Eco-feedback Technology’s Influence on Water Conservation Attitudes and Intentions of University Students in the USA: An Experimental Design

2014 ◽  
pp. 169-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janna Parker ◽  
Doreen Sams
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Design ◽  
University Students ◽  
Water Conservation ◽  
Conservation Attitudes ◽  
The Usa

scholarly journals Heritage Module within Legal Translation and Interpreting Studies: Didactic Contribution to University Students’ Sustainable Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 3966
Author(s):  
Anastasia Atabekova
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Design ◽  
University Students ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Theoretical Consideration ◽  
Graduate Program ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Module Design ◽  
Legal Translation

This article explores the hypothesis that the concept of heritage is relevant for a university-based degree course in legal translators and interpreters’ training. The research rests on the legal and academic understanding of cultural heritage. The study explores its specifics regarding the English-taught discipline on Legal Translation and Interpreting Studies within the above-mentioned graduate program. The research integrates qualitative tools and statistical instruments, starts with the theoretical consideration of legislative and academic sources, proceeds to the empirical studies of heritage samples, and considers their relevance for the heritage module design within the specified discipline. The experimental design of such a module and its use for the training of students are also part of the present investigation that further explores students’ perceptions of the heritage module under study, with reference to their future career tracks. The study reveals the specifics and components of the heritage framework for the discipline under study and identifies those areas of professional activities for which students consider the heritage module as most useful and relevant. These issues have not been a subject for academic research so far, which contributes to the research relevance and novelty.

Exploring the concurrent use of standardised and idiographic measures to assess cognitive behavioural therapy in a university student with autistic spectrum condition – a single case experimental design

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola Birdsey ◽  
Linda Walz
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Experimental Design ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
University Students ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Cognitive Model ◽  
Behavioural Therapy ◽  
University Student ◽  
Cognitive Behavioural ◽  
Spectrum Condition

Abstract Limited research has directly addressed the challenges of higher education for students with autism, who face additional difficulties in navigating social, personal and academic obstacles. With more students experiencing mental health difficulties whilst at university, therapeutic interventions on offer need to be suitable for those accessing support. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is widely used to support university students, as it is firmly established as an effective treatment for a range of issues, including social and generalised anxiety in typically developing populations (NICE, 2013; NICE, 2019). However, the efficacy of CBT for individuals with autistic spectrum condition (ASC) is less well known, despite the high prevalence rates of anxiety in this population. This paper seeks to address a gap in the literature and uses a single-case (A-B) experimental design over 16 sessions to reduce co-morbid social and generalised anxiety in a university student with high-functioning ASC. Clark’s (2001) cognitive model of social anxiety and Wells’ (1997) cognitive model of generalised anxiety were employed to formulate anxiety experienced in this case. Standardised outcome measures were used for social anxiety, i.e. the Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN), and generalised anxiety, i.e. the Generalised Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7), in conjunction with idiographic ratings to assess the impact of therapy. Findings indicate that CBT was an acceptable and useful intervention with mixed results; discrepancies were found between clinical change recorded on standardised measures compared with idiographic ratings. This paper discusses the use of standardised measures of anxiety for individuals with ASC and identifies directions for further research. Key learning aims (1) To appreciate the unique mental health challenges of university students with ASC. (2) To identify psychological interventions that are suitable for individuals with ASC. (3) To consider the value in employing more than one evidence-based cognitive model of anxiety when clients present with co-morbid mental health issues. (4) To question the utility of using standardised outcome measures compared with idiographic measures in therapy.

scholarly journals INSIGHTS ON TEACHING CHESS TO UNDERGRADUATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
William Bart
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Critical Evaluation ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
First Year ◽  
State University ◽  
Correct Usage ◽  
Undergraduate University Students ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Computer Based

