Psychological Tests of Mathematical Ability and Educational Guidance

1923 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 193-205
Author(s):  
Agnes L. Rogers
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Scientific Method ◽  
Mathematical Ability ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
College Youth ◽  
The Past ◽  
Educational Guidance ◽  
Excellent Work ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Right

One of the most noteworthy features of modern times is the increased recognition of the need for educational guidance and the application of scientific method in the means used to meet it. This new trend can be observed at several levels of education. It is not more conspicuous in high school than in college, where excellent work is being done to ensure that the gifts of college youth are not wasted or misapplied in directions in which the individual cannot be reasonably expected to attain success and satisfaction. Notable developments of the past year or so are the plans devised to guide the college student into the right channel of activity.

scholarly journals The Pseudo Thinking Profile of Senior High School Students In Solving Mathematical Problems Reviewed from Mathematical Ability

MATHEdunesa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 172-184
Author(s):  
Ni Komang Hesti Tri Widari ◽  
Susanah Susanah
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Mathematical Concept ◽  
Mathematical Ability ◽  
School Students ◽  
Mathematics Ability ◽  
Ability Tests ◽  
Mathematical Problems ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Thinking Errors

In solving problems, students often experience thinking errors, one of which is pseudo thinking. Pseudo thinking is errors of thinking, wherein the individual process of solving a problem it is not the result of real thinking. Mistakes of thinking like this need attention and must be immediately addressed so as not to impact on students' understanding of the next mathematical concept. This study is a descriptive exploratory with a qualitative approach, aims to describe and explore the pseudo thinking profile of high school students with different mathematical abilities. The subjects in this study consisted of, one with high mathematical ability, one with moderate mathematical ability, and one with low mathematical ability. Data collection techniques were carry out by giving mathematics ability tests (TKM) and interviews. Data analysis was perform based on pseudo-thinking indicators (pseudo-right thinking and pseudo-wrong thinking). It was found that, subjects with high mathematical ability tend to be able to experience pseudo-right thinking and pseudo-wrong thinking. Subjects with moderate mathematical ability tend to be able to experience pseudo-right thinking, while subjects with low mathematical ability tend to be able to experience pseudo-wrong thinking.aKeywords: thinking mistakes, pseudo thinking, problem-solving, mathematical ability

scholarly journals The Strategies of Guidance and Counseling Teachers to Increasing Students’ Moral Awareness in Senior High School

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Retno Purwasih
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Short Film ◽  
Guidance And Counseling ◽  
Moral Awareness ◽  
Individual Counseling ◽  
School Students ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

Moral awareness is a condition where the individual understands and comprehends the actions taken, both in the past, present, and future and realizes how the impact of behavior carried out both for oneself, others, and the surrounding. The purpose of this study is to find out how is the strategies of guidance and counseling teacher to increasing the moral awareness of students so far. This research is a qualitative type of phenomenology research. The data were collected through observation and interviews. The participants of the interviews were guidance and counseling teachers who teach in high schools which were chosen randomly. The data which were obtained from interviews were analyzed using the Miles & Huberman qualitative research model. The results showed the guidance and counseling teachers’ strategies in increasing moral awareness mostly through group guidance, group counseling, individual counseling, and responsive services with lecturing method, discussion, short film, and modeling. Keywords: High School Students, Guidance and Counseling Teachers, Moral Awareness, Descriptive Qualitative

Towards Career Development for High School Students

2021 ◽  
pp. 56-86
Author(s):  
Nana Yaw Asabere ◽  
Amevi Acakpovi ◽  
Ezer Osei Yeboah-Boateng ◽  
Wisdom Kwawu Torgby ◽  
Eric Amoako
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Career Development ◽  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Career Guidance ◽  
Electronic Learning ◽  
Guidance Counseling ◽  
Development Evaluation ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Right

