The anxiety levels, quality of sleep and life and problem-solving skills in healthcare workers employed in COVID-19 services

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menghasilkan dan mendeskripsikan pengembangan bahan ajar pengayaan trigonometri SMA menggunakan teknik faded examples yang berkualitas untuk meningkatkan kemampuan pemecahan masalah siswa. Kualitas bahan ajar yang dikembangkan mencakup aspek kevalidan, keefektifan, dan kepraktisan. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian pengembangan dengan model Plomp yang mencakup tiga tahapan. (1) penelitian awal mencakup analisis kebutuhan dan analisis konteks, (2) pengembangan yang mencakup desain produk dan pembuatan produk, dan (3) evaluasi yang meliputi proses validasi dan proses implementasi. Proses pengembangan melibatkan dua ahli, satu orang guru dan 50 siswa (siswa kelas X pengayaan 1 dan X pengayaan 2) SMA IPA di Mataram. Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah bahan ajar pengayaan berupa buku guru dan buku siswa yang dikembangkan dengan menerapkan teknik faded examples. Pada buku pengayaan terdapat paket faded examples dengan jenis backward dan forward fading dimana pada akhir paket, siswa diminta untuk membuat sendiri soal sesuai dengan materi yang sedang dipelajari. Teknik ini dikembangkan oleh teori desain pembelajaran bernama Cognitive Load Theory (CLT). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa bahan ajar ini layak digunakan karena dinilai sangat baik secara isi dan penyajian oleh dosen validator, praktis oleh guru matematika dan praktis digunakan oleh siswa. Hasil ketuntasan belajar adalah sebanyak 100% siswa mencapai nilai minimal kemampuan pemecahan masalah. The application of faded examples techniques to improve student’s problem solving ability on trigonometry at high school level AbstractThis study was aimed to produce and describe the quality of the developed Trigonometric Senior High School Science Program Enrichment’s Instructional Materials using Faded-Examples Techniques to Improve Problem Solving Ability. The quality of the developed teaching materials include all aspects of validity, effectiveness, and practicality. This was a developmental research used three phases Plomp’s model which consists of: (1) preliminary studies which involved the needs and context analysis, (2) product design development, and (3) the evaluation process of product validation and implementation. The development process involves two experts as validator, one teacher, and 50 students (X pengayaan 1 and X pengayaan 2). The study results the trigonometric enrichment’s teaching materials which consists of the teacher’s textbook and the student’s textbook that was developed using the faded-examples technique. This technique based on The Cognitive Load Theory (CLT) instructional design. The results of the study showed that the quality of the developed trigonometric enrichment’s teaching materials is “very good” according to lecturer validation and “practical” according to the evaluation from the teachers and students. The results of the learning showed that 100% of the students passed the minimum grade criteria of problem solving skills.

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Psychological Resilience of Healthcare Professionals During COVID-19 Pandemic

Psychological Reports ◽

10.1177/0033294120965477 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 003329412096547 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Faruk Bozdağ ◽

Naif Ergün

Keyword(s):

Life Satisfaction ◽

Healthcare Workers ◽

Positive Emotions ◽

Healthcare Professionals ◽

Healthcare Services ◽

Public Health Issue ◽

Psychological Resilience ◽

Quality Of Sleep ◽

Emotional Resilience

The COVID-19 pandemic as a public health issue has spread to the rest of the world. Although the wellbeing and emotional resilience of healthcare professionals are key components of continuing healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare professionals have been observed in this period to experience serious psychological problems and to be at risk in terms of mental health. Therefore, this study aims to probe psychological resilience of healthcare workers. The findings of this study showed that in order to raise psychological resilience of healthcare professionals working during the COVID-19 pandemic their quality of sleep, positive emotions and life satisfaction need to be enhanced. Psychological resilience levels of healthcare workers in their later years were found to be higher. Doctors constitute the group with the lowest levels of psychological resilience among healthcare workers. The current study is considered to have contributed to the literature in this regard. Primary needs such as sleep which are determinants of quality of life, life satisfaction and psychological resilience should be met.

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How Much Support Is There for the Recommendations Made to the General Population during Confinement? A Study during the First Three Days of the COVID–19 Quarantine in Spain

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph17124382 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (12) ◽

pp. 4382 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Carlos Suso-Ribera ◽

Ramón Martín-Brufau

Keyword(s):

