8. Development of the Simplified Sign System

2020 ◽  
pp. 281-310
Author(s):  
John D. Bonvillian ◽  
Nicole Kissane Lee ◽  
Tracy T. Dooley ◽  
Filip T. Loncke
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Sign Languages ◽  
Memory Aids ◽  
Sign Systems ◽  
Sign System ◽  
Deaf Parents ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Students With Autism ◽  
Initial Results

Chapter 8 provides background information on the development of the Simplified Sign System. These steps are included so that investigators may replicate research findings and/or develop additional signs for their own sign-intervention programs. The authors first discuss efforts to find highly iconic or representative gestures in the dictionaries of various sign languages and sign systems from around the world. If necessary, signs were then modified to make them easier to produce based on the results of prior studies of signing errors made by students with autism, the sign-learning children of Deaf parents, and undergraduate students unfamiliar with any sign language. These potential signs were then tested with different undergraduate students to determine whether the signs were sufficiently memorable and accurately formed. Signs that did not meet criterion were either dropped from the system or subsequently modified and re-tested. Initial results from comparison studies between Simplified Signs and ASL signs and between Simplified Signs and Amer-Ind signs are presented as well. Finally, feedback from users influenced the course of the project. Memory aids were developed, especially for those persons who have less familiarity with sign languages, to help explain the ties between each sign and its referent in case that relationship is not readily or immediately apparent to a potential learner.

10. Introduction to the Simplified Sign System

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-32
Author(s):  
John D. Bonvillian ◽  
Nicole Kissane Lee ◽  
Tracy T. Dooley ◽  
Filip T. Loncke
Keyword(s):  
Facial Expressions ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Emotional Information ◽  
Memory Aids ◽  
Sign System ◽  
Natural Variations ◽  
Written Descriptions ◽  
Supporting Materials ◽  
Written Description

Chapter 10 provides an introduction to the organization of the Simplified Sign System lexicon and its supporting materials. This chapter explains the various conventions used in the sign illustrations so that learners can accurately interpret the drawings, including the numbering of initial, intermediate, and final positions; the size, shape, and repetition of arrows, quotes, and other marks that depict the sign’s movement; and the provision of facial expressions on signs that convey emotional information. Drawings and expanded written descriptions of the handshapes used in the Simplified Sign System are provided, along with information on how prevalent each handshape is in the system and a sampling of the particular meanings that a handshape can convey within the system. Drawings and written descriptions of the various palm orientations and finger/knuckle orientations used in the system are provided as well so that family members, educators, and other professionals will be able to accurately interpret each sign’s written description. Also discussed in this chapter are the memory aids provided with each sign, natural variations in sign formation and production that are to be expected, as well as what to do if a sign learner has functional use of only one hand and arm.

scholarly journals Working conditions and job satisfaction of Argentinian psychiatrists: initial results of a comprehensive survey

2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-43
Author(s):  
Elsa Wolfberg ◽  
Daniel Moldavsky
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Personal Life ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Comprehensive Survey ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Impaired Health ◽  
Violence In The Workplace ◽  
Effects Of Violence ◽  
Initial Results

Working in psychiatry is generally rewarding. However, it can also lack job satisfaction and be detrimental to personal life. Research findings indicate high rates of burnout (Kumar et al, 2007), impaired health status of practitioners (Korkeila et al, 2003), negative effects of violence in the workplace (Inoue et al, 2006) and lack of job satisfaction (Fischer et al, 2007; Bressi et al, 2009).

scholarly journals Early year undergraduate researchers’ reflections on the values and perceived costs of their research experience

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gaye D. Ceyhan ◽  
John W. Tillotson
Keyword(s):  
Achievement Motivation ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Undergraduate Research ◽  
Intrinsic Value ◽  
Value Theory ◽  
Research Experience ◽  
Expectancy Value ◽  
Research Experiences ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Future Work

