scholarly journals Outstanding Videogames on Water: a Quality Assessment Review Based on Evidences of Narrative, Gameplay & Didactic Criteria

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Galván-Pérez ◽  
Tania Ouariachi ◽  
Mª Teresa Pozo-Llorente ◽  
José Gutiérrez-Pérez
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assessment ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Quality Indicator ◽  
Quality Criteria ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Design Validation ◽  
Adventure Games ◽  
Water Based ◽  
Game Simulation

Videogames have become educational, communicative and social tools among the youngest, favouring the acquisition of skills, abilities and values, encompassing an endless number of themes, and help to experience and to face, in the first person, a great diversity of environmental situations and ecology problems. Thus, the present article aims: a) the evaluation of a sample of 20 educational videogames about water, making use of some empirical criteria of quality; and b) the design, validation and application of an integrate quality indicator of educational videogames on water, based on the aspects of narrative, gameplay and didactics to that sample, which allows us to obtain a ranking. The findings reflect a ranking of games allows to suggest that the nature of the game (simulation, adventures, platforms or questions) does not determine the quality of the game, although generally simulations and adventure games are placed in a range of medium or high quality, as well as those games that pursue objectives related to the design and management of a territory in a sustainable way. The paper provides teachers with quality criteria based on narrative and gameplay that complement and enriches the pedagogical dimension.

scholarly journals Outstanding Videogames on Water: A Quality Assessment Review Based on Evidence of Narrative, Gameplay and Educational Criteria

Water ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 1404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Galván-Pérez ◽  
Tania Ouariachi ◽  
M.ª Pozo-Llorente ◽  
José Gutiérrez-Pérez
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assessment ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Quality Indicator ◽  
Quality Criteria ◽  
First Person ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Adventure Games ◽  
Water Based ◽  
Game Simulation

Videogames have become educational, communicative and social tools among the young, favouring the acquisition of skills, abilities and values, encompassing an endless number of themes, and helping them to experience and to face, in the first person, a great diversity of environmental situations and ecology problems. Thus, the present article aims: (a) to evaluate a sample of 20 educational videogames about water, making use of some empirical criteria of quality; and (b) to design, validate and apply an integrated quality indicator of educational videogames on water, based on the aspects of narrative, gameplay and education, which allows us to obtain a ranking. The findings reflect a ranking of games allowing us to suggest that the nature of the game (simulation, adventures, platforms or questions) does not determine the quality of the game, although generally simulations and adventure games are placed in a range of medium- or high-quality, as well as those games that pursue objectives related to the design and management of a territory in a sustainable way. The paper provides teachers with quality criteria based on narrative and gameplay that complement and enrich the pedagogical dimension.

Researchers' judgment criteria of high-quality answers on academic social Q&A platforms

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 603-623 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Li ◽  
Chengzhi Zhang ◽  
Daqing He ◽  
Jia Tina Du
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Quality Criteria ◽  
Social Networking Site ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Second Stage

PurposeThrough a two-stage survey, this paper examines how researchers judge the quality of answers on ResearchGate Q&A, an academic social networking site.Design/methodology/approachIn the first-stage survey, 15 researchers from Library and Information Science (LIS) judged the quality of 157 answers to 15 questions and reported the criteria that they had used. The content of their reports was analyzed, and the results were merged with relevant criteria from the literature to form the second-stage survey questionnaire. This questionnaire was then completed by researchers recognized as accomplished at identifying high-quality LIS answers on ResearchGate Q&A.FindingsMost of the identified quality criteria for academic answers—such as relevance, completeness, and verifiability—have previously been found applicable to generic answers. The authors also found other criteria, such as comprehensiveness, the answerer's scholarship, and value-added. Providing opinions was found to be the most important criterion, followed by completeness and value-added.Originality/valueThe findings here show the importance of studying the quality of answers on academic social Q&A platforms and reveal unique considerations for the design of such systems.

scholarly journals Impact of Adjustment for Quality on Results of Metaanalyses of Diagnostic Accuracy

2007 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 164-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariska Leeflang ◽  
Johannes Reitsma ◽  
Rob Scholten ◽  
Anne Rutjes ◽  
Marcello Di Nisio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Diagnostic Accuracy ◽  
Quality Assessment ◽  
Confidence Intervals ◽  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Methodological Quality ◽  
Patient Characteristics ◽  
Clinical Decision ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Poor Reporting