The purpose of this study was to explore how undergraduate university students react to chess instruction. Certain patterns emerged from 10 offerings of a Freshman Seminar entitled “Beginners’ Chess and 21st Century Thinking Skills”. The course enrolled only first-year and second-year undergraduate students at a large public state university in the USA. The students tended to have little or no knowledge of chess prior to the course. The course made extensive use of chess-related websites available on the Internet such as chess.com, lichess.org, and chessgames.com. The instruction involved the projection of a chess-related website projected onto a large classroom screen with the use of an instructor’s computer connected to a projector that projected the computer-based image onto the screen. The course had 10-20 students in each annual offering of the course that lasted 15 weeks. The student evaluations of the course were very positive, indicating that the students enjoyed the course very much. The course involved instruction in chess on topics such as tactics and basic checkmates along with instruction on the cognitive psychological foundations of chess on topics such as problem solving and critical thinking. The primary task in the course was that each student had to prepare a critical evaluation of two of their own chess games that included correct usage of proper algebraic notation for the chess moves. The chess activity that the students enjoyed the most was group competition.

The Role of Group Orientation and Descriptive Norms on Water Conservation Attitudes and Behaviors

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Knight Lapinski ◽  
Rajiv N. Rimal ◽  
Rebecca DeVries ◽  
Ee Lin Lee
Keyword(s):  
Water Conservation ◽  
Descriptive Norms ◽  
Group Orientation ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
Conservation Attitudes ◽  
And Behaviors

scholarly journals Snowden’s revelations and the attitudes of students at Swedish universities

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 247-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iordanis Kavathatzopoulos ◽  
Ryoko Asai ◽  
Andrew A. Adams ◽  
Kiyoshi Murata
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Computer Software ◽  
International Study ◽  
Free Text ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Whistle Blowing ◽  
Software Companies ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
High Level

Purpose This study aims to map Swedish students’ attitudes towards Snowden’s revelations and their effects in the political and socio-cultural environment of Sweden. Design/methodology/approach A questionnaire was answered by 190 Swedish university students. The quantitative responses to the survey and qualitative considerations of free text answers were statistically analysed. Findings Swedish students had a high level of knowledge about the Snowden revelations; they actively searched for information, gave a positive judgement of Snowden’s actions and were willing to follow his example in Sweden, although not in the USA. They trusted their country and most of its institutions and authorities except for secret service agencies and the internet and computer software companies. Practical implications This study could be used as a design of education for university students, especially in information technology programmes. Social implications The study can be used for developing and applying policies on privacy, surveillance and whistle-blowing. Originality/value This study is part of a bigger international study to map students’ attitudes towards Snowden’s revelations and their opinions about privacy, surveillance and whistle-blowing opening up for cross-cultural analyses.

scholarly journals Tadabbur Surat Al-Insyirah untuk Menurunkan Stres Akademik Mahasiswa

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-18
Author(s):  
Eko Hardi Ansyah ◽  
Hindun Muassamah ◽  
Cholichul Hadi
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Design ◽  
University Students ◽  
Stress Level ◽  
Academic Stress ◽  
T Test ◽  
Psychological Aspects ◽  
Campus Life ◽  
Test Analysis ◽  
Stress Scale ◽  
Before And After

The purpose of this research is to examine the effect of Al-Insyirah contemplation to reduce the academic stress level on Islamic university students. Al-Insyirah contemplation is an Islamic term that related to deep contemplation and visualization for the psychological aspects of the surah of Al-Insyirah. This research used the pre-post experimental design. The participants were 16 students who experience academic stress. Before the subjects were trained by Al-Insyirah contemplation, academic stress scale was administered to measure the academic stress level. Then Al-Insyirah contemplation were trained to them, which consists of six steps. After two weeks, the academic stress scale was measured again. The result of before and after the contemplation were analysed using t-test analysis. The results show that Al-Insyirah contemplation could lower the students' academic stress. Consequently, students after using this contemplation are able to think positively to solve various challenges and difficulties in campus life.

scholarly journals Communication skills and social interaction in university students from Lima