Abstract Background Prior research reported that motivational beliefs that individuals attach to specific tasks predict continuing interest and persistence in the task. A motivational approach may be particularly useful for understanding undergraduate students’ engagement with research in their first and second years in college. The current study utilizes the expectancy-value theory of achievement motivation to qualitatively explore how much and in what ways early year undergraduate researchers value their research experience and what kinds of costs they associate with it. Results The results revealed that intrinsic value had the highest expression in participants’ motivation to engage in research. The second most expressed value type was the utility value of undergraduate research with regards to obtaining the desired outcomes, and attainment value played the least important role in participants’ motivation to engage in research. Findings also indicated that some of the participants associated a cost(s) to their research experience. The highest mentioned perceived cost was opportunity cost, where participants commented on losing other valued alternatives when engaging in research. Participants commented on the time, effort, or amount of work needed to engage in research, and a few participants commented on the emotional cost associated with their research experience in terms of the fear of failure. Conclusion As perceived cost is the least studied in the expectancy-value framework, this study contributes to cost values within college students, particularly about early year undergraduate researchers. The findings of this study can form the basis for future work on exploring ways to increase the values and decrease the costs students experience in their undergraduate research experiences.

scholarly journals Career and Work Readiness of Nutrition and Dietetics Trainees in Nigerian Universities

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-102
Author(s):  
Leshi Oluwatosin ◽  
Anuoluwa F Ogundero
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Diet Therapy ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Nutrition And Diet ◽  
Areas Of Interest ◽  
Nutrition And Dietetics

Beyond having a good degree, graduates are expected to have relevant skills and attributes required to compete and collaborate in a rapidly changing work environment. In recent times, the employability of Nutrition and Dietetics graduates in Nigeria has been of considerable concern. This study was designed to assess the readiness of trainees in the field of Nutrition and Dietetics from Nigerian Universities for career and work engagements. This descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out among 109 final-year undergraduate and postgraduate students from twelve universities offering Nutrition and Dietetics programme across Nigeria. Data was collected using a semi-structured online questionnaire. Data obtained were background information on the students, their experiences and challenges in their academic pursuits, willingness and readiness to pursue and engage in Nutrition and Dietetics related jobs, as well as their perception of skills and competences for future career and work engagements. The data were analysed using the IBM SPSS version 20.0. About 73% of the respondents were females, mainly between ages 21 and 25 years (62.4%) and undergraduates (70%). Among the undergraduate students, 83.4% had chosen to study Nutrition and Dietetics as a result of personal interest and choice while the postgraduate trainees indicated acquisition of in-depth knowledge of nutrition (60.6%) and quest to enhance career profile for competitive advantage in job pursuits (39.4%) as the core reasons for their choice for the programme. Nearly all the respondents (96.3%) reported having enjoyed their training programs. Only half (50.5%) perceived themselves to be “very ready” and well-prepared for work and career engagement. The top three areas of interest by trainees in Nutrition and Dietetics were Clinical Nutrition and Diet Therapy (60.6%), Community and Public Health Nutrition (43.1%), and Sports Nutrition (11.0%). Three out of every ten trainees had no specific desired skills and competences. While less than half declared that they had no knowledge of the skills and competences desired by employers of nutrition graduates, two-thirds of the trainees perceived themselves as eligible for their choice of work and career. This study shows that most Nutrition and Dietetics trainees in Nigerian universities are ready and willing to start a career in the field. However, many lack the knowledge of expected skills and competences needed for career engagement.

scholarly journals Indonesia: Train journalists to write about reproductive health

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Government Control ◽  
Project Staff ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Media ◽  
And Training

After government control over the media was liberalized in 1998, Indonesian journalists had a new mandate to explore new issues and foster public debate. Several studies had found evidence that women’s health worsened from 1997–99, yet media coverage of this topic was limited. To increase press coverage of reproductive health (RH) topics, the Population Council conducted an 18-month media project in collaboration with the State Ministry for Women’s Empowerment and other key agencies. The project focused on improving RH knowledge and reporting skills among 22 print journalists. Project staff monitored RH coverage in 22 major newspapers, magazines, and tabloids. After Indonesian journalists received background information and training on RH issues, the quality of their coverage improved. However, as noted in this brief, continued efforts are needed to provide media representatives with ideas for news stories and feature articles and training in use of research findings.