Abstract Background: We examined whether and to what extent different strategies of defining and incorporating quality of included studies affect the results of metaanalyses of diagnostic accuracy. Methods: We evaluated the methodological quality of 487 diagnostic-accuracy studies in 30 systematic reviews with the QUADAS (Quality Assessment of Diagnostic-Accuracy Studies) checklist. We applied 3 strategies that varied both in the definition of quality and in the statistical approach to incorporate the quality-assessment results into metaanalyses. We compared magnitudes of diagnostic odds ratios, widths of their confidence intervals, and changes in a hypothetical clinical decision between strategies. Results: Following 2 definitions of quality, we concluded that only 70 or 72 of 487 studies were of “high quality”. This small number was partly due to poor reporting of quality items. None of the strategies for accounting for differences in quality led systematically to accuracy estimates that were less optimistic than ignoring quality in metaanalyses. Limiting the review to high-quality studies considerably reduced the number of studies in all reviews, with wider confidence intervals as a result. In 18 reviews, the quality adjustment would have resulted in a different decision about the usefulness of the test. Conclusions: Although reporting the results of quality assessment of individual studies is necessary in systematic reviews, reader wariness is warranted regarding claims that differences in methodological quality have been accounted for. Obstacles for adjusting for quality in metaanalyses are poor reporting of design features and patient characteristics and the relatively low number of studies in most diagnostic reviews.

John Gower, Mentor for Royalty: Richard II

PMLA ◽  
1954 ◽  
Vol 69 (4-Part1) ◽  
pp. 953-964
Author(s):  
George R. Coffman
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
John Gower ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Richard Ii ◽  
Unresolved Problem ◽  
Edward Iii ◽  
Standard Edition

This paragraph introduces a paper which illustrates a larger project: a study of aspects of Gower's works in fourteenth-century historical relationships. The objective is an interpretation of his writings as mirroring the attitude and point of view of a conservative middle-class Englishman for the years 1381-1400 and through them an interpretation of the England of his day. Though these writings show the long heritage of an economic, political, ethical, and religious past, our interest always centers in his immediate present. Non-literary contemporary records consequently provide the first essential materials for this interpretation. Macaulay's standard edition of his works, published half a century ago, based on all manuscripts then available, constitutes the printed source for this study. The high quality of Gower's preserved manuscripts, which give his own revisions, and the fact that these revisions show important changes in his attitudes toward individuals and organizations or institutions, make a re-examination of all of them now available an essential part of this interpretation and raise again the unresolved problem of his ethical integrity. Gardiner Stillwell's able article, “John Gower and the Last Years of Edward III,” provides a suggestive introduction for the interested student. The title of the present article is John Gower, Mentor for Royalty: Richard II.

The Need for Quality Assessment of mHealth Interventions

2021 ◽  
pp. 89-113
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assessment ◽  
Medication Management ◽  
Quality Criteria ◽  
Information Provision ◽  
Quality Parameters ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Target Drug ◽  
Need To Evaluate ◽  
Mhealth Apps

With growing numbers of mHealth interventions, there is a need to evaluate the quality of existing apps based on quality assessment criteria that are grounded in published literature and health behavior research. These criteria can help identify the quality of mHealth apps from the perspectives of reliability, feature usefulness and feature convenience. This chapter will discuss the various quality criteria that are relevant for mHealth apps that target drug-related problems, as well as for medication management, through the development of two quality assessment tools. In addition to reliability, usability and privacy criteria, other feature criteria related to tele-monitoring, interaction checkers, dose calculators, medication information provision, medication records, as well as tele-support, tele-collaboration and personalization/contextualization, will be discussed. This chapter aims to provide guidance to mobile app developers, clinicians and patients on the types of quality parameters to consider in apps that are designed for pharmaceutical care and medication management.

INFORMATION AND ANALYTICAL SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING AN INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT OF THE QUALITY OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FROM THE POSITION OF CONSUMERS

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatiana Azarnova ◽  
Sergey Barkalov ◽  
Yulia Bondarenko ◽  
Natalia Kalinina
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assessment ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Quality Criteria ◽  
Educational Services ◽  
Quality Of Services ◽  
Processing Technologies ◽  
Algorithmic Support ◽  
Analytical System

The aim of the research study is the description of the information analytical system developed by the authors for the formation of an integral linguistic assessment of the quality of educational services from the perspective of three main groups of consumers: employers, students and young professionals. The computation of the integral linguistic quality assessment is based on specially structured information obtained in the course of a voluntary online survey of consumers on specialized quality criteria for groups. A site has been developed for the online survey. The algorithmic support of the information-analytical system is based on the methods SERVQUAL, SWOT-analysis and fuzzy linguistic information processing technologies. The tools of the information analytical system allow us to obtain: linguistic assessments of the quality of services from the perspective of each group of consumers, an integral quality assessment for all consumers and automatically build a SWOT analysis matrix to develop a strategy to improve the quality of the analysed services. In accordance with modern standards of quality management, the approach to quality assessment laid down in the methodology for generating results uses the assumption that the consumer assesses the quality of services based on a comparison of his/her expectations and perceptions of the service during its receipt.  

