scholarly journals Using a Quasi-Experimental Study to Examine Outcomes for Older Adult Intergenerational Program Participants

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 543-543
Author(s):  
Skye Leedahl ◽  
Melanie Brasher ◽  
Erica Estus
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Rhode Island ◽  
Older Adult ◽  
Online Social Networks ◽  
Intergenerational Learning ◽  
Senior Center ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The University

Abstract To more rigorously examine the University of Rhode Island Cyber-Seniors Program, we conducted a quasi-experimental study to examine if older adult senior center participants (n=25) improved scores on social and technological measures compared to a sample of senior center participants (n=25) who did not take part in the program. Findings showed that participants improved on technology measures compared to the non-participants, including searching and finding information about goods & services, obtaining information from public authorities or services, seeking health information, sending or receiving emails, and participating in online social networks (p<.05). However, participants did not change on social measures. There is either a need to identify better social measures to understand the social benefits of taking part, or to bolster the program to aid in helping older adults alleviate isolation and loneliness. Information on best practices and challenges for gathering outcomes from older participants will be discussed. Part of a symposium sponsored by Intergenerational Learning, Research, and Community Engagement Interest Group.

scholarly journals Effect of Cooperative Learning Model Numbered Head Together (NHT) to Social Attitudes Toward Competency Seventh Grade Students of SMPN 1 Padang

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-26
Author(s):  
Toeenfi Febrian Suzerli ◽  
Heffi Alberida ◽  
Relsas Yogica
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Cooperative Learning ◽  
Experimental Methods ◽  
Learning Model ◽  
Social Attitudes ◽  
Learning Science ◽  
Social Attitude ◽  
The Social ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Study Population

Learning science in SMPN 1 Padang has been running pretty well in accordance with the curriculum of 2013. However, there are still shortcomings in the aspect of attitude. Such as low self-care among others, mutual esteem is very low when friends come forward, attitudes tend to be selfish and apathetic attitude towards the environment, resulting in low competence of the social attitudes of learners. One of the ways that teachers can do is to implement cooperative learning model Numbered Head Together (NHT). This study aims to determine the effect of cooperative learning model Numbered Head Together (NHT) the competence of the social attitudes of students of class VII SMPN 1 Padang. This study was an experimental study with a quasi-experimental methods (quasi-experimental). The study population was the students of class VII SMPN 1 Padang. Sampling was done by purposive sampling with learners VII.D class as the control class and the class as a class experiment VII.E. The instrument used is the observation sheet attitude competence of learners. The result shows that there are improvement of students social attitude competence after using NHT in class VII SMPN 1 Padang. Factors include are discussed.

scholarly journals Descubriendo el lenguaje a través de la realidad aumentada y la pizarra digital

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Ruperta Pérez-Lisboa
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Phonological Awareness ◽  
Expressive Language ◽  
Interactive Whiteboard ◽  
Test Evaluation ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The University ◽  
Semantic Aspect

This study analyzed the development of phonological, semantic, and syntactic aspects by using augmented reality and interactive whiteboard with boys and girls in the kindergarten of Liceo San Felipe, San Felipe, Chili. With the implementation of these tools, learning experiences were carried out, enhancing the understanding of sentences and words in their successive components: linguistic segmentation, phonological awareness, and reflection on the meaning of words and sentences. The experiments were carried out in a didactic classroom of the course of Educacion Parvularia (Pre-School Education) at the University of Playa Ancha, San Felipe Campus, for 60 minutes, once a week for four months. It was a quasi-experimental study, and through pre- and post-tests, it was possible to verify the development of 18 children of a municipal school in San Felipe. The instruments used were the Linguistic Segmentation Test, Comprehensive and Expressive Language Examination Test (ELCE); Subtest semantic aspect, Test Evaluation O; Subtest words and phrases. The results, based on the comparison of pre- and post-test, showed changes in the management of the semantic, syntactic, and phonological aspects achieved by the children with this methodology. However, more research is needed to validate this proposal in teaching metalinguistic.

The Social Facilitation of Performance, Engagement and Affect in a Complex Videogame

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Russell Blair Williams
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Social Facilitation ◽  
Extrinsic Motivation ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Relative Performance ◽  
Arab Women ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
The Social ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Computer Based

The objective of this study is to analyze the social facilitation of performance, intrinsic engagement, state hostility, and targeted affects in a computer-based driving game where social actors are competitors. This is a quasi-experimental study with 97 Gulf Arab women. Social facilitation of absolute performance does not take place while it does for relative performance. There is no difference in state hostility based on social facilitation, but there is in targeted affect. Intrinsic engagement and extrinsic motivation are both facilitated by human opponents. There is a negative relationship between intrinsic engagement and state hostility across conditions. There is evidence that the experience of playing a game character and playing a person is substantially different. The two most powerful predictors of performance and affect are intrinsic engagement and videogame interest when playing a person. Weekly hours of console play are added to those two when playing a game character.

