scholarly journals Constructing a cognitive test of some Scout skills for scout stage in Jordan

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 97
Author(s):  
Nehad El Batikhy
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Test ◽  
Cognitive Achievement ◽  
Cognitive Tests ◽  
Descriptive Method

This research aims at constructing a reliable cognitive test of some skills for scout stage to measure the level of cognitive achievement of scout stage (12- 14 years). The researcher used the descriptive method with a sample of (130) scouts who were selected r&omly & purposively from scout students at the ”scout stage." The cognitive test included five categories: skills of using ropes, skill of firing, skill of using camping, skill of nutrition outdoor & cooking outdoor skills of outdoor trips. The test comprised 30 items. The researcher made the following recommendations: Using the cognitive test periodically to evaluate students & determine their level & constructing cognitive tests for other scout stages

scholarly journals Constructing and Standardizing Cognitive Test in Artist Competition Rule for Epee Referees

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 160-172
Author(s):  
Nagham Khaled Yaseen ◽  
Alaa Abdulla Alrawi
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Cognitive Test ◽  
Cognitive Tests ◽  
Competition Rule ◽  
Competition Rules ◽  
Cognitive Knowledge ◽  
Descriptive Method

            The research aimed at constructing and standardizing a cognitive test in competition rules for epee referees as well as identifying the validity of these tests. The problem of the research lies in the lack of cognitive tests made for fencing referees. The researchers used the descriptive method on (50) referees and the pilot study was conducted on (3) while constructing subjects (47) and standardizing subjects were (45). The test was distributed, collected, and treated using proper statistical operations to conclude that there are differences between referees in their level that proves the validity of this test to measure cognitive knowledge of competition rules.

scholarly journals The Impact of Cesarean and Vaginal Delivery on Results of Psychological Cognitive Test in 5 Year Old Children

Medicina ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 56 (10) ◽  
pp. 554
Author(s):  
Barbora Blazkova ◽  
Anna Pastorkova ◽  
Ivo Solansky ◽  
Milos Veleminsky ◽  
Milos Veleminsky ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Cognitive Development ◽  
Cesarean Section ◽  
Vaginal Delivery ◽  
Mode Of Delivery ◽  
Cognitive Test ◽  
Cognitive Tests ◽  
Higher Secondary Education ◽  
University Degree ◽  
The Impact

Background and objectives: The impact of cesarean and vaginal delivery on cognitive development was analyzed in 5 year old children. Materials and Methods: Two cohorts of 5 year old children born in the years 2013 and 2014 in Karvina (Northern Moravia) and Ceske Budejovice (Southern Bohemia) were studied for their cognitive development related to vaginal (n = 117) and cesarean types of delivery (n = 51). The Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test (BG test) and the Raven Colored Progressive Matrices (RCPM test) were used as psychological tests. Results: In the comparison of vaginal delivery vs. cesarean section, the children delivered by cesarean section scored lower and, therefore, achieved poorer performance in cognitive tests compared to those born by vaginal delivery, as shown in the RCPM (p < 0.001) and in the BG test (p < 0.001). When mothers’ education level was considered, the children whose mothers achieved a university degree scored higher in both the RCPM test (p < 0.001) and the BG test (p < 0.01) compared to the children of mothers with lower secondary education. When comparing mothers with a university degree to those with higher secondary education, there was a significant correlation between level of education and score achieved in the RCPM test (p < 0.001), but not in the BG test. Conclusions: According to our findings, the mode of delivery seems to have a significant influence on performance in psychological cognitive tests in 5 year old children in favor of those who were born by vaginal delivery. Since cesarean-born children scored notably below vaginally born children, it appears possible that cesarean delivery may have a convincingly adverse effect on children’s further cognitive development.

Prediction of Later Cognitive Behavior from Early School Perceptual-Motor, Perceptual, and Cognitive Performances

1979 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
David E. Belka ◽  
Harriet G. Williams
Keyword(s):  
First Grade ◽  
Prediction Equation ◽  
Cognitive Achievement ◽  
Second Grade ◽  
Cognitive Tests ◽  
Regression Equations ◽  
Optimal Prediction ◽  
Motor Tasks ◽  
Grade Levels ◽  
Early School

Multiple regression equations were generated to predict cognitive achievement for 189 young children (ages 57 to 92 mo.) 1 yr. after original administration of a battery of perceptual-motor, perceptual, and cognitive tests. Regression equations generated from maximum R2 improvement techniques indicated that a battery of perceptual and perceptual-motor performances at pre-kindergarten is useful for prediction of cognitive performance 1 yr. later at kindergarten level. This battery included one fine and two gross perceptual-motor tasks, and one visual and two auditory perceptual tasks. Inclusion of original cognitive performances did not improve the optimal prediction equation for this age group. In contrast, cognitive achievement at first grade and, particularly, at second grade levels was best predicted from knowledge of earlier cognitive performances.

scholarly journals SHORT-TERM PRACTICE EFFECTS AND AMYLOID DEPOSITION: PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOVE AND BEYOND BASELINE COGNITION

