scholarly journals Understanding and scaffolding Danish schoolteachers’ motivation for using classroom-based physical activity: study protocol for a mixed methods study

BMJ Open ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. e019857 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise Stjerne Knudsen ◽  
Thomas Skovgaard ◽  
Thomas Bredahl
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Natural Setting ◽  
Quantitative Phase ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Sequential Mixed Methods ◽  
Registration Number ◽  
Need For Support ◽  
Amount Of Knowledge ◽  
Qualitative Phase

IntroductionThe benefits of physical activity for children’s health, both mental and physical, and its positive effects on academic achievement are well established. Research also emphasises that schools could provide a natural setting for regular physical activity. There is, however, a limited amount of knowledge about teachers’ views when it comes to integrating physical activity as part of teaching. The aim of this study is to understand teachers’ motivation for integrating physical activity as part of teaching and to assess their need for guidance and support.Methods and analysisThe study uses an explanatory sequential mixed-methods design. Schools from across Denmark are included in the sample. The design comprises two separated phases—a quantitative and qualitative phase. The quantitative phase is guided by the self-determination theory where teachers’ motivation will be measured using the Work Task Motivation Scale for Teachers. The theory of scaffolding guides the qualitative phase, which consists of in-depth interviews with participants selected from the quantitative phase based on levels of motivation and on demographic information. In accordance with the study aims, the analysis of data will identify teachers’ internal and external levels of motivation. The purpose of the qualitative phase is to enhance understanding of teachers’ motivation and of their need for support in the use of physical activity in teaching.Ethics and disseminationAll relevant ethics approvals have been acquired. All participants in this study will provide written informed consent prior to data collection. All data emerging from the quantitative and qualitative phase will be anonymised for analysis. Ethics approval was requested from the Regional Committee on Health Research Ethics for Southern Denmark approval ID S-20162000–40 and the Danish Data Protection Agency approval ID 16/15491). The study was deemed not notifiable by both authorities.Trial registration numberNCT02894346; Pre-results.

scholarly journals Proses Penalaran Kuantitatif Menggunakan Kerangka Referensi Siswa Ditinjau Dari Gender

2022 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-194
Author(s):  
Dedi Rahman Siolimbona ◽  
Mega Teguh Budiarto ◽  
A'yunin Sofro
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Frame Of Reference ◽  
Quantitative Reasoning ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Quantitative Phase ◽  
Sequential Mixed Methods ◽  
Qualitative Phase

Abstract The results of previous studies showed that the ratio of the differences in the level of quantitative reasoning abilities between male students and female students was quite significant. While the frame of reference refers to a series of mental actions through which individuals can regulate the processes and products of quantitative reasoning. Therefore, there are two main objectives of this study, namely to show whether or not there are differences in quantitative reasoning products using a frame of reference between male and female students, then to describe the process of quantitative reasoning using a frame of reference between male and female students. Using Sequential Mixed Methods, this study examined 58 students of class VIII junior high school. The research was conducted in two phases, namely the quantitative phase which included statistical data analysis using the Mann Withney Test to determine whether there were differences in the product of quantitative reasoning using the frame of reference for male and female students. Then the qualitative phase includes a description of the quantitative reasoning process using a frame of reference for male and female students. The results of the study stated that there were differences in the product of quantitative reasoning between male and female students. This is indicated by the results of statistical tests in the quantitative phase, while the qualitative phase found that male students were able to analyze the formulas that were determined according to the results of their own interpretation of the information provided implicitly or explicitly in the questions compared to female students. Keywords: Quantitative Reasoning, Frame of Reference, Gender   Abstrak Hasil penelitian sebelumnya menunjukan rasio perbedaan tingkat kemampuan penalaran kuantitatif antara siswa  laki-laki dan siswa  perempuan yang cukup signifikan. Sedang kerangka referensi merujuk pada serangkaian tindakan mental yang melaluinya individu dapat mengatur proses dan produk dari penalaran kuantitatif. Oleh karenanya, ada dua tujuan utama dari penelitian ini, yaitu menunjukkan ada atau tidak-nya perbedaan produk penalaran kuantitatif menggunakan kerangka referensi antara siswa laki-laki dan perempuan, selanjutnya mendeskripsikan proses penalaran kuantitatif menggunakan kerangka referensi antara siswa laki-laki dan perempuan. Menggunakan Sequential Mixed Methods penelitian ini mengkaji 58 orang siswa kelas VIII SMP. Penelitian dilakukan dengan dua fase, yaitu fase kuantitatif meliputi analisis data statistik menggunakan uji Mann Withney Test untuk mengetahui adakah perbedaan produk penalaran kuantitatif menggunakan kerangka referensi siswa laki-laki dan perempuan. selanjutnya fase kualitatif meliputi, deskripsi proses penalaran kuantitatif menggunakan kerangka referensi siswa laki-laki dan perempuan. Hasil penelitian menyatakan ada perbedaan produk penalaran kuantitatif antara siswa laki-laki dan perempuan. Hal ini ditunjukkan oleh hasil uji statistik pada fase kuantitatif, sedangkan fase kualitatif menemukan bahwa siswa laki-laki lebih dapat menganalisis rumus/formula yang ditentukan menurut hasil interpretasinya sendiri terhadap informasi yang diberikan secara implisit maupun eksplisit dalam soal disbanding siswa perempuan. Kata Kunci: Penalaran Kuantitatif, Kerangka Referensi, Gender.

