scholarly journals Consistency of Developmental Outcomes of 4-H Camp Experiences Over Time and Across Sites

2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 17-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Baughman ◽  
Barry A. Garst ◽  
Nicholas E. Fuhrman
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Multivariate Statistics ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Developmental Outcomes ◽  
Life Skill ◽  
Trend Study ◽  
Life Skill Development ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Over Time

The purpose of the reported trend study was to examine consistency in youth life skill outcomes following exposure to 4-H camp. Parents of campers ages 9 to 13 were randomly sampled in 2001, 2004, and 2007 and asked to report changes in their child’s behavior following camp. Statistical analysis indicates an overall consistency in parent reports of youth life skill development over time. Life skills that showed consistent gains over seven years and across six 4-H educational centers included an enhanced ability for youth to take care of their own things and to share work responsibilities. Multivariate statistics revealed that a standardized instrument used with parents over time can produce valid and reliable results concerning the impact of experiential learning on youth.

scholarly journals Students’ Perceptions of Life Skill Development in Project-Based Learning Schools

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberly Meyer ◽  
Scott Wurdinger
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Skill Development ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Life Skill ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Life Skill Development ◽  
Learning Schools

<p>This research aimed to examine students’ perceptions of their life skills while attending project-based learning (PBL) schools. The study focused on three questions including: 1) What are students’ perceptions of their development of life skills in project-based learning schools? 2) In what ways, if any, do students perceive an increase in their life skill development over a one-year period of time? 3) What relationship, if any, is there between grade level and students’ perceptions of their life skills? The subjects were 275 6-12 students from two project-based learning charter schools in Minnesota. One school was located in a rural location; the other in an urban location. The triangulating data collection methods included a Likert-scale survey, semi-structured interviews, and focus groups. Quantitative analysis using SPSS were used to analyze the survey data. Qualitative analysis methods used were coding and identification of emergent themes. Qualitative results showed perceptions of most improved skills as time management, collaboration, communication, and self-directedness. Quantitative data results showed most improved skills within an academic year as responsibility, problem-solving, self-directedness, and work ethic. Self-directedness was the single skill that was evident in all data results. The results showed students’ perceptions of their life skills were positive and that project-based learning helped them develop multiple life skills including, but not limited to communication, collaboration, problem-solving, responsibility, and time management. Implications of this research suggest that project-based learning has a positive influence on students’ life skills development across 6-12 grade levels and helps prepare them to be successful in the 21<sup>st</sup> century global community and economy.</p>

scholarly journals An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Statistical Tools in Project Management Environments

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Brian J. Galli
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Statistical Tools ◽  
Analysis Tools ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Over Time

Projects are very important to all organizations, as project managers view various issues in the organization from a higher perspective. The conclusions drawn from these projects determine the base on which various decisions affecting the organizations will be made. This paper introduces the statistical analysis tools used in various project environments to differentiate between the effective and ineffective tools of statistical analysis. Statistical analysis tools are useful in analyzing data collected for a study to be conducted on the same data. The literature review illustrates how statistical analysis tools have been effective and useful to researchers. Over time, more effective statistical tools will be invented that will improve the process of data analysis. The findings on different statistical analysis tools will also be highlighted. Thus, the discussions show the impact, applications, and lessons learned from the statistical analysis tools by the project managers and engineers. The study will also present the limitations, along with the conclusions and recommendations.

scholarly journals 2D Projection Maps of WSS and OSI Reveal Distinct Spatiotemporal Changes in Hemodynamics in the Murine Aorta during Ageing and Atherosclerosis

Biomedicines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 1856
Author(s):  
Kristina Andelovic ◽  
Patrick Winter ◽  
Thomas Kampf ◽  
Anton Xu ◽  
Peter Michael Jakob ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Aortic Arch ◽  
Vessel Wall ◽  
Radial Strain ◽  
4D Flow ◽  
Spatially Resolved ◽  
Potential Marker ◽  
Biomechanical Forces ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Over Time