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
K. Duff ◽  
D.B. Hammers ◽  
B.C.A. Dalley ◽  
K.R. Suhrie ◽  
T.J. Atkinson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Clinical Trials ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Amyloid Deposition ◽  
Cognitive Testing ◽  
Practice Effects ◽  
Cognitive Test ◽  
Cognitive Tests ◽  
Short Term

Background: Practice effects, which are improvements in cognitive test scores due to repeated exposure to testing materials, may provide information about Alzheimer’s disease pathology, which could be useful for clinical trials enrichment. Objectives: The current study sought to add to the limited literature on short-term practice effects on cognitive tests and their relationship to amyloid deposition on neuroimaging. Participants: Twenty-seven, non-demented older adults (9 cognitively intact, 18 with mild cognitive impairment) received amyloid imaging with 18F-Flutemetamol, and two cognitive testing sessions across one week to determine practice effects. Results: A composite measure of 18F-Flutemetamol uptake correlated significantly with all seven cognitive tests scores on the baseline battery (r’s = -0.61 – 0.59, all p’s<0.05), with higher uptake indicating poorer cognition. Practice effects significantly added to the relationship (above and beyond the baseline associations) with 18F-Flutemetamol uptake on 4 of the 7 cognitive test scores (partial r’s = -0.45 – 0.44, p’s<0.05), with higher uptake indicating poorer practice effects. The odds ratio of being “amyloid positive” was 13.5 times higher in individuals with low practice effects compared to high practice effects. Conclusions: Short-term practice effects over one week may be predictive of progressive dementia and serve as an affordable screening tool to enrich samples for preventative clinical trials in Alzheimer’s disease.

scholarly journals Towards adopting serious games for cognitive tests with Brazilian older people

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Leandro Agostini do Amaral ◽  
Renata Pontin de Mattos Fortes ◽  
Marcos Hortes Nisihara Chagas ◽  
Paula Costa Castro ◽  
Thiago Jabur Bittar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Older People ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
Digital Games ◽  
Cognitive Test ◽  
Cognitive Tests ◽  
Promising Tool ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
Cognitive Evaluation ◽  
Validation Experiments

Serious games are a promising tool in different scenarios, such as education and health; however, there has been little research reported on their specialized use for older adults. We created a digital cognitive test – with the characteristics of a serious game – using Unified Design aiming to reproduce digitally the results of clinical cognitive evaluation in older people. The digital cognitive test was submitted to two validation experiments targeting an older public (n=40) with little experience in dealing with tablets or smartphones. The first experiment did not show significant correlation, but from it, we implemented initiatives to simplify the tests, which brought a positive result regarding convergence analysis in the second experiment. We concluded that it is possible to use digital games as cognitive tests adapted to the needs of older adults to achieve similar results as those of paper-based cognitive tests.

scholarly journals Analysis of student’s achievement motivation in learning chemistry

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beta Wulan Febriana
Keyword(s):  
Achievement Motivation ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Cognitive Achievement ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Descriptive Method ◽  
Learning Chemistry

<p class="Abstract">The aim of the study is to determine the effect of student’s achievement motivation toward learning chemistry. This research was conducted at SMK Kesehatan Rahani Husada. The descriptive method was used in this research. The data was collected using test for student’s cognitive achievement and questionnaire for achievement motivation. Data was analyzed using descriptive analysis techniques. The results show that achievement motivation on XI grade of SMK Kesehatan Rahani Husada students was in the category of achievement motivation “high” at 47,54%. Moreover, achievement motivation tends effect is random to student’s achievement.</p>

scholarly journals Niteni, Niroake, Nambahi (3N) Concept in the Learning of Dance in Elementary School

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (5-1) ◽  
pp. 137-142
Author(s):  
Cicilia Ika Rahayu Nita ◽  
Muhammad Jazuli ◽  
Sumaryanto F. Totok ◽  
Suminto A. Sayuti
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Educational Leaders ◽  
School Level ◽  
Cognitive Achievement ◽  
Modern Education ◽  
Collection Data ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
The Right ◽  
Descriptive Method

Abstract Art education at elementary school can serve as the basis of education in shaping the spirit and personality of noble character. At the elementary school level, brain development of children experiences a very fast and real growth. Elementary school is seen as the right agent in the formation of character values because the development of children's brain webs is faster than adult’s. The implication of modern education can reduce the values of character, as modern education is preferred to cognitive achievement. Approaches that use local wisdom will be more easily understood by educators. One of the concepts initiated by Indonesian educational leaders, Ki Hajar Dewantara, that is Niteni, Nirokake, Nambahi (3N) is more easily understood by educators because the concept includes local wisdom values. The purpose of this research is to describe 3N in the learning of dance in elementary school. The study implemented qualitative descriptive method with the aim to reveal facts, circumstances, variables, and phenomena. This study presents the data based on the results of observation, interviews, and documentation. The techniques included data collection, data display, data reduction, and conclusion/verification. The results showed that the learning of dance in elementary school conveys 3N. In addition, teacher's experience can influence students’ learning outcomes and creativity. 3N encompasses N1, N2, and N3. If the 3N stage is not done in accordance with the flow, it will have an effect on the achievement of the learning objectives. This research is still limited to the scope of 3N concept study in the learning of dance in elementary school. Therefore, it is expected that the scope of further research can be developed in other science.

