scholarly journals The portfolio resource in the development of the English writing process

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2.1) ◽  
pp. 27-41
Author(s):  
Gabriela del Rocío Armijos Ango ◽  
Alexandra del Rocío Saquinga Yanchapanta ◽  
Mónica Narciza Orbea Peñafiel ◽  
Luis Eduardo Burbano Santamaría
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Writing Process ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Meaningful Improvement ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Research Population ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group

Introduction. The portfolio is an educational resource widely applied in English learning process due to its versatility in compiling to evidence of a student’s academic work. It also contributes to an exhaustive follow-up on the students’ goals achievement and their skills development. Objective. The study points out the benefits of the portfolio in the development of the writing skill among students from A1 Starter level of the Universidad Técnica de Ambato during the academic semester September 2017 – February 2018. Methodology. During the research project a quantitative qualitative methodology was applied. Moreover, correlational variables helped to determine the students’ deficiency in their writing process through the application of a pre-test and post-test. To obtain a significant sample of the research population four parallels belonging to A1 level were randomly selected with a total of 119 learners which were divided into experimental and control group. Results.  After applying the evaluation instruments, the finding analysis showed a meaningful improvement in the development of writing English skills in the experimental group over the control group. Conclusion. It was evident that portfolio’s usage helps learners to be more aware and independent in their learning progress, this was reflected in their writing production.

scholarly journals The Effectiveness of the Dealing with Homophobia Psycho-Education Program on Psychological Counselor Candidates

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Meryem Vural-Batık
Keyword(s):  
Education Program ◽  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Mixed Model ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
And Control ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods ◽  
Experimental Group

The aim of this research is to investigate the effect of the Dealing with Homophobia Psycho-Education Program on homophobia levels of psychological counselor candidates. This research was conducted with a mixed model and utilized quantitative and qualitative methods. 2 (experimental and control groups) x 3 (pre-test, post-test, follow-up) research design which is a type of quasi-experimental design was used and content analysis was applied to the data obtained via interviews. The study was conducted with a total of 24 psychological counselor candidates, 12 in the experimental group and, 12 in the control group. The Homophobia Scale was used to determine the homophobia levels of psychological counselor candidates. The Dealing with Homophobia Psycho-Education Program was developed by the researcher. In order to determine the effectiveness of the program, The Two-Way Analysis of Variance with Repeated Measures was used. As a result of the research, it was determined that the Dealing with Homophobia Psycho-Education Program is effective in decreasing the levels of homophobia of the psychological counselor candidates. Also, according to the participant's views, it was determined that the psycho-education program was effective in decreasing homophobia and caused changes in attitudes. The importance and necessity of using the program on psychological counselor education are discussed.

scholarly journals Expressive writing changes grief into meaning – a sequential explanatory design approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 102
Author(s):  
Setiawati Intan Savitri ◽  
Bagus Takwin ◽  
Amarina Ashar Ariyanto ◽  
Rachel T.A Aribowo
Keyword(s):  
Expressive Writing ◽  
Sequential Design ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Baseline Score ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Matching Technique ◽  
Post Test ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group

The purpose of the present study was to describe the effect of expressive writing on the level of one’s grief through a sequential design (expressive writing experiments for 3 consecutive days for 15 minutes each days then an analysis of the participant’s writing contents was conducted). This study used a pre-post test matching technique experimental design follow up by content analysis. The total number of participants (both in the experimental and control groups) was 30 (M-age = 21.2; SD = 1.2), lost their parents more than six month. Randomized matching technique was use to divide participant into experimental (expressive writing) and control (non-expressive writing).The baseline score measured by the complicated grieving inventory of >25 (Prigereson, 1995). Results showed that the experimental group had a decreased level of grief relative to the control group, the texts showed an interested result to be further discussed.

scholarly journals 3 Steps Writing Strategy: Imitating-Reworking-Developing to Attract Interest in Writing Descriptive Writing in Improving Students Writing Ability

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Lisa Rakhmanina
Keyword(s):  
Control Group ◽  
Writing Achievement ◽  
Writing Ability ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Law Faculty ◽  
Writing Strategy ◽  
Post Test ◽  
And Control ◽  
Descriptive Writing ◽  
Experimental Group

This study aims to find out whether 3-step-writing strategy could have a significant impact on the students 'writing results in descriptive writing and also to find out whether there is an impact of the interaction between 3-step-writing strategy on students' writing interest. The population in this study were Law Faculty students in the 2017-2018 academic year with a total of 25 students. In this study, sampling using purposive techniques that took two classes as samples and divided into two groups, namely: Experimental Group and Control Group. The Experimental Group learned to Write Descriptive by using 3-step-writing strategy. Data was collected by conducting tests (pre and post-tests) and questionnaires. The data obtained were analyzed using the T Test and Two-Way Anova Test with the help of the SPSS 22 Program. It showed significant different on students` English Writing achievement from pre-test to post-test and also from experimental and control group. Students also showed great interest on English Writing of Descriptive text by applying 3-step-writing strategy. It means that 3-step-writing strategy could improve students` English writing skill and could also  empower students to learn more.