scholarly journals The Effect of Using Communicative Language Teaching Activities on EFL Students’ Speaking Skills at the University of Jeddah

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shorouq Ali AL-Garni ◽  
Anas Hamed Almuhammadi
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Role Playing ◽  
Communicative Language Teaching ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
The University ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Speaking Skills

The aim of the present study was to examine the effect of using communicative language teaching (CLT) activities on EFL students’ speaking skills at the English Language Institute (ELI) of the University of Jeddah (UJ). The researcher conducted the current study in two classes of 21 female EFL students each; one class was the experimental group and the other the control group. The experimental group was taught using three communicative activities—interviewing, problem-solving, and role-playing—while the control group was taught using traditional methods. The current study followed a quasi-experimental study to answer the primary research question. The quasi-experimental study was conducted using a pre- and post-test design to determine if there was a significant difference between the scores of the experimental and control groups. The findings of the current study show that the experimental group scored higher than the control group. These findings have positive implications for the continued implementation of CLT teaching practices at the ELI of UJ.

scholarly journals Building Evidence for the Impact of Older Adult Learning on Active Ageing

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Marvin Formosa
Keyword(s):  
Adult Learning ◽  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Older Adult ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Late Life ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Active Ageing ◽  
The Social ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

Lifelong learning constitutes one of the pillars of active ageing on the basis that learning reinforces wellbeing and enables older people to stay healthy and engaged in society. This paper reports on a pretest-posttest study carried out at the University of the Third Age in Malta that measured the impact of late-life learning on levels of active ageing. The findings demonstrated that participation in older adult learning has a strong positive impact on the participants’ levels of active ageing and constitutes a resilient source of social capital in later life, and that people who presumably have had positive early experiences of education are more motivated to engage in late-life learning. The paper concludes that lifelong learning in later life acts as a possible mitigation to the social isolation, cognitive impairment, and age discrimination that people tend to experience in later life.

scholarly journals Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions against COVID-19 in Europe: a quasi-experimental study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul R Hunter ◽  
Felipe J Colón-González ◽  
Julii Brainard ◽  
Steven Rushton
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Coming Out ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
Mass Gatherings ◽  
The Social ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Additive Mixed Models ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRACTThe current epidemic of COVID-19 is unparalleled in recent history as are the social distancing interventions that have led to a significant halt on the economic and social life of so many countries. However, there is very little empirical evidence about which social distancing measures have the most impact. We report a quasi-experimental study of the impact of various interventions for control of the outbreak. Data on case numbers and deaths were taken from the daily published figures by the European Centre for Disease Control and dates of initiation of various control strategies from the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation website and published sources. Our primary analyses were modelled in R using Bayesian generalised additive mixed models (GAMM). We found that closure of education facilities, prohibiting mass gatherings and closure of some nonessential businesses were associated with reduced incidence whereas stay at home orders, closure of all non-businesses and requiring the wearing of facemasks or coverings in public was not associated with any independent additional impact. Our results could help inform strategies for coming out of lockdown.

scholarly journals Social Interventions to Prevent Heat-Related Mortality in the Older Adult in Rome, Italy: A Quasi-Experimental Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 715 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Liotta ◽  
Maria Inzerilli ◽  
Leonardo Palombi ◽  
Olga Madaro ◽  
Stefano Orlando ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Older Adult ◽  
Social Interventions ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Related Mortality

scholarly journals Innovative Device for Enhancing Physical Distancing in the COVID-19 Situation

2021 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-76
Author(s):  
Pitchayanont Ngamchaliew
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Success Rate ◽  
Red Light ◽  
Collection Method ◽  
Data Collection Method ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Alarm Sound ◽  
The University ◽  
Media Interventions

Objective: During the COVID-19 pandemic, physical distancing is one of the non-pharmaceutical measures that was recommended to reduce COVID-19 spread. Studies regarding physical distancing intervention and its effectiveness in Thailand have rarely been reported. This study aimed to evaluate physical distancing compliance among newly developed media interventions. Methods: We used accidental sampling and the data collection method was observation via CCTV, at the university canteen. Three interventions, including an attractive picture, a flashing red-light, a speech alarm sound and the conventional intervention were employed to 400 customers. Each intervention was monitored in non-prime hours. Results: The quasi-experimental study of 400 participants, the success rate of developed intervention including a flashing red light (6.0%, p = 0.279), an attractive picture (5.0%, p = 0.445) and a speech alarm sound (4.0%, p = 0.683) in promoting physical distancing compliance was not statistically significant from conventional intervention (2.0%). However, there was a statistically significant enhancement of physical compliance in some marking positions in our intervention. Conclusion: The effectiveness of the innovative device was not statistically significant to enhance physical distancing compliance among customers of the university canteen. The compliance statistically significantly enhances in some marking points. The integration of the use of media into conventional interventions provides an alternative for enhancing physical distancing.

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