General Population ◽

Effect Sizes ◽

Personality Profiles ◽

Quality Of Sleep ◽

Personality Variables ◽

The Face ◽

Anxiety Levels ◽

The Relationship ◽

Made In

Background: Recommendations on lifestyles during quarantine have been proposed by researchers and institutions since the COVID–19 crisis emerged. However, most of these have never been tested under real quarantine situations or derive from older investigations conducted mostly in China and Canada in the face of infections other than COVID–19. The present study aimed at exploring the relationship between a comprehensive set of recommended lifestyles, socio–demographic, and personality variables and mood during the first stages of quarantine. Methods: A virtual snow–ball recollection technique was used to disseminate the survey across the general population in Spain starting the first day of mandatory quarantine (15 March 2020) until three days later (17 March). In total, 2683 Spanish adults (mean age = 34.86 years, SD = 13.74 years; 77.7% women) from the general population completed measures on socio–demographic, COVID–related, behavioral, personality/cognitive, and mood characteristics. Results: In the present study, depression and anger were higher than levels reported in a previous investigation before the COVID–19 crisis, while vigor, friendliness, and fatigue were lower. Anxiety levels were comparable. The expected direction of associations was confirmed for the majority of predictors. However, effect sizes were generally small and only a subset of them correlated to most outcomes. Intolerance of unpleasant emotions, neuroticism, and, to a lesser extent, agreeableness, sleep quality, young age, and time spent Internet surfing were the most robust and strongest correlates of mood states. Conclusions: Some recommended lifestyles (i.e., maintaining good quality of sleep and reducing Internet surfing) might be more important than others during the first days of quarantine. Promoting tolerance to unpleasant emotions (e.g., through online, self–managed programs) might also be of upmost importance. So far, recommendations have been made in general, but certain subgroups (e.g., certain personality profiles and young adults) might be especially vulnerable and should receive more attention.

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Using problem-based learning as an instructional approach in enhancing problem solving skills between engineering and business

International Journal of Engineering & Technology ◽

10.14419/ijet.v7i4.9.20645 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 7 (4.9) ◽

pp. 174

Author(s):

Zulida Abdul Kadir ◽

Nor Hazana Abdullah ◽

Rosmahalil Azrol Abdullah ◽

Fadillah Ismail ◽

Adibah Abdul Kadir ◽

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Keyword(s):

Problem Solving ◽

Engineering Students ◽

Business Students ◽

Problem Based Learning ◽

Interrupted Time Series ◽

Instructional Tool ◽

Student Centered ◽

Problem Solving Skills ◽

Quasi Experimental

Problem-based Learning (PBL) is one of an emerging student-centered approach in Malaysia. PBL has been proven to be one of the best approaches in helping students improve their soft skills. Complaints received from industry stating that many graduates are lacking of problem solving skills. Therefore, the objective of this study is to identify whether students’ problem solving skills could be improved using PBL as an instructional tool. A quasi-experimental interrupted time series design was used involving fifty students from business and engineering faculties in a premier Technical University in Malaysia. Students were given four treatments or problems and were assessed based on accuracy and quality of solutions of the problem given. Results show that business students enhanced their problem solving skills better than engineering students. The findings support previous findings on the effectiveness of PBL on problem solving skills. This finding substantiates the use of PBL as an effective instructional tool to improve students’ problem solving abilities.

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Problem solving skills predict quality of life and psychological morbidity in ALS caregivers

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ◽

10.1080/17482960802245007 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. 147-153 ◽

Cited By ~ 26

Author(s):

Virginia Murphy ◽

Stephanie H. Felgoise ◽

Susan M. Walsh ◽

Zachary Simmons

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Problem Solving ◽

Psychological Morbidity ◽

Problem Solving Skills

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Problem-Solving Skills Among Precollege Students in Clinical Immunology and Microbiology: Classifying Strategies with a Rubric and Artificial Neural Network Technology

Microbiology Education ◽

10.1128/me.2.1.25-33.2001 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 25-33

Author(s):

SUSAN KANOWITH-KLEIN ◽

MEL STAVE ◽

RON STEVENS ◽

ADRIAN M. CASILLAS

Keyword(s):

Neural Network ◽

Artificial Neural Network ◽

High School Students ◽

Problem Solving ◽

Network Technology ◽

Problem Solving Skills ◽

Problem Solving Strategies ◽

Artificial Neural ◽

Neural Network Technology

Educators emphasize the importance of problem solving that enables students to apply current knowledge and understanding in new ways to previously unencountered situations. Yet few methods are available to visualize and then assess such skills in a rapid and efficient way. Using a software system that can generate a picture (i.e., map) of students’ strategies in solving problems, we investigated methods to classify problem-solving strategies of high school students who were studying infectious and noninfectious diseases. Using maps that indicated items students accessed to solve a software simulation as well as the sequence in which items were accessed, we developed a rubric to score the quality of the student performances and also applied artificial neural network technology to cluster student performances into groups of related strategies. Furthermore, we established that a relationship existed between the rubric and neural network results, suggesting that the quality of a problem-solving strategy could be predicted from the cluster of performances in which it was assigned by the network. Using artificial neural networks to assess students’ problem-solving strategies has the potential to permit the investigation of the problem-solving performances of hundreds of students at a time and provide teachers with a valuable intervention tool capable of identifying content areas in which students have specific misunderstandings, gaps in learning, or misconceptions.

