem for first year paramedic students attending their first ambulance placement. Placement pre-briefing should focus on educational interventions to build knowledge and skills competency to reduce stress levels and fear of failure.

scholarly journals Does Social Exclusion Alter Sensory and Pain Thresholds in Children and Adolescents with Functional Abdominal Pain? – Results from a Preliminary Study

Pain Medicine ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 1472-1478
Author(s):  
Marco Daniel Gulewitsch ◽  
Aiste Jusyte ◽  
Katja Weimer ◽  
Michael Schönenberg
Keyword(s):  
Abdominal Pain ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Childhood And Adolescence ◽  
Sensory Threshold ◽  
Functional Abdominal Pain ◽  
Pain Thresholds ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms

Abstract Objective Functional abdominal pain (AP) is a prevalent issue in childhood and adolescence. The contribution of psychosocial factors in the development and maintenance of this health problem is rather unclear, and experimental studies about underlying mechanisms are lacking. This study investigates whether experimentally induced social exclusion decreases sensory and pain thresholds in children suffering from AP. Subjects Twenty children/adolescents with AP and 22 healthy controls. Methods Children/adolescents participated in the Cyberball paradigm, which affects an experience of social exclusion. Thermal sensory and pain thresholds were measured before and after Cyberball. Results Children/adolescents with AP showed a divergent reaction regarding their sensory threshold after social exclusion: The control group exhibited a tendency toward a decreased sensory threshold whereas the AP group remained stable. Concerning the pain threshold, no effect of social exclusion could be identified. The increase of both thresholds (“numbing”) after Cyberball was positively correlated with symptoms of mental health issues. Conclusions This is the first study to investigate changes in sensory and pain thresholds following painful social interactions in a sample of children/adolescents with a chronic pain condition. Results suggest that AP and control children differ in their reaction of sensory thresholds, which might indicate an altered processing of social exclusion. Replication and further methodological improvements are needed.

scholarly journals The Use of Procalcitonin as a Sepsis Marker in a Community Hospital

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 545-552
Author(s):  
Nathalia De Oro ◽  
Maria E Gauthreaux ◽  
Julie Lamoureux ◽  
Joseph Scott
Keyword(s):  
Lactic Acid ◽  
Length Of Stay ◽  
Community Hospital ◽  
Unit Length ◽  
Hospital Setting ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Current Cutoff ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background Procalcitonin (PCT) is a biomarker that shows good sensitivity and specificity in identifying septic patients. Methods This study investigated the diagnostic accuracy of PCT in a community hospital setting and how it compared to that of lactic acid. It explored the impact on patient care before and after PCT implementation regarding costs and length of stay. Two comparative groups were analyzed using an exploratory descriptive case–control study with data from a 19-month period after PCT implementation and a retrospective quasi-experimental study using a control group of emergency department patients diagnosed with sepsis using data before PCT implementation. Results Post-procalcitonin implementation samples included 165 cases and pre-procalcitonin implementation sample included 69 cases. From the 165 sepsis cases who had positive blood cultures, PCT had a sensitivity of 89.7%. In comparison, lactic acid's sensitivity at the current cutoff of 18.02 mg/dL (2.0 mmol/L) was 64.9%. There was a 32% decrease in median cost before and after PCT implementation, even with the length of stay remaining at 5 days in both time periods. Conclusions There was a significant decrease after the implementation of PCT in cost of hospitalization compared to costs before implementation. This cost is highly correlated with length of stay; neither the hospital nor the intensive care unit length of stay showed a difference with before and after implementation. There was a positive correlation between lactic acid and PCT values. PCT values had a higher predictive usefulness than the lactic acid values.

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