Growth, ageing and atherosclerotic plaque development alter the biomechanical forces acting on the vessel wall. However, monitoring the detailed local changes in wall shear stress (WSS) at distinct sites of the murine aortic arch over time has been challenging. Here, we studied the temporal and spatial changes in flow, WSS, oscillatory shear index (OSI) and elastic properties of healthy wildtype (WT, n = 5) and atherosclerotic apolipoprotein E-deficient (Apoe−/−, n = 6) mice during ageing and atherosclerosis using high-resolution 4D flow magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Spatially resolved 2D projection maps of WSS and OSI of the complete aortic arch were generated, allowing the pixel-wise statistical analysis of inter- and intragroup hemodynamic changes over time and local correlations between WSS, pulse wave velocity (PWV), plaque and vessel wall characteristics. The study revealed converse differences of local hemodynamic profiles in healthy WT and atherosclerotic Apoe−/− mice, and we identified the circumferential WSS as potential marker of plaque size and composition in advanced atherosclerosis and the radial strain as a potential marker for vascular elasticity. Two-dimensional (2D) projection maps of WSS and OSI, including statistical analysis provide a powerful tool to monitor local aortic hemodynamics during ageing and atherosclerosis. The correlation of spatially resolved hemodynamics and plaque characteristics could significantly improve our understanding of the impact of hemodynamics on atherosclerosis, which may be key to understand plaque progression towards vulnerability.

scholarly journals Take an Adventure Bite

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 96-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Brandt ◽  
Christina Murray
Keyword(s):  
Life Skills ◽  
Skill Development ◽  
Life Skill ◽  
Nutrition Curriculum ◽  
Life Skill Development ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Comparison Data ◽  
Youth Behaviors

The Adventure Bites - Cooking with Kids program enhanced nutrition curriculum by including a Life Skill development focus and a family night - to improve youth nutrition behaviors. The data was collected using the WSU 4-H Life Skills pre-post youth evaluations, staff surveys, a parent retrospective pre-post survey, and comparison data from non-program sites. The results support adding Life Skills and family night events into youth nutrition curricula. There are opportunities to improve evaluation and do further testing, to determine what the individual impact of Life Skill development and/or individual impact of having family nights had on changes in youth behaviors regarding nutrition.

scholarly journals IMPLEMENTASI KURIKULUM MUATAN LOKAL DI ERA OTONOMI DAERAH MENURUT UNDANG-UNDANG SISDIKNAS NOMOR 20 TAHUN 2013 DALAM MENINGKATKAN LIFE SKILLS PESERTA DIDIK

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 93
Author(s):  
Agam Supriyanta
Keyword(s):  
Life Skills ◽  
Life Skill ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Descriptive Case Study ◽  
Local Content ◽  
Skill Mastery ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRAKPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji implementasi kurikulum muatan lokal untuk meningkatkan life skill mencakup analisis mulai dari proses perencanaan, pelaksanaan, dan pengevaluasian kurikulum muatan lokal yang dilaksanakan pada satuan pendidikan di era otonomi daerah menurut UU Sisdiknas No. 20 Tahun 2013; memaparkan landasan yuridis dalam pengembangan kurikulum muatan lokal di era otonomi daerah, menginventarisir faktor-faktor yang menjadi penghambat dalam implementasi kurikulum muatan lokal dan mengetahui life skills peserta didik melalui internalisasi dalam keterampilan peserta didik di SMA. Penelitian yuridis normatif yang bersifat kualitatif ini mengacu pada norma hukum yang terdapat dalam berbagai peraturan perundang-undangan, putusan pengadilan. Penyusunan kurikulum muatan lokal yang mendorong peserta didik menguasai life skills dilaksanakan secara bottom up yakni dimulai dengan analisis konteks, analisis potensi dan kebutuhan profil peserta didik yang diinginkan yang dilakukan oleh tim pengembang kurikulum sekolah dan dilaksanakan oleh guru mata pelajaran. Tujuan program pengembangan kurikulum muatan lokal adalah untuk memberikan bekal pengetahuan keterampilan, pembentukan sikap dan prilaku siswa, agar mereka memiliki wawasan yang luas, dan mantap tentang keadaan lingkungan dan kebutuhan masyarakat.  ABSTRACTThis study aims to examine how the implementation's of a local-based curriculum to improve students’ life skills that covers the process of planning, implementing, and evaluating local-based curriculum is carried out in educational units, examining the impact of local curriculum development on the preservation of localized culture in the skills of learners in high school, and find out factors that hamper development local content curriculum. The research questions of this research covered how the process of planning, implementing and evaluating local curriculum is carried out in the educational unit, what factors become obstacles in developing the local content curriculum at the level of the education unit, and whether there is an improvement of local culture-based skills on the unit education that organizes local content curricula. This research employed a qualitative research method. More specifically using a descriptive case study in order the phenomenon studied is presented in detail by involving two schools as research subjects residing in Cianjur regency.  The second finding is related to the improvement of life skills shown by the students on aspects of attitude or personal and social skills, knowledge or academic skills and vocational skills. Level of life skill mastery for these three aspects in the level of imitation, manipulation, precision, articulation and naturalization. The third finding showed that there was a discrepancy between the concept of local curriculum developed by the government with the level of implementation in schools.