Forms and Degrees of Religious Commitment: Intrinsic Orientation in a Swedish Context

1996 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 301-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Hovemyr
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Religious Orientation ◽  
Religious Commitment ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Academic Environments ◽  
Religious Orientation Scale ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Orientation Scale ◽  
Intrinsic Orientation

The psychometric properties of the revised Swedish Religious Orientation Scale (SROS II) were tested in two academic environments. Intrinsic, extrinsic, and quest orientations and their relation to self-esteem were examined. An attempt was made to identify two sub-groups within the intrinsic sphere, specified as Intrinsic-Dogmatic (ID) and Intrinsic Reflective (IR), and to validate these, tentatively, in relation to degree of conservatism, using the revised Swedish Social Attitude Scale. The subjects were undergraduate students of psychology and theology. The results suggest that forms and degrees of religious commitment can be adequately measured by SROS II. The ID - IR hypothesis was supported and previous research findings with regard to self-esteem were partially replicated.

A Comparison of Two Different Strategies for Undergraduate Research Within the Framework of a Rotor Dynamics Laboratory

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jim Meagher ◽  
Xi Wu
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Undergraduate Research ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Rotor Dynamics ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Literature Searches ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
Directed Research

Introductory graduate level courses and upper division technical electives often present a student with his or her first research project. Time limitations of a course require a balance between open ended discovery, development of specialized technical knowledge, and teaching the mechanics of research methodology. The case study presented in this paper is an outline of two different strategies to introduce research to undergraduate students within the framework of a rotor dynamics laboratory. The laboratory had historically been designed to demonstrate machinery malfunctions in a series of short exercises. The laboratory was changed to have several introductory labs designed to prepare students for an extended self-directed research project that included literature searches, paper reviews, design of experiments, and presentation of research findings to the class. In one strategy the students were expected to practice discovery primarily through experimentation with specific, restricted goals. In the other strategy the students were given more flexibility defining the research question and in establishing priorities. Both projects had students design an experiment whose results were compared to mathematical simulations and each led to research that was presented at a conference. Although both were considered successful in terms of student learning and research outcomes, a balance biased toward experimentation and restricted student options for discovery actually led to broader research findings and more in-depth student research but with less student appreciation for and practice with the necessary preliminary stages of conducting research. The student learning experiences and methodologies for each scenario are presented and compared in this paper.

scholarly journals Undergraduate Research as a High Impact Practice in Higher Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 160
Author(s):  
Shari Lanning ◽  
Mark Brown
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Engagement ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Undergraduate Research ◽  
Critical Factor ◽  
High Impact ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Research Initiatives ◽  
High Impact Practice

Higher education research indicates that student engagement is the most critical factor in retention programs for undergraduate students (Upcraft, Gardner and Barefoot, 2005; Tinto, 2012; Pascarella, Seifert, and Whitt, 2008). These studies illustrate that if students do not feel engaged, they are at high risk for leaving their institution prematurely. Among high impact practices, undergraduate research has been shown to have the most positive effects with regard to promoting student engagement (Kuh, 2018; Kuh, 2008). Herein we highlight the use of mentored research as a high impact practice in undergraduate education, Further, we call upon the education community to share their models, approaches, observations, and research findings related to undergraduate research initiatives.

Q-Phenomena, I-Phenomena and Impliciture: Some Experimental Pragmatics

2009 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Harnish ◽  
Merrill Garrett
Keyword(s):  
Frontal Lobe ◽  
Experimental Work ◽  
Background Knowledge ◽  
Generative Grammar ◽  
Linguistic Theory ◽  
The Other ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Experimental Pragmatics ◽  
Frontal Lobe Function ◽  
Initial Results

