The Effects of Active Memory Exercises on Intelligence Profile in Students With Specific Learning Disorder

Objective: Active memory is the search engine of the mind. Active memory is a cognitive function responsible for preserving instant information, its manipulation, and its use in thinking. This study aimed at investigating the effects of active memory practices on intelligence profiles in students with Specific Learning Disorder (SLD). Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest and a control group design. The population of the study included elementary students of the East Bandpey region in Babol City, Iran, in 2019. The study participants were randomly divided into the experimental (21) and control (20) groups. The experimental group performed sixteen 45-minute active memory program sessions for 8 weeks, twice a week. Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) was employed for data analysis. Results: Research findings suggested that educational interventions on the verbal comprehension, perceptual reasoning, active memory, and overall scale have led to a significant difference between the experimental and control groups (P=0.280); however, there was no significant difference concerning the processing speed scale between the study groups (P=0.280). Conclusion: The present study data suggested that educational interventions were the most influential factor on active memory and overall scale. Furthermore, applying active memory exercise, as a non-pharmacological approach, is recommended to improve the intelligence profile in children with SLD.

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Comparison on Well-Being, Engagement and Perceived School Climate in Secondary School Students with Learning Difficulties and Specific Learning Disorders: An Exploratory Study

Behavioral Sciences ◽

10.3390/bs11070103 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (7) ◽

pp. 103

Author(s):

Elisabetta Lombardi ◽

Daniela Traficante ◽

Roberta Bettoni ◽

Ilaria Offredi ◽

Mirta Vernice ◽

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Keyword(s):

Secondary School ◽

Secondary School Students ◽

Learning Difficulties ◽

Well Being ◽

Control Group ◽

Learning Disorder ◽

School Students ◽

Specific Learning Disorder ◽

The Impact ◽

Specific Learning

Reading and writing skills influence the social status of students, exerting effects not only on learning, but also on wellbeing. This study aimed to assess the impact of diagnosis of specific learning disorder on well-being in secondary-school students, comparing students with a diagnosis of specific learning disorder (SLD-group), students showing learning difficulties without diagnosis (LD-group) and students without learning difficulties (control-group). Students were tested with neuropsychological screening tests in order to identify learning difficulties and were further assessed by means of psychological and school well-being questionnaires. The results show that LD group perceive themselves as having a low sense of mastery and autonomy, less interest and engagement in daily activities and low peer social support than their schoolmates. This result highlights, for the LD group, a low well-being experience, which is not observed in the SLD and control groups. On the contrary, SLD group students do not differ from control group students in any dimensions except for the perceived parents’ support and involvement in school life, in which the SLD group show the highest scores. This work underlines the importance of having a diagnosis as it seems to work as a protective factor for both the psychological and school well-being of the student.

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The effect of patience training on university students’ patience and life satisfaction levels

African Educational Research Journal ◽

10.30918/aerj.93.21.103 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 712-719

Author(s):

Ayşe Eliüşük Bülbül ◽

Keyword(s):

Life Satisfaction ◽

University Students ◽

Wilcoxon Test ◽

Control Group ◽

Control Group Design ◽

Satisfaction Scale ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Post Test ◽

And Control ◽

Experimental Group

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of the "patience training program" on the patience and life satisfaction levels of university students. The study was organized as a pre-test, post-test experiment and control group design. For a total of 30 students from which were 17 in the control group and 17 in the experimental group, patience training was given for 5 weeks. The "Patient Scale" developed by Schnitker (2010) and adapted to Turkish by Eliüşük and Arslan (2016) and the "Life Satisfaction Scale" developed by Diener, Emmons, Larsen and Griffin (1985) and adapted to Turkish by Dağlı and Baysal (2016) were used as a data collection tool in the study. The "Wilcoxon" test was used for the comparison of in-group differences in the analysis of obtained data and the "Mann-Whitney U" test was used in examining the differences between the two groups. As a result of the study, it was observed that the patience and life satisfaction average scores of students in the experimental group receiving "patience training" increased significantly, while there was no significant difference in the patience and life satisfaction averages scores of the control group students.