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New Physics Curriculum

New Directions in the Teaching of Physical Sciences ◽

10.29311/ndtps.v0i8.489 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 17-21

Author(s):

Lynn Moran

Keyword(s):

Problem Solving ◽

Core Curriculum ◽

New Physics ◽

Undergraduate Teaching ◽

First Year ◽

First Year Students ◽

Problem Solving Skills ◽

The University ◽

Physics Curriculum

Developing the critical thinking and problem-solving skills of students as rapidly as possible is a key requirement in improving learning outcomes at every stage of their degree. The Department of Physics at the University of Liverpool has entirely redeveloped years 1 and 2 of the undergraduate degree with a focus on students becoming independent learners as early as possible. The aims are to better integrate the undergraduate teaching provision and to complete the Institute of Physics core curriculum in years 1 and 2, in order to focus on research led teaching and independent projects in years 3 and 4. This new programme, entitled New Physics, starts in Welcome Week with the Undergraduate Physics Olympics and continues through the Year 1 Project (Mission to Mars) in the first week of semester one. The aim is to set the standard for collaborative achievement and introduce students to the way that physicists think. Innovative problem solving classes incorporating active learning such as peerassessment,group learning and exemplars designed to improve these skills andenhance the quality of learning among its first-year students have been introduced.

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Design thinking mindset to enhance education 4.0 competitiveness in Malaysia

International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education (IJERE) ◽

10.11591/ijere.v10i2.20988 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 494

Author(s):

Suhaila Che Noh ◽

Abdul Malek Abdul Karim

Keyword(s):

Problem Solving ◽

Creative Thinking ◽

Industrial Revolution ◽

Design Thinking ◽

School Level ◽

Problem Solving Skills ◽

Successful Students ◽

Creativity And Innovation ◽

Level Training

<p><span lang="EN-US">Education 4.0 will be the next aspect of the curriculum since programming has been taught from the primary school level. Training 4.0 requires teachers to equip students with not only the knowledge and information but also encourage students to be able to process information, develop creative thinking, and acquire problem-solving skills. However, the competency of teachers to encourage creative thinking and problem-solving skills is still questionable. The purpose of this concept paper is to provide an understanding of the conceptual framework for enhancing the teachers’ competency to enhance creativity and innovation in fulfilling the desire of education 4.0. design thinking is an innovative method that places people right at the center of problem solving. It discusses the variables that may affect the quality of teachers in education 4.0 and presents a literature review of approaches that can contribute to the creation of effective teaching methods to develop successful students and satisfy the demands of the workforce for industrial revolution 4.0. It is found that teachers need to be competent to build students' skills in meeting a competitive and innovative workforce in the wake of the industrial revolution 4.0. There are seven dimensions in the design thinking mindset that teachers need to understand to meet the 4.0 education requirements.</span></p>

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Model pembelajaran connectivism untuk meningkatkan pemecahan masalah keterampilan belajar siswa di MTs. Nurul Jadid Kota Mojokerto

Ta dibia Jurnal Ilmiah Pendidikan Agama Islam ◽

10.32616/tdb.v6i2.24 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 123

Author(s):

Mustain Mustain

Keyword(s):

Problem Solving ◽

Data Processing ◽

Learning Model ◽

Trial Data ◽

Questionnaire Data ◽

Teaching Materials ◽

Problem Solving Skills ◽

Good Learning ◽

Expert Validation

Connectivism learning model to improve students' problem solving skills are intended to provide teaching materials that match the characteristics of the students. The focus in this study a Connectivism learning products to enhance problem-solving skills for students at MTs. Nurul Jadid Mojokerto. Connectivism learning products to enhance problem-solving skills for students at MTs. Nurul Jadid Mojokerto has been refined based on the analysis of trial data. Based on the measures that have been implemented can be concluded as follows. 1). Products developed interesting for classical learning in the classroom and independently. 2) The products of this product can ease the burden of teachers in teaching. 3) The results of expert validation and testing, it's a good learning model connectivism used for subjects.4) Judging the results of analysis of the quality of the learning model connectivism above it can be concluded that the RPP / Scenario Learning is already fit for use for the trial because the score of each component which is an indicator for the learning model connectivism no less than 3.0. 5) The results of the questionnaire data processing model of learning by using learning connectivism known that the average student's choice is 3:53, it is considered Enough with standard deviations 12:35

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Rate of Variety and its Relation to Creativity Factors

Volume 7: 30th International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology ◽

10.1115/detc2018-85678 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Morgan B. Weaver ◽

Caleb Bennetts ◽

Benjamin W. Caldwell

Keyword(s):

Problem Solving ◽

Quantitative Study ◽

Significant Positive Correlation ◽

Confounding Factor ◽

Space Exploration ◽

Solution Space ◽

Problem Solving Skills ◽

Positive Correlation ◽

The Relationship

Individual designers demonstrate different styles of ideation in conceptual design. These styles have been quantified and described primarily through protocol, think-aloud studies that examine a designer’s thought sequence during ideation. In this paper, we examine ideation style with an outcome-based approach, examining style on a continuum of rate of variety, or solution space exploration rate. We investigate the relationship between this exploration rate and creativity factors of quality and novelty using a quantitative study of problem-solving skills. We found a significant positive correlation between broad-search style and novelty and a significant positive correlation between detail-search style and quality of ideas. These correlations are in agreement with protocol studies found in literature. We also identified quantity of ideas as a possible confounding factor and discuss potential improvements to these types of studies.

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