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (SPE1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergio Raúl Guillén-Chávez ◽  
Wilfredo Carcausto ◽  
Walter Arturo Quispe-Cutipa ◽  
Víctor Mazzi-Huaycucho ◽  
Raúl Alberto Rengifo-Lozano
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Experimental Design ◽  
University Students ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Public University ◽  
Basic Type ◽  
Quantitative Approach ◽  
Correlational Design ◽  
Faculty Of Education

The present study aims to establish the correlation between communication skills and social interaction among students of the Faculty of Education of a public university in Lima. The research is framed under the positivist paradigm, with a quantitative approach, a basic type, of the non-experimental design, with a cross section, of the sub-type of correlational design.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of Exercise App with Self-Efficacy to Achieve Recommended Levels of Physical Activity among Adult: A Systematic Review

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Apryadno Jose Al Freadman Koa ◽  
Sitti syamsiah ◽  
I Kade Wijaya ◽  
Andi Annas
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
University Students ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Self Monitoring ◽  
Program Goal ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Recommended Level

Background: Inactive physical activity among university students remains publichealth concern due to significant adverse effects and its high prevalence. Transmission from adolescence to adulthood considered as a critical period for lowered their physical activity. Evidences suggested that either self-efficacy-driven intervention or applied exercise App could promote the level of physical activity. However, have examined the effect of exercise App with self-efficacy intervention to promote recommended level of physical activity among university students Objective: It was recognized the effects of exercise App with self-efficacy to achieve recommended levels of physical activity among university students by systematic review. Methods: A systematic review was conducted to search the English publications in the databases of PubMed, CochraneLibrary,MEDLINE,andCINAHL,inaperiodofduring2008to2018.Inclusive criteria were the publications using exercise App with self-efficacy programs and the participants in the age from 18 to 64 years old and healthy people. Excluded criteria were if research recruited participants with chronic diseases, mental diseases, pregnant women, and disability in the study. Finally, 319 articles were searched. After two reviewers used CASP checklist to evaluate study quality, the findings were extracted from 4 qualified articles. Results: The results of systematic review show that most of the studies were conducted in the USA and using Apps as strategies to design basing on SE to increase physical activity. Regarding as how using App for self-monitoring that combine with SE to design in the interventions, the strategies included merging in class sessions to implement the program, goal setting, advice and counseling from health care provider and telephone, problem solving training, using website, self-efficacy coaching, and health provider visit plus telephone. All studies results show that a significant effectiveness using Apps combine SE to applying in program could promote participants achieving recommended levels of PA. Conclusions: This systematic review provides an evidence base if the program with exercise App and self-efficacy to design it has higher effectiveness on achieving recommended levels of PA. SE is valuable to use in PA programs for adults in future studies.  

scholarly journals Privacy issues in libraries with online services: attitudes and concerns of academic librarians and university students in Ghana

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bright Kwaku Avuglah ◽  
Christopher M. Owusu-Ansah ◽  
Gloria Tachie-Donkor ◽  
Eugene Baah Yeboah
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Academic Librarians ◽  
Privacy Rights ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Education And Awareness ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Online Library ◽  
Privacy Issues

The study surveyed librarians’ and students’ attitudes, perceptions and concerns on privacy in Ghanaian universities with the aim of seeking a better alignment of their perspectives in the online library context. This study adapted and applied the instrument developed by Zimmer which assessed attitudes and practices of librarians in the USA on privacy rights and protecting patron’s privacy in the library. The study found that between librarians and students in Ghanaian universities, there was a need for greater control over their personal data; and a need for ethical responsibility on the part of data collecting online library agents; both groups expressed dislike for state censorship and corporate monopoly over their personal data. However, despite their positive attitude about the strong role of librarians in guaranteeing their personal data, a significant number of them demonstrate little faith in librarians to actualize the protection of their personal data. Lastly, privacy attitudes and concerns of academic librarians were noted to align with that of university students in Ghana. Among others, it was recommended that Ghanaian academic librarians integrate privacy education and awareness creation in their universities, emphasizing the need to make informed online decisions and exposing potential repercussions of their decisions while using online library and digital resources.

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