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USING SOCIOGRAM TO IMPROVE THE WRITING AND SPEAKING ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE EIGHT GRADE STUDENTS OF SMPN 1 JARAI

English Community Journal ◽

10.32502/ecj.v2i2.1331 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 269

Author(s):

Yoga Pratama

Keyword(s):

Eighth Grade ◽

Control Group ◽

Control Groups ◽

Control Group Design ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Eighth Grade Students ◽

Post Test ◽

And Control ◽

Experimental Group ◽

Test Control

The objectives of this study were to find out whether or not there was significant improvement in writing and speaking achievements of the eighth grade students of SMPN1 Jarai after they were taught by using Sociogram, to find out whether or not there was significant improvement in each aspect of writing and speaking achievements of the eighth grade students of SMPN1 Jarai after they were taught by using Sociogram, to find out whether or not there was significant difference in writing and speaking achievements between the eighth grade students of SMP 1 Jarai who were taught by using Sociogram and those who were not, and to find out the perception of the eighth grade students of SMPN 1 Jarai after they were taught by using Socoiogram. In this paper, an experimental research method with pre and post test control group design was used with 70 students as the sample divided into two groups, experimental and control group. However, only the students of the experimental group were taught by using Sociogram. The obtained data were analyzed by using t-test. The students were given questionnaire to know their perceptions. The result showed that there was a significant difference in both students? writing and speaking achievements after they were tought by using Sociogram. Furthermore, it was found that there was a significant difference in students? writing and speaking achievement between the experimental and control groups. In conclusion, Sociogram improves the students? writing and speaking achievements.

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EFFECT OF FAMILY PSYCHOEDUCATION ON CAREGIVER SUPPORT IN THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH TYPE II DIABETES MELLITUS

Belitung Nursing Journal ◽

10.33546/bnj.342 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 112-119

Author(s):

Andika Siswoaribowo ◽

Mateus Sakundarno ◽

Muhammad Mu’in

Keyword(s):

Diabetes Mellitus ◽

T Test ◽

Control Group ◽

P Value ◽

Family Psychoeducation ◽

Control Group Design ◽

Caregiver Support ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Patients With Diabetes ◽

And Control

Background: Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic disease that requires treatment for long periods of time so it can cause physical and psychological problems for sufferers and families (caregiver). Caregiver's role is expected to provide support for people with diabetes mellitus. Family psychoeducation is a strategy that can be applied for caregiver in overcoming problems that arise during the treatment of patients with diabetes mellitus.Objective: This study aims to determine the effect of family psychoeducation on caregiver support in the treatment of patients with diabetes mellitus type II.Methods: This research used a quasi experiment with pre-test post-test control group design. A total of 46 caregivers and patients with diabetes mellitus were recruited puposively, with 23 respondents assigned in the experiment and control group. Caregiver support scale was used to measure caregiver support, and Hensarling Diabetes Family Support Scale (HDFSS) for measuring perception of patients toward the treatment of caregiver. Data were analyzed using paired t-test and independent t-test. Results: Findings showed there was an increase of caregiver knowledge from 5.39 to 9.09 and an improvement of caregiver treatment from 40.30 to 67.04 after given family psychoeducation. There was a significant difference of caregiver support in the experimental and control group with p-value <0.001 (<0.05).Conclusion: Family psychoeducation can increase caregiver support in the treatment of diabetes mellitus patients. The intervention can be one of nurses interventions in the empowerment of family in improving the treatment of chronic diseases, particularly in diabetes mellitus.

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Pengaruh suplementasi Zn terhadap perubahan indeks TB/U anak stunted usia 24-36 bulan

JURNAL GIZI INDONESIA ◽

10.14710/jgi.5.2.98-104 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 98-104

Author(s):

Dewi Pertiwi Dyah Kusudaryati ◽

Siti Fatimah Muis ◽

Laksmi Widajanti

Keyword(s):

Treatment Group ◽

Dietary Intake ◽

Child Growth ◽

Control Group ◽

Control Group Design ◽

Dietary Allowance ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Before And After ◽

And Control ◽

Height For Age

Background : Zn supplementation on stunted children in multiple research get the result inconsistent concerning the effect of Zn on children’s growth.Objective : To examine the effect of Zn supplementation to the change in height for index among stunted children age between 24-36 months.Methods: The research design is randomized pretest posttest control group design. The total of thirty six stunted children are divided into two groups. The treatment group is received syrup with 20 mg ZnSO4 twice a week for three months. The control group received placebo without Zn. Height for age z score (HAZ) on WHO Child Growth 2006 is used to measure height for age index while dietary intake and infection diseases are used as confounding variables.Result : There is significant difference in HAZ before and after supplementation at treatment group (p<0.001) and control group (p<0.001). There is a significant difference of the change in HAZ between the treatment group and control group (p=0.006). Percentage Achievement of Energy, Protein, and Zn Dietary Allowance have significant difference between the treatment group and control group (p=0.009; p<0.001; p<0.001, respectively). The change in HAZ, Percentage Achievement of Energy, Protein, and Zn Dietary Allowance are higher in treatment group than control group. Duration of diarrhea (p=0.045) and morbidity (p=0.019) are lower in treatment group than control group. Conclusion : Zn Supplementation among stunted children have significant effect on the change in HAZ, dietary intake, and infection.