scholarly journals The Effectiveness of Marital Relationship Enrichment Training Based on Choice Theory, on Distress Tolerance of Women Recovered from Addiction

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 316-331
Author(s):  
Elham Ghajari ◽  
◽  
Hassan Toozandehjani ◽  
Hamid Nejat ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Distress Tolerance ◽  
Choice Theory ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Mean ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group

Aims: Most people in the community believe that substance abuse is masculine, while women are progressing alongside men in this area, with statistics indicating an increasing number of infected women. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of enriching couples relationships on tolerance of distressed women who were drug abusers Methods & Materials: This is a quasi-experimental study with pre-test, post-test and follow-up test with control group. Initially, 40 women were selected from the study and 20 were randomly assigned to the experimental group and 20 to the control group. Subjects were then assessed using a distress tolerance test (Simmons & Gahr, 2005). Experimental group participants participated in enrichment sessions based on Doba, Graham, Britz and Minatra (2009) choice theory and control group subjects remained on the waiting list. A follow-up test was taken after three months. Multivariate analysis of variance with repeated measures was used to analyze the data. The above analyzes were performed with SPSS V. 24 software Findings: The results indicated that there was a significant difference between the mean of pre-test, posttest and follow-up scores of distress tolerance scales in the experimental and control groups. (P<0.05). The mean distress tolerance in the experimental group increased from 34.533 to 42.80 in the pre-test phase and reached 42.533 in the follow-up phase. Also, the significant interaction between the stages with the experimental group in the mentioned variable indicates that in the post-test and follow-up stages, the mean of the experimental groups was significantly higher than the control group. Conclusion: Due to the increasing trend of addiction in women, proper education is one of the essentials. Therefore, it is recommended to take effective steps to improve couple distress tolerance training by enriching couple relationships

scholarly journals Analysis of the Effect of Scamper Education Program on five-year-old children’s creativity

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 5968
Author(s):  
Nazan Kaytez ◽  
Abide Güngör Aytar
Keyword(s):  
Education Program ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Control Group ◽  
National Education ◽  
Creative Behavior ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group

This study is conducted with a view to examine the effect of Scamper Education Program on five-year-old children’s creativity. Study group of the research consists of a total of 40 children including an experimental group of 20 five-year-old children and a control group of 20 children attending kindergarten affiliated to Directorate of National Education in Çankırı city center. In the research, an experimental model with pretest, posttest, follow-up test control group was used. Children in the experimental group were applied with Scamper Education Program two days a week for a period of eight weeks. The children in the control group continued their own training programs. As the data collection tool in the study, “Personal Information Form” and “Creative Behavior and Personality Traits Scale were used.  Single factor covariance analysis (ANCOVA) and t test were used for data analysis. As a result of the research, it has been determined that there is a significant difference between creativity score averages of children in the experiment and control group (p<0.001), there is no significant differences between post-test and follow-up test score averages of children in the experiment group (p>0.05). This result shows that Scamper Education Program provided to the experimental group is effective in creativity of children.

scholarly journals Pelatihan Mindfulness pada Kebahagiaan Penderita Diabetes Melitus Tipe II

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 97
Author(s):  
Retno Widhianingrum ◽  
Subandi Subandi ◽  
Rumiani Rumiani
Keyword(s):  
Mindfulness Training ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Subject ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Test Control ◽  
Diabetes Melitus

<p>This research aims at identifying  the effect of mindfulness training on the happiness fo patients of diabetes melitus type II. The subject of the reseach was 8 patients who will be divided into experimental group and control group. The data collection was conducted using Steen Happiness Index (SHI). The Hypothesis that proposed of the research is that there is a difference of happiness  between the experimental group which was given mindfulness training treatment and controlled group which was not given the treatment of mindfulness training. The research design used was pre-test post-test control group design.The data obtained were analyzed using non- parametric Mann-Whitney to compare the differences of quality of life scores in pretest, posttest, and follow up between experimental groupand Control group. The result of this study showed that there are not a differences of happiness after the training between experimental group and control group after given, with value of Z = - 0.959, p = 0.337 (p &gt; 0.05). in the post test and follow up, the group didn’t show any differences of happiness with value of Z= -1.200, p = 0,230 (p&gt;0.05).</p>

scholarly journals Effect of Reconstruction Activities on English Writing Skills: Mechanical Accuracy I (Punctuation) and Mechanical Accuracy II (Spellings)

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul Rauf ◽  
Muhammad Saeed
Keyword(s):  
Writing Skills ◽  
Achievement Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Test Results ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Post Test ◽  
And Control ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Test Control