scholarly journals A Mixed Methods Study on the Barriers and Facilitators of Physical Activity Associated with Residential Relocation

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Grazia Salvo ◽  
Bonnie M. Lashewicz ◽  
Patricia K. Doyle-Baker ◽  
Gavin R. McCormack
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Barriers And Facilitators ◽  
Residential Relocation ◽  
Quantitative Phase ◽  
Neighbourhood Walkability ◽  
Perceived Change ◽  
Leisure Physical Activity

Despite evidence suggesting that neighbourhood characteristics are associated with physical activity, very few mixed methods studies investigate how relocating neighbourhood, and subsequent changes in the built environment, influences physical activity. This sequential mixed methods study estimates associations between changes in overall physical activity and transportation walking and cycling and changes in objectively assessed neighbourhood walkability (quantitative phase) and describes perceived barriers and facilitators to physical activity following residential relocation (qualitative phase). During the quantitative phase, self-reported changes in transportation walking, transportation cycling, and overall physical activity following residential relocation were measured using a 5-point scale: (1) a lot less now, (2) a little less now, (3) about the same, (4) a little more now, and (5) a lot more now. Walkability improvers reported a slight increase in transportation walking (mean = 3.29, standard deviation (SD) = 0.87), while walkability decliners reported little or no perceived change in their transportation walking after relocation (mean = 2.96, SD = 1.12). This difference approached statistical significance (p=0.053). Furthermore, walkability decliners reported a slight decrease in transportation cycling (mean = 2.69, SD = 0.96), while walkability improvers reported little or no perceived change in their transportation cycling after relocation (mean = 3.02, SD = 0.84). This difference was statistically significant (p<0.05). Change in walkability resulting from relocation was not significantly associated with perceived change in overall physical activity. Our qualitative findings suggest that moving to a neighbourhood with safe paths connecting to nearby destinations can facilitate transportation walking and cycling. Some participants describe adjusting their leisure physical activity to compensate for changes in transportation walking and cycling. Strong contributors to neighbourhood leisure physical activity included the presence of aesthetic features and availability of recreational opportunities that allow for the creation of social connections with community and family.

Applicability and Clinical Utility of the Client-Centred Strategies Framework

2008 ◽  
Vol 75 (5) ◽  
pp. 288-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gayle Restall ◽  
Jacquie Ripat
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Community Organizing ◽  
Clinical Utility ◽  
Political Action ◽  
Occupational Therapists ◽  
Daily Practice ◽  
Multiple Factors ◽  
Sequential Mixed Methods ◽  
Implementing Strategies ◽  
Qualitative Phase

Background. The Client-centred Strategies Framework consists of strategies for facilitating therapists' application of client-centred approaches.Purpose. The purpose of this study was to explore the application of the strategies and the utility of the framework to implement client-centred approaches.Methods. The study used a sequential mixed-methods procedure. The quantitative phase consisted of a survey of 230 Canadian occupational therapists. The qualitative phase consisted of telephone focus groups with a sample of 14 Canadian respondents to the initial survey.Findings. Results indicated that occupational therapists experience challenges in implementing strategies, particularly related to community organizing, coalition advocacy, and political action. Therapists identified multiple factors that influenced the implementation of strategies and ways of incorporating strategies into daily practice. The Client-centred Strategies Framework was viewed as a useful tool for increasing dialogue about occupational therapists' role in client-centred practice.Implications. The results of this study encourage an expanded view of client-centred strategies and the application of strategies to daily practice.