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Effects of Tape-Recorded Aural Models on Sight-Reading and Performance Skills

Journal of Research in Music Education ◽

10.2307/3344676 ◽

1981 ◽

Vol 29 (1) ◽

pp. 23-30 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

James N. Anderson

Keyword(s):

Sixth Grade ◽

Sight Reading ◽

Control Group ◽

Control Group Design ◽

Performance Skills ◽

Rhythm Reading ◽

Significant Difference ◽

And Performance ◽

And Control ◽

Experimental Group

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of using tape-recorded aural models for home practice on selected sight-reading and performance skills of sixth-grade clarinet students. The experimental design was a pretest-posttest control-group design with an additional posttest measure. It was predicted that students in the experimental group would do significantly better than students in the control group with regard to pitch reading, rhythm reading, tempo accuracy, and intonation accuracy as measured by the sight-reading and performance tests. It was also projected that students in the experimental group would complete more music exercises during the study than students in the control group. The statistical analysis indicated no significant difference between the experimental and control groups with regard to either the skills measured or the number of music exercises completed during the study. These results appear to indicate that tape-recorded aural models used in this study had no observed effect on the selected music skills.

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Assessment of The Effect of Interprofessional Professionalism Training On The Surgical Team Members' Perception of The Ethical Climate

10.21203/rs.3.rs-842059/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Fatemeh Keshmiri ◽

Azam Hoseinpour

Keyword(s):

Operating Room ◽

Interprofessional Education ◽

Ethical Climate ◽

Intervention Group ◽

Educational Interventions ◽

Control Group ◽

Educational Systems ◽

Control Groups ◽

Significant Difference ◽

And Control

Abstract BackgroundThe aim of present study was to assess the effect of interprofessional education concerning interprofessional professionalism on learners' perception of the ethical climate of the operating room.MethodThe present study is quasi-experimental design. Learners include surgical residents, operating room technicians, and anesthesia technicians (n=130) that distributed to intervention and control groups. The objectives of the intervention were the development of competencies of ethics and professionalism (including communication, altruism, respect, and excellence). The educational strategy was interprofessional education and the main method of training was scenario-based learning. Participants completed the Olson Moral Climate Questionnaire before and one month after the intervention. We used descriptive tests (mean, SD, percentage), student t-test and ANOVA to compare the scores of learners in the intervention and control groups.ResultsThe results of the study showed that the scores of the learners in the intervention group 4.05 (0.31) improved significantly compared to the control group 3.35 (0.37) (P = 0.0001). The scores of learners in the domain of “managers” improved higher and the domain of physicians improved lesser than other domains. There was no significant difference between the three groups of residents, operating room, and anesthesia technicians in terms of moral climate scores.ConclusionIn the present study showed the positive effect of interprofessional education interventions on individuals' perceptions of the operating room ethical climate. It is suggest that educational interventions be planned and implemented continuously in the educational systems and hospitals.

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Recycling Waste of Rice Husk to Improve Entrepreneurship Motivation

International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) ◽

10.11591/ijphs.v5i1.4767 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 75

Author(s):

Fatwa Tentama ◽

Surahma Asti Mulasari ◽

Muchsin Maulana ◽

Rini Anggraeni

Keyword(s):

Rice Husk ◽

T Test ◽

Control Group ◽

Control Groups ◽

Control Group Design ◽

Paired Sample ◽

Growing Medium ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Before And After ◽

And Control

The farmers in Indonesia have not maximally taken advantage of the existence of rice husk; therefore the huge number of the husk becomes disturbing waste, which spoils environment. The waste of rice husk is potentially capable of improving the farmers’ economy amidst the people’s lack of knowledge about its potential to commercially produce charcoal briquettes from it, make it a plant growing medium, and change it into manure. This research aims at knowing if the training of recycling waste of rice husk can improve the farmers’ entrepreneurship motivation. The subjects of the research were farmers in groups at Bimomartani village, Ngemplak district, Sleman regency. They were 60 participants divided into experintal and control groups. The planned experiment used untreated control group design with dependent pretest and posttest samples. The paired sample t-test and independent sample t-test were used as the techniques of analysis in this research. The result of t-test on paired sample t-test for the experimental group resulted in the value of t = -6.659 with p = 0.000 (p<0.01), which means there was a significant difference of entrepreneurship motivation before and after the training of recycling rice husk. The analysis for Independent sample t-test resulted in the value of t = 7.411 with p = 0.000 (p<0.01), which means there was a significant difference of entrepreneurship motivation between experimental and control groups. It can be concluded that the training of recycling waste of rice husk was effective in improving the farmers’ entrepreneurship motivation.