Globally, choosing the right tertiary programme for university (higher) education is quite a difficult task for students. A wide range of programmes are offered by the individual universities which differ in terms of delivery modes and entry requirements. Technology inclusion in the 21st century has paved the way for the proliferation of electronic/computing systems such as electronic counseling (e-counseling) and electronic learning (e-learning). By employing a quantitative research instrument (questionnaire) to ascertain technology acceptance of Senior High School (SHS) in Ghana, this chapter proposes a web-based (e-counseling) expert system which will match students' backgrounds with the right tertiary programme towards career development. Evaluation of our proposed approach suggests that majority of the selected students (80%) out of 100 who used the system accepted and embraced it. Such a system will therefore solve and improve career guidance, counseling, and development problems of SHS students in Ghana.

scholarly journals Practical Notes on Historical Research

1922 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 132-149
Author(s):  
Francis Piggott
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
Foreign Office ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Traditional Manner ◽  
National Business ◽  
General Criticism

Historical Research is very much in the air just now. Public opinion is at last awake to the fact, which is elementary to us, that only by knowledge of the way in which national problems have been solved in the past can the problems of the present and the future be successfully dealt with. Historical Research opens the gateways to the longforgotten centuries. In regard to the more modern times embraced by the last few centuries, its special object is to ascertain with precision the details of those problems, political and international, the reasons which led to their solution, satisfactory or otherwise. I propose to glance at this aspect of it only. When one realises what those national problems are, that they have varied little since we began to understand what the sea means to us, it stands to reason that research should be treated as a national business; but, after our traditional manner, the period about which we ought to know so much, but know so little, is left to the individual. And war impressions speedily fade: witness the interest which Parliament takes in this matter, and the knowledge it displays of the work involved, as shown by the opposition to the grant of a modest salary to the Historian attached for purposes of research to the Foreign Office. The general criticism was that no such officer was required, that everybody knew where the facts of any event in history were to be found, and that when wanted any Foreign Office clerk could be turned on to the job of finding them!

scholarly journals Why Are Alternative Diets Such as “Low Carb High Fat” and “Super Healthy Family” So Appealing to Norwegian Food Consumers?

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annechen Bahr Bugge
Keyword(s):  
Food Choices ◽  
Healthy Diet ◽  
National Guidelines ◽  
The Past ◽  
Healthy Family ◽  
Consumer Data ◽  
Product Launches ◽  
Tv Shows ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Right

<p>Aspiring for health and fitness has become increasingly important for Norwegians. This is expressed in many ways. For instance there has been a significant increase in the proportion who states that they are very interested in having a healthy diet. Furthermore, three out of ten stated that they had tried diets to achieve weight reduction over the past twelve months. One consequence of this trend is a consumption field that requires a multitude of products and services. This includes everything from food and dietary products that help you realize the dream of a sound, slim, strong, smart and sexy body, to books, blogs and TV shows that guide the individual towards making the right food choices. Through media, books and product launches, consumers are continuously exposed to different theories and beliefs about what and how to eat. A typical characteristic of the diets that have gained wide acceptance over the past few years is that they are in conflict with the national guidelines for a healthy diet. Another tendency is that traditional products in the Norwegian diet such as bread, potatoes and dairy products, in particular, have been up for debate. The purpose of this article is to explore why these alternative and rebellious diets have become so appealing to today’s food consumer. Data are derived from both quantitative and qualitative materials.</p>

scholarly journals The Right to Informational Self-Determination in the Context of Selected Judicial Decisions and Practical Background

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 16-29
Author(s):  
Andrea Erdősová
Keyword(s):  
Information Age ◽  
Codes Of Ethics ◽  
Third Parties ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Identity Information ◽  
Judicial Decisions ◽  
The Past ◽  
Private Data ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Right

It is essential to address in particular the comprehensive prevention of breaches of the right to informational self-determination and whether the persons concerned are aware that they “voluntarily agree” to pass on their identity information to third parties. It is alarming nowadays what amount of private data are available at their disposal for companies or private persons regarding other persons and how easy it seems to obtain this data. In today’s information age and the era of more advanced use of artificial intelligence, it will be more necessary than in the past to define what the individual intended, what he agreed with, and what he eventually approved as data privacy.In order to ensure the protection of the individual and his/her privacy, it is therefore necessary to respond to and refine the existing sources of law, especially to establish codes of ethics taking into account the modern technological and social development.