scholarly journals Data Driven Decision Making to Characterize Clinical Personas of Parents of Children with Cystic Fibrosis: A Mixed Methods Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rhonda Szczesniak ◽  
Teresa Pestian ◽  
Leo L Duan ◽  
Dan Li ◽  
Sophia Stamper ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cystic Fibrosis ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Clinical Implications ◽  
Quantitative Phase ◽  
Airway Clearance ◽  
Child Bmi ◽  
Qualitative Phase

Abstract Background: Beginning at a young age, children with cystic fibrosis (CF) embark on demanding care regimens that pose challenges to parents. We examined the extent to which clinical, demographic and psychosocial features inform patterns of adherence to pulmonary therapies and how these patterns can be used to develop clinical personas, defined as aspects of adherence barriers that are presented by parents and/or perceived by clinicians, in order to enhance personalized CF care delivery. Methods: We undertook an explanatory sequential mixed-methods study consisting of i) multivariate clustering to create clusters corresponding to parental adherence patterns (quantitative phase); ii) parental participant interviews to create clinical personas interpreted from clustering (qualitative phase). Clinical, demographic and psychosocial features were used in supervised clustering against clinical endpoints, which included adherence to airway clearance and aerosolized medications and self-efficacy score, which was used as a feature for modeling adherence. Clinical implications were developed for each persona by combing quantitative and qualitative data (integration phase). Results: The quantitative phase showed that the 87 parent participants were segmented into three distinct patterns of adherence based on use of aerosolized medication and practice of airway clearance. Patterns were primarily influenced by self-efficacy, distance to CF care center and child BMI percentile. The two key patterns that emerged for the self-efficacy model were most heavily influenced by distance to CF care center and child BMI percentile. Eight clinical personas were developed in the qualitative phase from parent and clinician participant feedback of latent components from these models. Findings from the integration phase include recommendations to overcome specific challenges with maintaining treatment regimens and increasing support from social networks. Conclusions: Adherence patterns from multivariate models and resulting parent personas with their corresponding clinical implications have utility as clinical decision support tools and capabilities for tailoring intervention study designs that promote adherence. Trial registration: Not applicable.

scholarly journals Collaboration Patterns as a Function of Article Genre among Mixed Researchers: A Mixed Methods Bibliometric Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
John Jordan ◽  
Melanie Wachsmann ◽  
Susan Hoisington ◽  
Vanessa Gonzalez ◽  
Rachel Valle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Bibliometric Study ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Quantitative Phase ◽  
Research Journal ◽  
Collaboration Patterns ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Qualitative Phase

Surprisingly, scant information exists regarding the collaboration patterns of mixed methods researchers. Thus, the purpose of this mixed methods bibliometric study was to examine (a) the distribution of the number of co-authors in articles published in the flagship mixed methods research journal (i.e., Journal of Mixed Methods Research [JMMR]) as a function of article genre (Quantitative Phase); (b) the relationship between the genre of articles published in JMMR and degree of collaboration in these articles (Quantitative Phase); (c) the difference between the number of authors in empirical research articles and non-empirical research articles published in JMMR (Quantitative Phase); and (d) select leading mixed methods researchers’ collaboration experiences as a function of genre of article (Qualitative Phase). An analysis of all articles published in JMMR from 2007 (its inception) to 2015 (the latest complete year at the time that the study was conducted) revealed (a) a statistically significantly higher proportion of empirical research articles (63.2%) than non-empirical research articles (36.8%), (b) that empirical research articles were 1.4 times (95% confidence interval = 1.10, 1.78) more likely to involve multiple authors than were non-empirical research articles; and (c) that empirical research articles contained statistically significantly more authors than did non-empirical research articles. With respect to the qualitative phase, four themes (i.e., mental perception, mixed methods research, publication and research aids, and independent/group work) emerged regarding collaboration for empirical articles versus for non-empirical research articles. Implications of these findings are discussed.

scholarly journals A multi-method exploration into the social networks of young teenagers and their physical activity behavior

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shannon C. Montgomery ◽  
Michael Donnelly ◽  
Jennifer Badham ◽  
Frank Kee ◽  
Laura Dunne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Phase 1 ◽  
Physical Activity Behavior ◽  
Adolescent Male ◽  
Quantitative Phase ◽  
Adolescent Physical Activity ◽  
Activity Behavior ◽  
Qualitative Phase