scholarly journals THE INFLUENCE LEARNING MODEL GUIDED INQUIRY AND CREATIVITY ON HIGHER COGNITIVE

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sari Wahyuni Rozi Nasution ◽  
Nurdin Bukit ◽  
Eva M. Ginting
Keyword(s):  
Inquiry Learning ◽  
Cognitive Learning ◽  
General Linear Model ◽  
Learning Model ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Cognitive Test ◽  
Cognitive Achievement ◽  
Guided Inquiry ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
North Sumatra

The purpose of this research was to know the different between the using of guided inquiry and direct instruction learning models on creativity and students’ physic high cognitive learning result. This research was quasy experimental research by applying two group pretest-postes design with physic high cognitive test and creativity questionairres as the instruments. Data in this research was analyzed by using two ways anova. The results showed that Guided Inquiry learning model is better in improving the cognitive achievement of high student. The research data was taken from the student who is attending a physics lesson from one of the private schools in North Sumatra numbered 68 students. Test hypothesis testing using General Linear Model (GLM) univariate at significance level α = 0.05.

scholarly journals The age-related effect on cognitive performance in cognitively healthy elderly is mainly caused by underlying AD pathology or cerebrovascular lesions: implications for cutoffs regarding cognitive impairment

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma Borland ◽  
Erik Stomrud ◽  
Danielle van Westen ◽  
Oskar Hansson ◽  
Sebastian Palmqvist
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Age Effect ◽  
Cognitive Test ◽  
Cognitive Tests ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Cognitive Changes ◽  
Cerebrovascular Lesions ◽  
Cerebrovascular Pathology ◽  
Healthy Elderly ◽  
Age Related

Abstract Background As research in treatments for neurocognitive diseases progresses, there is an increasing need to identify cognitive decline in the earliest stages of disease for initiation of treatment in addition to determining the efficacy of treatment. For early identification, accurate cognitive tests cutoff values for cognitive impairment are essential. Methods We conducted a study on 297 cognitively healthy elderly people from the BioFINDER study and created subgroups excluding people with signs of underlying neuropathology, i.e., abnormal cerebrospinal fluid [CSF] β-amyloid or phosphorylated tau, CSF neurofilament light (neurodegeneration), or cerebrovascular pathology. We compared cognitive test results between groups and examined the age effect on cognitive test results. Results In our subcohort without any measurable pathology (n = 120), participants achieved better test scores and significantly stricter cutoffs for cognitive impairment for almost all the examined tests. The age effect in this subcohort disappeared for all cognitive tests, apart from some attention/executive tests, predominantly explained by the exclusion of cerebrovascular pathology. Conclusion Our study illustrates a new approach to establish normative data that could be useful to identify earlier cognitive changes in preclinical dementias. Future studies need to investigate if there is a genuine effect of healthy aging on cognitive tests or if this age effect is a proxy for higher prevalence of preclinical neurodegenerative diseases.

scholarly journals Sex, Race, and Age Differences in Prevalence of Dementia in Medicare Claims and Survey Data

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yingying Zhu ◽  
Yi Chen ◽  
Eileen M Crimmins ◽  
Julie M Zissimopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Neuropsychological Assessment ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Cognitive Test ◽  
Cognitive Tests ◽  
Dementia Prevalence ◽  
Medicare Claims ◽  
Diagnosis Codes ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Over Time

Abstract Objectives This study provides the first comparison of trends in dementia prevalence in the U.S. population using 3 different dementia ascertainments/data sources: neuropsychological assessment, cognitive tests, and diagnosis codes from Medicare claims. Methods We used data from the nationally representative Health and Retirement Study and Aging, Demographics, and Memory Study, and a 20% random sample of Medicare beneficiaries. We compared dementia prevalence across the 3 sources by race, gender, and age. We estimated trends in dementia prevalence from 2006 to 2013 based on cognitive tests and diagnosis codes utilizing logistic regression. Results Dementia prevalence among older adults aged 70 and older in 2004 was 16.6% (neuropsychological assessment), 15.8% (cognitive tests), and 12.2% (diagnosis codes). The difference between dementia prevalence based on cognitive tests and diagnosis codes diminished in 2012 (12.4% and 12.9%, respectively), driven by decreasing rates of cognitive test-based and increasing diagnosis codes-based dementia prevalence. This difference in dementia prevalence between the 2 sources by sex and for age groups 75–79 and 90 and older vanished over time. However, there remained substantial differences across measures in dementia prevalence among blacks and Hispanics (10.9 and 9.8 percentage points, respectively) in 2012. Discussion Our results imply that ascertainment of dementia through diagnosis may be improving over time, but gaps across measures among racial/ethnic minorities highlight the need for improved measurement of dementia prevalence in these populations.

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