scholarly journals Differences in the Experiences of Boys and Girls in a Camp Environment

2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-47
Author(s):  
Margaret Miltenberger ◽  
Jane Jopling ◽  
Martha S. Garton
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Skill Development ◽  
Leadership Skills ◽  
Developmental Differences ◽  
Life Skill ◽  
Developmental Needs ◽  
The Real ◽  
Life Skill Development

Between the ages of nine and twelve, key developmental differences exist between genders. Boys’ and girls’ brains simply develop in a different sequence (Sax, 2007) and at a different rate (Hanlon, et al., 1999). Since the 1970’s a tendency toward gender blindness and a lack of understanding about the real developmental differences between boys and girls may have limited the ability of youth professionals to best serve all youth. This paper highlights a study of whether boys and girls differ in camp experience and in life skill development as a result of camp? Fifteen counties with 28 individual camps participated in the study which measured (1) camp experience; (2) targeted life skills, and (3) leadership skills. The results showed significant differences between girls and boys. Researchers recommend that gender differences no longer be ignored when programming and that camp activities and curriculum meet the developmental needs of both boys and girls.

scholarly journals Growing Minds: The Effects of a One-year School Garden Program on Six Constructs of Life Skills of Elementary School Children

2005 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 453-457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn W. Robinson ◽  
Jayne M. Zajicek
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Life Skill ◽  
School Garden ◽  
School Students ◽  
Treatment Groups ◽  
Life Skill Development ◽  
One Year ◽  
Experimental Group

The goal of this study was to assess changes in the life skill development of elementary school students participating in a 1-year school garden program. The Life Skills Inventory included statements for six constructs of life skills including teamwork, self-understanding, leadership, decision making skills, communication skills, and volunteerism. The students were divided into two treatment groups, an experimental group that participated in the garden program and a control group that did not participate in the school garden program. Students in the control group had significantly higher overall life skills scores on the pretest compared to students participating in the garden program but the scores were no longer significantly different between the groups on the posttest scores at the end of the program. In addition, there were no significant differences in the control group's pretest scores compared to their posttest scores. However, the students in the experimental group did significantly increase their overall life skills scores by 1.5 points after participating in the garden program. Two internal life skill scales were positively influenced by the garden program; “working with groups” and “self understanding.”

scholarly journals Life Skill Development and Transfer beyond Sport

2019 ◽  
Vol 84 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah Agnew ◽  
Kathryn Jackson ◽  
Shane Pill ◽  
Christine Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Life Skills ◽  
Skill Development ◽  
Life Skill ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Football Club ◽  
Life Skill Development ◽  
Australian Football ◽  
Skills Education ◽  
Life Skills Education