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DESCRIBING AND DRAWING PICTURE TECHNIQUE IN TEACHING TRANSACTIONAL SPEAKING

ETERNAL (English Teaching Learning and Research Journal) ◽

10.24252/eternal.v42.2018.a10 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 268

Author(s):

Nur Aliyah Nur

Keyword(s):

English Education ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Control Group ◽

Education Department ◽

Control Group Design ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Post Test ◽

Quasi Experimental ◽

Equivalent Control ◽

And Control

The research aimed to find out the effectiveness of describing and drawing picture technique in teaching transactional speaking at the second semester students of English Education Department at State Islamic University of Alauddin Makassar. This research employed quasi-experimental with non-equivalent control group design with pre-test and post-test. The population of this research was the second semester students of English education department at State Islamic University of Alauddin Makassar. The population was selected by using purposive sampling technique to determine the sample for experimental class and control class. The instrument used in this research was test. The test was used in the pre-test and post-test. The data indicated that there was a significant difference between the students’ post-test in the experimental class and post-test in the control class. Based on the findings of the research, the researchers concluded that describing and drawing picture technique was effective in teaching transactional speaking. Therefore, describing and drawing picture technique gave student opportunity to practice transactional speaking in classroom, it also could increase students’ motivation in learning in English since they feel their purpose of learning English so that they could use it and also could achieve it.The research aimed to find out the effectiveness of describing and drawing picture technique in teaching transactional speaking at the second semester students of English Education Department at State Islamic University of Alauddin Makassar. This research employed quasi-experimental with non-equivalent control group design with pre-test and post-test. The population of this research was the second semester students of English education department at State Islamic University of Alauddin Makassar. The population was selected by using purposive sampling technique to determine the sample for experimental class and control class. The instrument used in this research was test. The test was used in the pre-test and post-test. The data indicated that there was a significant difference between the students’ post-test in the experimental class and post-test in the control class. Based on the findings of the research, the researchers concluded that describing and drawing picture technique was effective in teaching transactional speaking. Therefore, describing and drawing picture technique gave student opportunity to practice transactional speaking in classroom, it also could increase students’ motivation in learning in English since they feel their purpose of learning English so that they could use it and also could achieve it.

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The Effect of Cognitive Acceleration Programme on Critical Thinking of Science Students at Secondary Level

International Journal of Innovation in Teaching and Learning (IJITL) ◽

10.35993/ijitl.v7i2.1516 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 87-100

Author(s):

Shazia Sarwar ◽

Muhammad Samiullah ◽

Fazal-ur- Rahman

Keyword(s):

Critical Thinking ◽

Thinking Skills ◽

Critical Thinking Skills ◽

Control Group ◽

Control Group Design ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Equivalent Control ◽

Cognitive Acceleration ◽

Faculty Of Education ◽

And Control

Abstract This study was conducted to determine the effect of Cognitive Acceleration Programme on the critical thinking skills of 9th graders. The posttest only non-equivalent control group design was used. Two sections of class 9th were selected conveniently for experimentation. There were 80 participants (girls) in the experiment. There were 30 intervention lessons in the experimental classrooms. The posttest was designed based on Cornell Critical thinking test. Test was validated by experts from the Faculty of Education, Allama Iqbal Open University Islamabad. The data were analyzed by the SPSS. The independent sample t-statistics were applied for control and experimental groups separately. The t-value for the comparison of performance of experimental and control group in sub-skills of critical thinking i.e., inference, deduction, assumption, interpretation, and argumentation showed significant difference. The results showed that critical thinking skills can be developed significantly through cognitive acceleration programme. So, the thinking science activities were recommended to science educators to incorporate into the classroom to accelerate critical thinking of students. Keywords: Cognitive Acceleration, Critical Thinking, Inference, Deduction, Assumption, Interpretation, Argumentation

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