AbstractElements of communicative content that are not expressed by constituents of the sentence uttered, what we will call "unexpressed elements of content" (UECs), played an important role in the history and development of generative grammar. In the 80's and 90's, mostly inspired by the work of Grice, UECs and mechanisms for recovering them not contemplated by linguistic theory of the time, began to surface under a variety of labels. We will collectively refer to these phenomena as 'impliciture' (extending Bach: 1994). Impliciture phenomena raise some interesting questions, only some of which is the field in a position to say anything about at present. Levinson (2000) has taken the useful step of distinguishing what we call "Q-phenomena", mostly related to linguistic scales, from "I-phenomena", mostly related to stereotypical information. Starting in the late 80's, experimental work began on the nature of these unspoken contents and their attendant mechanisms. In a recent study, Garrett and Harnish (2007) looked at I-phenomena, that have been proposed to depend on stereotypical background information. We asked whether these contents really are delivered by such mechanisms as "default heuristics", operating on general background knowledge, or whether they might be more tied to language via something like the "standardization" of a form for a certain use. Initial results for the materials tested seem to favor standardization as a mechanism for delivering this content. Completed research by Orjada (2007) and Rybarova (2007) extends the study of impliciture to additional examples and new populations. One assesses performance in RH damaged populations. The other contrasts performance for populations with high and low frontal lobe function.

scholarly journals PERANCANGAN DESAIN TRADITIONAL SIGN SYSTEM DI AIR TERJUN TIU PITUQ KABUPATEN LOMBOK UTARA

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (01) ◽  
pp. 105-121
Author(s):  
Sandi Justitia Putra ◽  
Jazadil Iman
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
System Design ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Environmental Aspects ◽  
Design Work ◽  
Field Surveys ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
Sign Systems ◽  
Sign System ◽  
Natural Beauty

AbstrakKabupaten Lombok Utara adalah salah satu kabupaten di Provinsi Nusa Tenggara Barat yang dikenal dengan keindahan destinasi wisatanya. Salah satunya adalah wisata air terjun Tiu Pituq yang resmi dibuka pada tahun 2017. Lokasi wisata ini merupakan ekowisata yang mengutamakan aspek lingkungan dan keindahan alam. Sebagai salah satu obyek wisata yang memiliki luas ± 2 hektar tentunya wisata air terjun Tiu Pituq memerlukan sign system yang informatif dan komunikatif untuk para wisatawan yang berkunjung. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menciptakan desain sign system yang dapat menyampaikan informasi secara tepat dan memiliki ciri khas tradisional serta memiliki daya tarik tinggi sehingga para wisatawan yang mengunjungi dapat menemukan dan menikmati semua fasilitas atau spot-spot yang ada di air terjun Tiu Pituq. Guna mendukung peneliti dalam proses perancangan sign system di lokasi tersebut maka penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian kualitatif dengan melakukan wawancara, survei lapangan serta dokumentasi dari lokasi air terjun Tiu Pituq. Adapun hasil dalam Penelitian ini adalah karya desain sign system dengan penerapan konsep tradisional sign system, dengan suasana yang tetap menyatu dengan alam, dimana hal tersebut dapat membuat para pengunjung merasakan atau menikmati suasana alam sekaligus dapat mengetahui cerita rakyat yang terjadi di lokasi wisata tersebut. Kata Kunci: desain, ekowisata, traditional, sign system, tiu pituq  AbstractNorth Lombok Regency is one of the regencies in West Nusa Tenggara Province. It is known for the beauty of its tourist destinations. One of them is the Tiu Pituq waterfall tour, which officially opened in 2017. This tourist location is ecotourism that prioritizes environmental aspects and natural beauty. As one of the tourism objects that have an area of ± 2 hectares, of course, the Tiu Pituq waterfall tour requires an informative and communicative sign system for tourists who visit. The purpose of this research is to create a sign system design that can convey information accurately and has traditional characteristics and other than has a high attractiveness so that tourists who visit can find and enjoy all the facilities or spots in the Tiu Pituq waterfall. To support researchers in the process of designing sign systems at these locations, this study uses qualitative research methods by conducting interviews, field surveys, and documentation of the Tiu Pituq waterfall. The results of this study are the Sign System design work with the application of the concept of the traditional sign system, an atmosphere that still united with nature, where it can make visitors feel or enjoy the natural atmosphere while being able to know the folklore that occurs at the tourist site. Keywords: design, ecotourism, tiu pituq, traditional, sign system

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