AbstractThe aim of this research was to investigate the current life skills education programs offered by the Australian Football League (AFL) for elite footballers in order to determine the retention of life skill knowledge and transfer beyond sport. Life skill education in sport is an increasing phenomenon. Life skills sport programs are capable of delivering positive outcomes when nurtured through a deliberately designed curriculum and purposeful teaching strategies. However, it is not known how life skills are learned and importantly what the impact of life skills education on long term behavioural changes is. It is apparent from the literature that there is a need to identify how knowledge is acquired and importantly retained through life skills education programs. This was a qualitative research project from a life history perspective. Twenty footballers who had been delisted from an elite Australian football club and had subsequently returned to a South Australian state-based football club took part in semi-structured interviews. The data was analysed through an inductive thematic analysis. Two themes emerged from the data: football related development and holistic development. It was clear that football clubs placed importance on the development of life skills that transfer beyond the sport. However, given the footballers in this research have not fully transferred into life after sport, their perception of the broader transferability of their life-skill development beyond sport is limited. This research concludes that the current format of life skill education (delivering content) that the players in this study were exposed to was not effective because the players failed to be able to make connections from the program to life outside of football. Therefore, the programs are unlikely to have any long-term benefit to player health and well-being during their post-elite football life.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the NFHS Online Captains Leadership Course: Student Athletes’ Views of Effectiveness

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren F. Walker ◽  
Daniel R. Gould
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Development ◽  
Leadership Training ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Life Skill ◽  
Peer Modeling ◽  
Electronic Survey ◽  
School Sport ◽  
Life Skill Development ◽  
Problem Solving Strategies ◽  
The Impact

Sport is viewed as an arena for positive life skill development, including leadership development. In 2015, the NFHS launched an online Captain’s Leadership Training Course. The main purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of the course in improving leadership knowledge and ability. An electronic survey was sent to a sample of athletes (n = 202, 129 female), ages 13–19 (M = 17.01, SD = 0.10) in eight United States states who had completed the NFHS course within the last 3–18 months. Most athletes (92.6%) completed the course based upon their coach’s recommendation. The course was viewed to be moderately to very useful (M = 2.49, SD = 1.00) in helping them in preparing to be a team captain. Participants believed the course to be very to extremely effective in building their knowledge on motivation (M = 1.96, SD = 0.89), communication (M = 1.90, SD = 0.80), decision making (M = 2.03, SD = 0.91), peer modeling (M = 1.91, SD = 0.86), team cohesion (M = 1.96, SD = 0.88) and problem solving strategies (M = 2.00, SD = 0.85). Canonical correlation analyses showed that athletes who felt they were more reflective tended to rate the effectiveness of the course lower than their peers. Additionally, analyses did not show any clear demographic characteristics that distinguished between perceptions of the effectiveness of the course, showing the value found in the course was high with all types of scholastic athletes. Athletes felt the course could be improved most in the area of learning how to manage conflict with their peers and coaches. Future research in scholastic leadership should seek to understand the impact of the course prospectively across a high school sport season.

scholarly journals DAMPAK PELATIHAN KETERAMPILAN HIDUP (LIFE SKILLS) MONTIR OTOMOTIF TERHADAP KESEMPATAN KERJA DAN PENDAPATAN WARGA BELAJAR

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-98
Author(s):  
Dayat Hidayat
Keyword(s):  
Training Program ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Skill Training ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Life Skill ◽  
Life Skills Training ◽  
Entrepreneurial Attitudes ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this study was to analyze the implementation of life skills for automotive mechanic in CLC Cepat Tepat, which includes the steps of planning, implementation and assessment to improve employment and learners income. The approach used in this study is qualitative case study method. The data collection techniques through observation, interviews and documentation study. Subjects are six people consisting of four learners, one of organizer, and one of learning resources or trainers. Analysis of data used an interactive model, through the following steps: collection of data, reduction of data, display of data, and conclusion or verification. The results showed that the implementation of life skills training for automotive mechanic started by the analysis of learning needs of learners and carrying capacity which available in the CLC. Life skill training program for automotive mechanic is going well by involving all components of life skills. The results showed that the implementation of life skill training are skill enhancing in the areas of automotive and entrepreneurial attitudes of learners independently. The impact of life skills training program showed an increasing of getting chance to have job and learners’ income to open his own workshop or others automotive ones and automotive industry companies in Karawang.

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