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Can prompts improve self-explaining an online video lecture? Yes, but do not disturb!

Markus H. Hefter, Veit Kubik, Kirsten Berthold · 2023 · International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education

Abstract In recent years, COVID-19 policy measures massively affected university teaching. Seeking an effective and viable way to transform their lecture material into asynchronous online settings, many lecturers relied on prerecorded video lectures. Whereas researchers in fact recommend implementing prompts to ensure students process those video lectures sufficiently, open questions about the types of prompts and role of students’ engagement remain. We thus conducted an online field experiment with teacher students at a German university (N = 124; 73 female, 49 male). According to the randoml

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Inventory of self-assessed competences: a tool for identifying training strengths and weaknesses in medical and multiprofessional residency programmes for primary health care

Élida de Fátima Diniz Souza, Ana Paula Ramos Machado, José Danúzio Leite de Oliveira et al. · 2025 · BMC Medical Education

Abstract Background In Brazil, residency programmes in Family and Community Medicine (FCM) and Multiprofessional Residency in Family Health (MRFH) are two-year specialisation courses, funded by the federal government, which aim to train professionals to work in Primary Health Care (PHC). The aim of this study was to draw up an inventory of the assessed competences of the residency programmes in the state of Paraíba, Brazil. Our study’s hypothesis is that self-assessment of competences can be a useful tool for monitoring the development of competences in the training of health professionals, co

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Thinking about thinking: changes in first-year medical students’ metacognition and its relation to performance

Wei Han Hong, Jamunarani Vadivelu, Esther Gnanamalar Sarojini Daniel et al. · 2015 · Medical Education Online

Background: Studies have shown the importance of metacognition in medical education. Metacognitive skills consist of two dimensions: knowledge of metacognition and regulation of metacognition. Aim: This study hypothesizes that the knowledge and regulation of metacognition is significantly different at the beginning and end of the academic year, and a correlation exists between the two dimensions of metacognitive skills with academic performance. Methods: The Metacognitive Skills Inventory comprising 52 Likert-scale items was administered to 159 first-year medical students at the University of

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Effect of positive thinking training on stress, anxiety, depression, and quality of life among hemodialysis patients: A randomized controlled clinical trial

Nasrin Shokrpour, Shima Sheidaie, Mehdi Amirkhani et al. · 2021 · Journal of Education and Health Promotion

BACKGROUND: Given the relationship between positivity interventions and psychological problems, this study aimed to investigate the effect of positive thinking training on stress, anxiety, depression, and quality of life of hemodialysis patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is a quasi-experimental and interventional study conducted on 70 hemodialysis patients referred to Fasa hemodialysis centers, Iran, between April 2019 and October 2019. Patients were selected using a simple sampling method and randomly divided into control (n = 35) and intervention (n = 35) groups. The intervention group wa

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Classroom-based language assessment literacy and professional development need between novice and experienced EFL teachers

Ima Fitriyah, Fitriatul Masitoh, Utami Widiati · 2022 · Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics

Classroom-based language assessment (CBLA) in the Indonesian context has become more significant since the shift of the assessment model from summative based assessment (Ujian Nasional or the final exam) to formative-based assessment (Asesmen Kompetensi Minimum (AKM); therefore, teachers need to develop their classroom-based language assessment literacy (CBLAL). The model places a greater emphasis on students' learning outcomes in class rather than final test scores. This study aims to examine the CBLAL level of experienced and novice EFL teachers, their perceptions of CBLAL, and their needs f

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Assessment of Time Management Conditions of Open and Distance Learning Students in Nigeria

U.S.A Osuji · 2015 · West African Journal of Open and Flexible Learning

This study was carried out using a descriptive survey design to investigate the extent to which Open and Distance Learning (ODL) students in Nigeria manage their time effectively. One research question and two hypotheses were used in the study. Purposive sampling was used to select 312 ODL students from six centres across the geo-political zones of the country. The six centres were randomly selected from the zones. A 25-item Time Management Questionnaire (TMQ), in the form of a four-point Likert type scale adopted from the standardised Wayne University time management questionnaire, was used f

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Incorporating explicit discussions on the duality of reasoning into physics instruction

Alistair McInerny, Andrew Boudreaux, Mila Kryjevskaia · 2025 · Physical Review Physics Education Research