Abstract Background There is a need for novel interventions to target inadequate levels of adolescent physical activity behavior. Previous research indicates that better understanding of the processes by which social networks influence physical activity behavior in adolescents may be useful to enhance intervention design. Methods This study used a multi-methods approach to aid our understanding about the role of social networks for adolescent physical activity behavior. The quantitative phase of data collection was analyzed using a three-step linear regression model using cross-sectional data from the WiSe study (n = 529 participants, 48.6% female, mean age 14.38 years (SD 0.32)). A demographically reflective sub-sample of schools were invited to take part in the qualitative phase, which involved focus group discussions. Thematic analysis was used to explore findings from the quantitative phase in greater depth, and identify other themes pertaining to the association between social networks and physical activity behavior. Results Males’ physical activity behavior was predicted by their friend group (0.46, p = 0.007) whereas females’ physical activity was predicted by their best friend (0.21, p = 0.03). The three main findings that were uncovered by the regression analysis were explored during the qualitative phase: 1) friends have similar physical activity behaviors; 2) friendship social networks may influence differently early adolescent male and female physical activity behavior; 3) popularity and sociability were not associated with physical activity behavior. Two additional themes emerged from the analysis of focus group data: 4) social norms and 5) external factors that may impact the relationship between adolescent physical activity behavior and social networks. Conclusions The investigation of the interplay between the findings from each phase of the inquiry indicated that social networks influence in different ways and to different degrees the physical activity of adolescent males and females. In turn, these insights point to the need for a systematic tailoring process for the development and implementation of physical activity behavior interventions.

scholarly journals GAMBARAN PENYESUAIAN DIRI MAHASISWA BARU

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-36
Author(s):  
Iflah Iflah ◽  
Winda Dwi Listyasari
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Psychology Programs ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Quantitative Phase ◽  
Interview Technique ◽  
Academic Activities ◽  
Sequential Mixed Methods ◽  
New Students ◽  
Two Phases ◽  
Qualitative Phase

This research aims to describe the self adjustment of 2012 new students of Psychology programs, as well as determine the factors affecting self adjustment on 2012 new students of Psychology Programs. This research conducted at the D campus of the Psychology Program, Universitas Negeri Jakarta. This research used sequential mixed methods which conducted in two phases, starting with quantitative phase and followed by qualitative phase. Based on the result of quantitative phase, three respondents were selected to join in qualitative phase. Qualitative data collected by using interview technique. The results showed that 49 respondents (96,07%) include in the high category of self adjustment and 2 respondents (3,9%) include in the low category. The factors affecting self adjustment of new students of Psychology Programs are: 1) peer environment, 2) the learning process, 3) willingness to learn, 4. activities or programs outside the academic activities.

Iranian adolescents’ insufficient physical activity: a mixed methods explanatory sequential study

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Azam Baheiraei ◽  
Zeinab Hamzehgardeshi ◽  
Mohammad Reza Mohammadi ◽  
Eesa Mohammadi ◽  
Saharnaz Nedjat
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Inhibitory Effect ◽  
Extrinsic Factors ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Quantitative Phase ◽  
Insufficient Physical Activity ◽  
Quantitative Results

Abstract Background: Adolescents’ physical activity decreases from the stage of childhood to adulthood. This study was addressed to explain adolescents’ insufficient physical activity (IPA) and its related factors. The subjects were 1201 adolescents in the quantitative phase and 25 adolescents in the quantitative phase. Methods: An explanatory sequential mixed methods design with follow-up explanations variant was used, which involved collecting quantitative data (1201 adolescents) first and then explaining the quantitative results with in-depth interviews and written narrative (25 adolescents) during a qualitative study. Results: The quantitative results showed that 98.8% of adolescents did not have the recommended physical activity. Five themes were extracted in the qualitative phase including the inhibitory effect of the school environment and peers, as well as the inhibitory effect of the family environment, lack of availability and cultural barriers for the presence of girls in the community, the effect of self-feeling and self-understanding, and physical and mental exhaustion and permutation. According to the qualitative findings of the study, physical and mental exhaustion expressed the fact that, although adolescents had an unfavorable sense of IPA, they were under the effects of the intrinsic and extrinsic factors. Conclusion: The comparison of these themes indicates that this behavior is imposable but not optional.

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