scholarly journals The Hour of Jesus and the Wedding Feast at Cana (John 2:1-11)

Verbum Vitae ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernadeta Jojko
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Public Life ◽  
High Quality ◽  
The Third ◽  
Son Of Man ◽  
The Cross

The leading theme of this article is the enigmatic “hour” as revealed in the account at Cana (2:1-11). Jesus’ words to his mother, οὔπω ἥκει ἡ ὥρα μου (2:4), are considered obscure and difficult to interpret, causing an intriguing and unresolved controversy within Johannine scholarship. Most exegetes agree that this phrase is to be taken as a denial. According to them, Jesus announces that his hour has not yet come, because this “hour” is bound to the hour when “the Son of Man is glorified”, alluding to his being lifted up on the Cross and raised up “on the third day”. However, there is another solution suggested by a significant number of scholars. They propose reading Jesus’ words οὔπω ἥκει ἡ ὥρα μου as a question, which better guarantees the overall coherence of the story in light of the wider OT context. This interpretation focuses specifically on the temporal indication of “the third day”, the biblical image of the wedding, and the abundance and high quality of the wine, a beginning of signs and of the revelation of Jesus’ glory which serve to stimulate the faith of his disciples. In this view, this multiplicity of themes indicates that the meaning of the “hour” lies in the motif of fulfillment. Jesus is the Messiah who brings to perfection all that has been foretold in Scripture. His “hour” begins “now” and continues throughout his public life until it reaches its ultimate fulfillment in the glory of his Cross and Resurrection. The present article is focused, therefore, on investigating the interrelations among the main biblical themes brought to the fore in the Cana narrative, and their meanings in relation to the “hour” of Jesus.

The effects of psychotherapy for adult depression are overestimated: a meta-analysis of study quality and effect size

2009 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Cuijpers ◽  
A. van Straten ◽  
E. Bohlmeijer ◽  
S. D. Hollon ◽  
G. Andersson
Keyword(s):  
Effect Size ◽  
Analytical Study ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Quality Criteria ◽  
Treatment Manual ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Intention To Treat ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Adult Depression

BackgroundNo meta-analytical study has examined whether the quality of the studies examining psychotherapy for adult depression is associated with the effect sizes found. This study assesses this association.MethodWe used a database of 115 randomized controlled trials in which 178 psychotherapies for adult depression were compared to a control condition. Eight quality criteria were assessed by two independent coders: participants met diagnostic criteria for a depressive disorder, a treatment manual was used, the therapists were trained, treatment integrity was checked, intention-to-treat analyses were used, N⩾50, randomization was conducted by an independent party, and assessors of outcome were blinded.ResultsOnly 11 studies (16 comparisons) met the eight quality criteria. The standardized mean effect size found for the high-quality studies (d=0.22) was significantly smaller than in the other studies (d=0.74, p<0.001), even after restricting the sample to the subset of other studies that used the kind of care-as-usual or non-specific controls that tended to be used in the high-quality studies. Heterogeneity was zero in the group of high-quality studies. The numbers needed to be treated in the high-quality studies was 8, while it was 2 in the lower-quality studies.ConclusionsWe found strong evidence that the effects of psychotherapy for adult depression have been overestimated in meta-analytical studies. Although the effects of psychotherapy are significant, they are much smaller than was assumed until now, even after controlling for the type of control condition used.

scholarly journals Teaching Specialised Translation Through Corpus Linguistics: Translation Quality Assessment and Methodology Evaluation and Enhancement by Experimental Approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 807-825
Author(s):  
Natalie Kübler* ◽  
Alexandra Mestivier* ◽  
Mojca Pecman*
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Quality Assessment ◽  
Corpus Linguistics ◽  
Experimental Approach ◽  
Global Communication ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Translation Quality ◽  
Research Material ◽  
Current Context

In the current context of rapid and constant evolution of global communication and specialised discourses, the need for devising methods for ensuring both high quality levels of specialised translation and successful translation training is becoming a true challenge. Steady renewal in knowledge paradigms leads to an increase in term coinage, modifications in lexical and phraseological patterns, and accommodations in discourse conventions. This situation requires teachers in specialised translation to train future translators to develop the skills meant to help them adapt rapidly to change. The tools brought by corpus linguistics offer access to the language-in-the-making and continuously emerging knowledge fields. However, methods for their efficient exploitation in translation classes can still be improved. In the current study, we present the translation-teaching framework devised specifically for such contexts. It is based on corpus linguistics, terminology management, collaboration with experts, and the quantitative analysis of the quality of finished translations, which can then, in turn, be used to improve the overall framework and to provide research material on specialised translation problems.

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