This article reports on a controlled study to investigate the efficacy of incorporating explicit discussions about the duality of human reasoning and its implications for learning in physics instruction. The central goal is to probe to what extent, if at all, such discussions improve student performance on tasks that tend to elicit intuitively appealing but incorrect responses. We hypothesized that explicitly discussing the reasoning pathways and hazards associated with the interactions between automatic process 1 and deliberate process 2 could boost students’ performance on a variety of topic

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الضغوط المهنية لمعلمي التربية الخاصة في ضوء بعض المتغيرات (دراسة عبر ثقافية) Special Education Teachers' Professional Stress in the Light of Some Variables ( A Cross-Cultural Study )

علي عبدالله علي مسافر · 2016 · مجلة التربیة الخاصة والتأهیل

تهدف الدراسة الحالية إلى استقصاء الضغوط المهنية لمعلمي التربية الخاصة في کل من البيئة الثقافية السعودية والمصرية، ومعرفة الفروق في نوعية تلک الضغوط في هاتين البيئتين تبعاً لمتغيرات فئة الإعاقة التي يعمل معها المعلم (عقلية وتوحد/ بصرية/ سمعية)، وجنس المعلم (ذکر/ أنثى)، وسنوات خبرة المعلم (أقل من 5 سنوات/ 5 سنوات فأکثر). وأجريت الدراسة على عينة قوامها (224) معلماً ومعلمةً من معلمي التربية الخاصة بجمهورية مصر العربية والمملکة العربية السعودية، واستخدمت الدراسة مقياس الضغوط المهنية لمعلمي التربية الخاصة (إعداد الباحث)، ولتحليل البيانات تم تطبيق اختبار "ت"، وتحليل التباين المتعدد MANOVA، واختبار شي

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أثر برنامج إرشادي تدريبي في تنمية الاعتزاز بالهوية الوطنية والشعور بالانتماء لدى الطالب المعلم تخصص صعوبات التعلم في ضوء رؤية المملکة العربية السعودية (2030) بحث مقدم لمشروع باحث (6) برقم (FR6-96)جهة التمويل: عمادة البحث العلمي بجامعة جازان The impact of Training Counseling Program in The Development of Pride

عبده مسملى, الدود أحمد, سلطان کليبى · 2019 · مجلة التربیة الخاصة والتأهیل

أُجري هذا البحث في العام (2019-2018)، هدف إلى الکشف عن أثر برنامج إرشادي تدريبي في تنمية الاعتزاز بالهوية الوطنية والشعور بالانتماء لدى الطالب المعلم تخصص صعوبات التعلم في ضوء رؤية المملکة العربية السعودية (2030). استخدمت الباحثان المنهج التجريبي، تکون مجتمع البحث من (220) طالبًا معلمًا بقسم التربية الخاصة. اشتملت عينة البحث على (26) طالبًا معلمًا، تضمنت مجموعتين، تجريبية (13) طالبًا معلمًا، وضابطة (13) طالبًا معلمًا، تم اختيارها بالطريقة العشوائية البسيطة. استخدم الباحثون مقياسي الاعتزاز بالهوية الوطنية، والذي تکون من(62) عبارة، ومقياس الشعور بالانتماء، والذي تکون من(69) عبارة. ولتحليل البيان

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الحالة المزاجية المميزة للتلميذات ذوات صعوبات التعلم في المرحلة الابتدائية The Temperamental Status that Distinguishes Female Students with Learning Disabilities at Elementary School

نسرين أحمد الضبيب, زيدان أحمد السرطاوي · 2016 · مجلة التربیة الخاصة والتأهیل

هدفت الدراسة الحالية إلى التعرف على الحالة المزاجية المميزة للتلميذات ذوات صعوبات التعلم في المرحلة الابتدائية، وإلى التعرف على الفروق الدالة إحصائياً في الحالة المزاجية بين التلميذات ذوات صعوبات التعلم، والتلميذات العاديات. وتکونت عينة الدراسة من )٣٠٢) تلميذة، من الصفوف الابتدائية الثلاثة العليا، بواقع )١٤٢) تلميذة من ذوات صعوبات التعلم، و(١٦٠) تلميذة عادية. واستخدم اختبار الحالة المزاجية للأطفال، لطنطاوي، وعجلان (١٩٩٥)، کأداة للدراسة. توصلت النتائج إلى أن أکثر أبعاد الحالة المزاجية لذوات صعوبات التعلم إيجابية بحسب قيم المتوسط الأعلى على التوالي هي: حدة رد الفعل، الاندفاع، مستوى النشاط، الاقت