Cumulative protective factors are associated with decreased risk for prescription opioid misuse among high school students

2021 ◽  
pp. jech-2020-214218
Author(s):  
Zach Timpe ◽  
Heather B Clayton ◽  
Jack Andrzejewski ◽  
Chanel Phillips ◽  
Sarah Conklin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Protective Factors ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
Factor Score ◽  
Prescription Opioid ◽  
School Students ◽  
The Past ◽  
Prescription Opioid Misuse ◽  
The Individual

BackgroundMultiple protective factors at the individual and environmental levels have been associated with prescription opioid misuse (POM) among adolescents. The literature may benefit by extending this research to consider the association between cumulative protective factors and current (ie, within the past 30 days) POM.MethodsThe 2017 Virginia Youth Survey (part of the Youth Risk Behaviour Surveillance System) (N=3697) was used to investigate recent POM and the presence of individual and cumulative protective factors among high school students. Youth were asked to indicate whether they had engaged POM within the past 30 days. A set of protective factors representing youths’ internal assets (eg, aspirational plans for education) and external resources (eg, family meals, safe school environment) were investigated as predictors of current POM, followed by testing of a cumulative protective factor score. Logistic regression models estimated ORs and 95% CIs.ResultsWhen including demographics and risk factors in the model, none of the individual protective factors were significantly associated with current POM. Alternatively, the cumulative protective factor score was significantly associated with a decrease in the odds of current POM.ConclusionsThe cumulative protective factor score was significantly associated with a decrease in the odds of current POM among high school students in Virginia. Programmes designed to provide multiple forms of support may be effective strategies for preventing current POM.

scholarly journals NEW FACTS ABOUT UNKNOWN FAIENCE FACTORIES INSIDE THE RIGHT BANK POLISSIAN AREA: THE FRAGMENTS OF O. OHLOBLIN’S WORK «THE INDUSTRY OF THE RIGHT BANK POLISSIAN AREA IN THE PAST AND MODERNITY (the science report of the expedition of 1932)»

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 403-412
Author(s):  
L. V. Chmil ◽  
L. F. Shepel
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
State Archive ◽  
Central State ◽  
Early 19Th Century ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
The Past ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Right ◽  
Downstream Area

The paper deals with brief information about expedition of 1932 that investigated Kyiv and Zhytomyr Polissian industry of the past and modern times. The expedition led by O. Ohloblin comprised the Taras Shevchenko All-Ukrainian Historical museum representatives. There is a short characteristic of the expedition report in the paper. The document is kept in the archives of the Institute of History of Ukraine and the Institute of Archaeology of Ukraine, as well as in the Central State Archive of the Higher Governing Bodies of Ukraine. Fragments of the report concerning two unknown faience factories of the early 19th century in the villages Zaruddia and Piniazevychi in the Irsha river downstream area are presented. One of them belonged to Branitskys.

scholarly journals Il diritto alla salute e l’autodeterminazione del paziente tra guarigione effettiva e pericoloso sviluppo della tecnologia

2015 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola Posteraro
Keyword(s):  
Right To Health ◽  
Human Right ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
Medicine Today ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Right ◽  
Article 5 ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Italian Constitution