This study was aimed to explore the effect of reconstruction activities on grade XI students’ English writing skills mechanical accuracy I (Punctuations) and mechanical accuracy II (Spellings). Pre-test post-test control group experimental design was selected for the study. A public sector degree college for boys of district Lahore was selected conveniently for intervention. A sample of sixty (60) students out of 400, enrolled in the session 2018-19, was selected randomly. These 60 students were randomized into two equal groups (experimental and control). Experimental group was taught till 16 weeks continuously. Students’ English writing skills were measured through supply type achievement test. Results revealed that reconstruction activities had positive effect on students’ English writing skills. English teachers of grade XI were recommended to practice reconstruction activities for the development of English writing skills. Students of grade XI were recommended to practice reconstruction activities to develop their English writing skills.

scholarly journals The Effectiveness of Nomophobia Therapy on Self-Esteem and Nomophobia Symptoms in High School Students

2021 ◽  
Vol In Press (In Press) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nasrin Mohammadi Nasab ◽  
Gholamreza Manshaee ◽  
Mohammad Ali Nadi
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
School Students ◽  
Post Test ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group

Background: High mobile-phone dependency may cause cognitive, emotional, and academic impairments among students; hence, proper therapies should be performed to prevent the risk. Objectives: The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of the nomophobia therapy package on self-esteem and nomophobia symptoms in high school students. Methods: The research method was quasi-experimental with a pre-test, post-test, and follow-up design and a control group. The statistical population included all the students showing nomophobia symptoms who were in high schools in Isfahan in the academic year of 2018 - 2019. Using purposive sampling, we selected 30 students willing to participate in the project and randomly divided them into experimental (n = 15) and control (n = 15) groups. The research instrument included Nomophobia Questionnaire and Self-Esteem Questionnaire. The experimental group underwent eight sessions (75-minute sessions per week) of nomophobia therapy. The follow-up was performed after two months. Data were analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics, such as mean, standard deviation, and repeated measures ANOVA. SPSS version 23.0 was further used to analyze the data. Results: The mean ± SD of the post-test scores of self-esteem and nomophobia symptoms were (19.26 ± 3.34) and (50.60 ± 5.07) in the experimental group and (13.46 ± 2.47) and (71.63 ± 8.47) in the control groups. The difference between the scores of the experimental and control groups in the pre-test was not significant (all P-values were > 0.05). Also, the post-test scores did not have a significant difference from the follow-up scores (all P-values were > 0.05). Nomophobia therapy effectively increased self-esteem in students with nomophobia symptoms in the experimental group (P = 0.0001). The training intervention sessions decreased the nomophobia symptoms of high school students in the experimental groups compared to the control group (P = 0.0001). Conclusions: According to research findings, nomophobia therapy was an efficient therapy for improving self-esteem and reducing nomophobia symptoms in students who suffer from the syndrome.

scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF INFOGRAPHIC ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION STUDENTS’ SPEAKING COMPETENCE

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
N. M. A. M. Cahyani ◽  
K. Sintya Desi ◽  
I. P. N. W. Myartawan
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Education Students ◽  
English Language Education ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Research Population ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group

This research aimed at investigating the effect of infographic towards university students’ speaking competence. The research design was a quasi-experiment with a post-test-only control group design. The research population included the 2nd semester students of English Language Education of UNDIKSHA Indonesia in academic year 2019/2020. Through lottery, the samples were divided into experimental group which was taught by using infographic and control group which was taught by using conventional strategy. The data were collected through post-test in a form of speaking performance. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics analysis. The result of data analysis showed that the students in experimental group performed better than the students in control group. It was also supported by the descriptive statistics result which showed the mean score of experimental group (X̄= 82.89) was higher than the control group (X̄= 75.03). The result of the T-test showed that the value of the tobs was 5.422 meanwhile the value of tcv was 1.674 which means tobs was higher than tcv. Moreover, the significant value of the data was 0.001or less than 0.05. The result of effect size was 1.45 that belongs to the large effect category. Based on the findings, it was concluded that there was a significant effect of using infographic as a media on students’ speaking competence.Keywords: Infographic, Speaking competence, Instructional media

The effectiveness of positive training on happiness, aggression and hope in adolescents with leukemia in Ahvaz

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marzieh . Shamkhani ◽  
Ali . Khalafi
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Method ◽  
Analysis Of Covariance ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Measurement Tools ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Aggression Questionnaire ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Period Measurement

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of positive learning on happiness, Aggression and hope for adolescents with leukemia in Ahvaz. The sample consisted of 30 people who were selected by available sampling method. 15 subjects in the experimental group and 15 in the control group were randomly assigned. The experimental design was a pre-test-post-test type with control group and follow-up period. Measurement tools included Oxford Happiness Inventory (Argyle, 1989); Ahwaz's Aggression Questionnaire (Zahedifar, Najarian, and Shokrkon, 2000); Hope Scale (Schneider, 1991). To run, at first, the pre-test was taken from both groups. Then, the experimental group was trained in 14 sessions of 90 minutes, and after each group, they were subjected to post-test. And one month later, the follow-up process was completed. Data analysis was performed using multivariate covariance analysis (MANCOVA) and one-way analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). The results showed that positive attitudes toward happiness, aggressiveness and hopefulness of adolescents with leukemia in Ahvaz were effective.

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