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Does mentoring new peer reviewers improve review quality? A randomized trial

Houry Debra, Green Steven, Callaham Michael · 2012 · BMC Medical Education

Abstract Background Prior efforts to train medical journal peer reviewers have not improved subsequent review quality, although such interventions were general and brief. We hypothesized that a manuscript-specific and more extended intervention pairing new reviewers with high-quality senior reviewers as mentors would improve subsequent review quality. Methods Over a four-year period we randomly assigned all new reviewers for Annals of Emergency Medicine to receive our standard written informational materials alone, or these materials plus a new mentoring intervention. For this program we paire

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The effectiveness of e-learning in pediatric medical student education

Rima Khasawneh, Kari Simonsen, Jessica Snowden et al. · 2016 · Medical Education Online

Background: Electronic learning allows individualized education and may improve student performance. This study assessed the impact of e-modules about infection control and congenital infections on medical knowledge. Methods: A descriptive study was conducted involving third-year medical students on pediatric clerkship. e-Module content in three different formats was developed: a text monograph, a PowerPoint presentation, and a narrated PowerPoint lecture. Students’ use of the e-modules was tracked, as was participation in the infectious disease rotation and the order of pediatric rotation. Pr

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The effect of nurse empowerment educational program on patient safety culture: a randomized controlled trial

Maryam Amiri, Zahra Khademian, Reza Nikandish · 2018 · BMC Medical Education

Abstract Background The complexity of patients’ condition and treatment processes in intensive care units (ICUs) predisposes patients to more hazardous events. Effective patient safety culture is related to lowering the rate of patients’ complications and fewer adverse events. The present study aimed to determine the effect of empowering nurses and supervisors through an educational program on patient safety culture in adult ICUs. Methods A randomized controlled trial was conducted during April–September 2015 in 6 adult ICUs at Namazi Hospital, Shiraz, Iran. A total of 60 nurses and 20 supervi

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Reading Online in Foreign Languages: A Study of Strategy Use

Richard Tsan-Jui Cheng · 2016 · International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning

Scores of studies have established that when learning online, students must be equipped with different sets of strategies and skills than in a physical classroom setting (Anderson, 2003; Broadbent & Poon, 2015; Coiro, 2007; Leu et al., 2007; Michinov, Brunot, Le Bohec, Juhel, & Delaval, 2011; Salmon, 2013). The present study, by virtue of exploring foreign language learners’ online reading experience, aimed to identify the reading strategies that learners would use when engaged in online reading activities in the target foreign languages. Thirty-two foreign language learners whose native langu

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Brand Ambassador Dan E-Word Of Mouth Pengaruhnya Terhadap Kepuasan Konsumen Melalui Keputusan Pembelian pada Marketplace Indonesia

Brahma Wahyu Kurniawan, Beny Mahyudi Saputra · 2022 · Aksara

This study aims to find out about consumer satisfaction directly and indirectly in terms of the brand ambassador and e-word of mouth variables as well as purchasing decisions as a moderating variable. Using path analysis techniques and 125 people as respondents who have used online media (marketplace) to make transactions. The results obtained in this study are that there is no significant effect indirectly, but it has a significantly positive effect when viewed from the direct influence of each variable. Indicates that consumers who are respondents are not too concerned with many consideratio

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An integrated approach for knowledge extraction and analysis in collaborative knowledge construction

Ning Zhang, Fan Ouyang · 2023 · International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education

Abstract Collaborative knowledge construction (CKC) involved students’ sharing of information, improvement of ideas, and construction of collective knowledge. In this process, knowledge extraction and analysis can provide valuable insights into students’ knowledge capacities, depths, and levels in order to improve the CKC quality. However, existing studies tended to extract and analyze knowledge from a single perspective (e.g., the number of certain knowledge types and knowledge structures), which failed to demonstrate the complexity and dynamics of knowledge construction and advancement. To f

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