In questo lavoro, si propone uno studio del diritto alla salute quale diritto fondamentale della persona. Anzitutto, si analizza l’evoluzione interpretativa subita dall’articolo 32 della Costituzione italiana e si cerca di capire, da un lato, come tale diritto fosse considerato prima d’oggi; dall’altro, come sia considerato attualmente, invece, anche alla luce delle decisioni della giurisprudenza. Lo scopo è quello di rilevare le connessioni esistenti tra il diritto alla salute, il principio della libertà personale e i limiti apparentemente imposti dall’ordinamento italiano. Si analizzano, perciò, i rapporti esistenti tra esso e l’interesse della collettività, oltre che tra esso e l’articolo 5 del codice civile (il quale ultimo sembrerebbe condizionarlo quando vieta, all’individuo, la piena disposizione del proprio corpo). Si considerano, poi, i problemi creati dalla esasperata indipendenza del singolo, il quale si rivolge alla medicina, oggi, spesso, solo con lo scopo di realizzare i propri desideri. Quali i riflessi sul piano etico e giuridico? Questa situazione è pericolosa? Se sì, in quali casi? Quali le conseguenze sul corpo del paziente? C’è crisi dell’identità? ---------- This paper proposes a study of the right to health as a fundamental human right. Firstly, it analyzes the evolution of interpretation of health of the Article 32 of the Italian Constitution and it tries to comprehend how this right was considered in the past and how it is regarded in the present in light of jurisdictional decisions. Secondly, it aims to detect the links between the principle of personal freedom and the limits apparently imposed by the Italian system. We analyze, therefore, the relationship between the right to health and the public interest, as well as the relationship between this right and Article 5 of the Civil Code (which would seem to limit the individual when prohibiting the full exercise of its body). It considers, then, the problems created by an exasperated independence of the individual, which is often targeted by medicine today, only in order to achieve their desires. What are the reflections on the ethical and juridical plans? Is this situation dangerous? If yes, in what cases? What are the consequences on the patient’s body? Is there a crisis of identity?

scholarly journals Message from the College President – Dr Neale Fong

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 3
Author(s):  
Neale Fong
Keyword(s):  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
College President ◽  
Positive Contribution ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
The Past ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Right

Leadership and management spawn numerous catchphrases to assert what is important “right now”.  Resilience. Leaning in, or out. Authenticity. Balance. Agility. As a College for health managers and leaders, our clear challenge is to look past the “right now” and create the best platform to support our members through what we hope will be their lengthy career and positive contribution to the health of their communities. In the past year the College has introduced a credentialling approach for health leaders which is inclusive of any and all of the latest leadership theories whilst acknowledging that real and substantial contributions to the health of the community is an iterative process requiring the commitment of individual leaders over long careers spanning decades. Our vision is “Better Leadership. Healthier Communities.” Our body of services is directed at supporting our members to achieve this vision. Why Certification? At the very foundation of the notion of what constitutes a profession is a body of knowledge and skills that requires attainment and continuous improvement. The individual leader is supported by an external body (the College) that describes that body of knowledge and skills and creates a framework for the individual to point to how they personally are committing to lifelong learning and development. In the health sector certification in a profession is an employment currency that has traditionally excluded the leaders and managers. Through the introduction of these credentials, the College supports members and future members to have their body of knowledge and skills recognised and provides the platform for continuing development. The role of consumer expectation plays a role in the need for the College credentialling system. Consumers expect a professional and independent recognition of the capability of the senior people who develop, lead, manage and have responsibility for their health facilities and services. Our Challenge to our CHM’s and CHE’s Implicit in this Certification system is that it is very important that the College’s Certified Health Manager and Certified Health Executives use their postnominals in communications within the health sector, talk about the College’s work in supporting the profession and “live” the vision of committing to lifelong learning as part of a community of leaders. Over the past difficult 18 months the College itself has leaned into this attribute of community which goes beyond the triteness of “we are all in this together”. I have been proud and delighted to see how many of our members stepped up to support each other during this time and have been glad to harness that collegiate good will in developing both free and more importantly more opportunities for members to come together in small and large groups to listen and learn. This journal continues to be an excellent and informative part of health leaders’ journeys. We are thankful for the partnership with SHAPE and commend members’ contributions to this publication; another way to continue the life-long learning that is so necessary in meeting the challenges of the health and community care sectors.

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